Here are blog posts about art and design at Pop Shop America. We’re a festival of DIY and handmade that has a show and tell blog about the arts, DIYs that you can do at home, and how you can be a successful designer too.
I know just what you’re into… It’s this. Thorn & Moon will be hosting a monthly market all their own to bring you occult adornments and handmade mystic faire. Shop their magical goods online anytime on their Etsy here. Introducing: Thorn & Moon Apothecary… Thorn and Moon began as three friends – Jessica, Dana, and Beth […]
RSVP on Facebook Here. Join us at Pop Shop San Antonio Indoor Curated Pop Up Market Handmade. Vintage. Fair Trade. Good Vibes. November 25th Small Business Saturday Venue Villita Assembly Hall 401 Villita San Antonio, 78205 Shown Above, Oso Sweet Designs Get Excited about these Participating Makers: Outside by the Entrance: Grey Moon Vintage Shown Above, […]
RSVP to Pop Shop San Antonio Are you as ready for Pop Shop San Antonio as I am? It’s so exciting to be in a new city and get to be around so many amazing makers. It’s great to be in a new city and meet so many amazing people! Pop Shop San Antonio takes […]
Want a sneak peak of what’s in store for Boerne Handmade Market? This gorgeous pop up in the Texas Hill Country is taking place this weekend. Here are the details: Boerne Handmade Market April 21st 9am – 4pm at The Cana Ballroom Boerne, TX 78006 GET TICKETS HERE And here’s a sneak peak from the […]
Alibaba and Aliexpress are like a great big mystery for a lot of US Shoppers. And it’s no wonder. It has a bit of a weird reputation. Just watch this weirdness summed up so well by John Oliver. And it can be a little confusing to navigate. It’s as busy as Amazon but has “shops” […]
This and other blogs may contain affiliate links. Not long ago I wrote about some of my favourite European Etsy shops, but the truth is there are so many more small businesses and creatives worth to support. I love discovering new handmade items on Etsy, and I love ordering from other creatives – that’s for […]
Firefly Handmade is a totally unique series of events in Boulder Colorado. Their markets are 4 times a year and take place both indoors in the winter months and outdoors in the summer months. One of my favorite components of the festival is that it’s ENTIRELY handmade. No vintage. No fair trade! So cool. I […]
Letting go and giving in to an artist’s life and career can be scary. But if it feels right, then it feels right. Thanks again to this artist for reminding me just why we might commit our livelihood to our creativity. Meet Lauren Ulieme… Hello to those reading. Most people know me as Unorthodox […]
Hey y’all. Today we get to dig around Lindsay Burck’s brain! Are you sooo excited? I am! I can not get enough of this color palette, which is, to her, an interpretation of human experience and emotional capacities. Well… Don’t be shy–introduce yourself… Did you always feel destined to be an artist? Were you […]
Ashlea Bechaz’s warm and folkloric body of work is just what I like… Tiny details and magickal characters that look like they are from the future past! Check them out while Bechaz lets us in on her busy artist life and relationship with creativity. Please tell us a little about yourself and your artistic […]
This and other blog posts at Pop Shop America may contain affiliate links. You know my least favorite thing about Halloween? It’s those stale, cheap looking Halloween costumes. You know the ones that come from the Halloween supply store. They never fit right, there aren’t enough varieties, and the materials look cheap! They are no […]
What Can We Do for Hurricane Evacuees? So Much. I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about feeling “helpless” after Hurricane Harvey. Don’t. People want to help but the needs of shelters and evacuees is changing from minute to minute. So us at Pop Shop America and lots of other handmade businesses are focused on […]
Tucked inside the cutest shopping center in Eado is a new shop called Tierra de los Artesanos. It’s full of handcrafted goods that feel traditionally Mexican and fresh and modern too. The first time I stepped inside, I immediately fell in love. The walls were lined with photos of the artists whose goods you can […]
Get Lost in these Gifs! These experiments, pieces of art, trials of visual perception have minimal touches and clever illusions. They are all created by gif artist PI Slices who you can find on Tumblr. If you visit his website, you’ll see countless works of digital art that range from slow paced, to brightly colored, […]
DIY tutorial for painting, printing and hanging a large scale watercolour mural. Use it to pull together your bedroom as the focal point above the bed!
The first time I met Heather Wobbe I came face to face with an Amazon Goddess. She is well dressed, friendly, and fun. And she also happens to be the tallest woman I’ve ever seen in real life! She is absolutely mesmerizing. Her handcrafted jewelry line, Modern Artifacts, is mesmerizing too. Her jewelry is elegant, […]
The sweetie, Stephanie Gonzalez, is an amazing creator, painter, person, Houstonian-community-supporter extraordinaire. Her art story is really invigorating as she talks about process and life and inspirations. My advice to you is to keep a close eye on her come-up because she’s pushing out work constantly! Not you or you or you could keep up […]
In case you missed this in the news, in early July 2017 Hobby Lobby was fined $3 million dollars and forced to forfeit 5,500 stolen Iraqi artifacts.These artifacts were intended to be on display at Hobby Lobby’s Museum of the Bible set to open in DC near the end of 2017. Although Hobby Lobby maintains […]
