Travel the world Pop Shop America style through our blog posts about travel. Visit handmade boutiques across the globe, fun arty things to do, and so much more. Pop Shop America is a festival of DIY and handmade.
I bet it’s no surprise that there are lots of cool DIY, handmade, and vintage boutiques in Philadelphia, PA! Philadelphia is quite the industrious city with a history of perseverance. For people in the city, everything is better that’s from Philly. Handmade is all over and there are some particularly cool shopping areas, like South […]
The Midwest Craft Con is on! We can’t wait until February because the Midwest Craft Con is happening in Columbus, Ohio. We got to chat with Grace Dobush, the creator of Crafty Supermarket, and one of the organizers of the Midwest Craft Con about the event. BB: When, Where, and What is the Midwest Craft Con? […]
It’s rare to run into or encounter a kindred spirit nowadays, but when I meet Pei of P.S. Paper Shoppe 2 years ago in Houston during one of the Pop Shop America Shows, I could say that I knew we would become pals. It wasn’t until Pei moved from Houston to Austin that our friendship truly […]
I had the pleasure of traveling to Athens, GA last month. It’s a city with super strong DIY community and lots of artful and handmade places around town. It’s a small college town about an hour and a half outside of Atlanta with rolling hills, a warm climate, and a history of thoughtfully created culture. […]
Route 66 or the “Mother Road,” “Will Rodgers Highway,” and “America’s Mainstreet” as everyone refers to it nowadays has been America’s source for cross-country travel since 1926. It originally ran from Chicago, IL through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and ended at the Santa Monica Pier in California. According to Wikipedia, the road played […]
On my way back from California, the boy and I stopped in Albuquerque, NM for an overnight stay in a popular Route 66 motel and that it was the night of New Mexico Fashion Week‘s epic runway show. We ended up running a little behind schedule, so I arrived during intermission. I had only missed […]
It was a beautiful day last Saturday Cherrywood Coffeehouse. The Mister and I took the morning to go visit the newest Market on the east side of town called Ladybird Market hosted by Anne Marie Beard. We love Cherrywood Coffeehouse… it’s one of our favorite spots to eat and were really excited to get to […]
The Atomic House is the name of a very special mid-century home in Houston. Westbury, an up and coming neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s, is full of atomic era mid-century homes. At the time they were built, these homes were cutting edge displays of modern design. The Atomic House was built for and featured in the […]
Nothing is better than travel, especially if you are in Texas! We’ve got big wide open skies tons of natural scenery and lively culture. This state is so big that the markets from El Paso to Dallas can vary stylistically so significantly. And traveling from different cities in Texas can feel like driving to a […]
Thank you, to all those who came, crafted, shopped & had a ball! The craft supplies in the children’s area were decimated, Jenny Hoyston, Hot Pants and the Pastees rocked, people got to take home pic’s with Gerard Baldwin and original paintings of The Smurfs, and sales for local designers were fantastic. People are really […]
