Have you Applied?

Calling all crafters and makers! Silver Spring, Maryland’s Handmade Mart is back and with a brand new website!

The Handmade Mart is gearing up for a full day of awesome crafts, live indie rock, and tons of outdoor crafty fun…. so if you knit, make pottery, draw comics, sew clothes, screen print or make anything by hand, the Handmade Mart is a great place for you to sell and showcase your wares.

The show will be held on Sunday, May 23 on Ellsworth Drive, in Downtown Silver Spring. The vendor application process is open until April 10th. Just go to handmade-mart.com to fill out a application and submit photos of your craft!

See you there!

Need Application Help?

So I've just finished my last summer show, and already I'm busily applying for fall shows and filling up my calendar. This time of year, on the brief break from shows we crafters get in August, it's the perfect time to take a long look at the photos and statements we use for applications, and make sure we're representing ourselves the very best we can.

Kimberly Dorn, one of the Directors of the Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair in Washington, D.C., and the Handmade Mart in Silver Spring, MD, was kind enough to break it all down for Etsy, and for you. Read on!

Handmade Mart!

Join BEST members Dandelion Blu, Tigerlilly Shop, Block Party Press, and Sugar Paperie this Sunday, May 31st, in Downtown Silver Spring for the first ever Handmade Mart! Come for Indie Crafts and Indie Rock, 10am-5pm on Ellsworth Drive between Fenton and Georgia Ave. We hope to see you there!


Dandelion Blu
Block Party Press


Tigerlilly Shop


Sugar Paperie