This is a very exciting week for us at Homespun! In case you didn’t know, we’re the team behind the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange contemporary craft show series and our biggest show of the year is this weekend!

Enjoy over 100 craft vendors this Saturday, June 14th from 12-8pm at the Harrison Center for the Arts. This is your chance to meet some of the artists behind your favorite Homespun products. Ask them questions, see their latest creations and discover new favorites. You can check out the complete vendor list here.

The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is presented in conjunction with the Independent Music and Arts Festival. Be prepared for live music, gallery shows, local food, local craft beer from Sun King Brewery and cider from New Day Craft , ice cream, raffle prizes, and more. And if you are one of the first 100 attendees, check out the Yelp table at the main entrance of Harrison Center for your free swag bag!

We would like to thank this year’s generous presenting sponsors: Sun King Brewery, Just Pop In! and New Day Craft. You’re the best! And we can’t forget our supporting sponsors, too; jakprints, Foundry Provisions, Ronlewhorn Industries , Amy McAdams Design, little robot photography, Forum Credit Union, Yelp, and Harrison Center for the Arts: we’re all working together to put on the best event yet!

Stay connected with Handicraft events throughout the year, like our Facebook page INDIEana Handicraft Exchange

Thanks and hope to see you there!

Etsy Craft Party 2014: Recapture :: bring new meaning to your photographs. Etsy Craft Party is a one-day celebration of meeting and making. This year’s theme focuses on transforming photographs into display-worthy works of art using a variety of craft supplies and creative techniques. The event is free, however registration is required.

We here at homespun:modern handmade, we will be doing photo embroidery. We will have embroidery floss, needles, scissors, paper, tape and other goodies for your creating needs. Rana, our workshops coordinator will give a brief tutorial on basic embroidery stitches, so do not worry if you haven’t done this before! Be sure to bring in your own images to recreate and inspire (they do not necessarily have to be vintage images). Please note that the image you bring will be the image you stitch, so make sure its either a copy or photocopy on photo paper or card stock. Also, if you have a specific project in mind or do not wish to embroider, you are welcome to bring along your own supplies to the party.

If you are on Instagram or Twitter please use the tags:

#craftparty @etsy #homespunindy

The Homespun: Modern Handmade Grand Re-Opening party is this coming Friday evening, March 7th, from 5-10pm. Come check out the new space at 869 Mass Ave, hear some lovely music from D. Mark & Jules, enjoy free samples from some of our food and beverage artisans, and see samples from some of our workshop teachers. Free and family-friendly!

The main event will be Friday evening, but we will have fun and exciting things happening in the shop all weekend to extend the festivities.

Keep an eye out at other small, independent businesses around town in the next week to pick up one of our Grand Re-Opening postcards with a 10% off coupon on the back, valid only during our Grand Re-Opening weekend, 3.7 – 3.9.

This Saturday, June 8th, we’ll be hosting our biggest event of the year. The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange summer show is held annually in conjunction with the Independent Music + Art Festival at the Harrison Center for the Arts. The staff and interns of the HCA organize IMAF and are responsible for providing live music on two stages all day long. This year, the twelve bands performing will be Lord of the Yum-Yum (also acting as emcee), Rusty Redenbacher, Five Year Mission, Sleeping Bag, Shivering Timbers, Sweet Poison Victim, End Times Spasm Band, Luke Austin Daugherty & iLL Holiday, The Bears of Blue River, The Bonesetters, Pravada and The Pinstripes.

While they’re busy organizing the entertainment, we here at Homespun (plus a team of local Indy creatives) are responsible for the jurying in of 100+ artists and makers who will be on site selling their contemporary handmade goods. The vendors will be spread out over the HCA grounds, both indoors in two rooms (the gymnasium & Gallery No. 2), and outside along Delaware Street, 16th Street and wrapped around the building into the back parking lot.

Sun King Brewing Company and New Day Meadery will be there in the courtyard selling beverages to those 21+, while Duos Indy and Judge’s Tip of the Rib BBQ will have complete meal options available. Sweet treats will be for sale at the VSA tent for their annual ice cream fundraiser, as well as inside the building by Just Pop In!, Frittle Candy, Lick Ice Cream, Chocolate for the Spirit and Xchocol’Art.

The event runs from noon to 8pm and is FREE and family-friendly. Gather a gang and come on down to join in the fun. It’s guaranteed to be a rip-roarin’ good time!

Bath and Body Bootcamp, by Ellie Poinsatte of Sudsy Sweet Treats Bath Bakery

Bath and Body Bootcamp, by Ellie Poinsatte
of Sudsy Sweet Treats Bath Bakery

When: Saturday, April 13, 2013
When: All day from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Where: Homespun: Workshops & Gallery 206 S Audubon, Indianapolis IN 46219

Soap & Lip Scrub Workshop from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
In this workshop, you will learn the basics of melt & pour soap. We’ll cover the basics such as selecting a soap base for your needs, colorants, fragrances and additives that will turn an ordinary bar of soap into a work of art! You’ll create three bars of soap to take with you. We’ll also create a fabulous lip scrub with ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen!

Bath Bomb Workshop from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Love taking long, relaxing soaks in the tub? In this class, you’ll learn all the basics on creating a bath bomb fizzie that not only smells great, but is great for your skin too! We’ll create 3 bath fizzies that are scented and release moisturizing butters and oils into the bath water, surrounding your skin in pure moisture!

Whipped Foaming Sugar Scrub from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Sugar scrubs are quite popular for not only their exfoliation benefits to the skin, but their luxurious moisturizing properties as well. In this class, we’ll take it one step further and create a whipped foaming sugar scrub that contains several types of sugars, fragrance and foaming bath butter with hydrating oils that will leave your skin not only clean, but luxuriously silky!

Whipped Body Butter from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Body Butters are all the rage and in this class, we’ll take this super decadent body butter to the next level by whipping creamy butters and oils with fragrance to create a whipped body butter that you’ll swear is the best buttercream frosting but for your skin!

Ellie Poinsatte is the owner & creator at Sudsy Sweet Treats Bath Bakery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sudsy Sweet Treats specializes in handmade artisan soaps, bath & body products that resemble bakery desserts, sweet treats & candies. Her sudsy creations can be found online as well in stores and boutiques. When she’s not creating all things sudsy, Ellie can be found teaching her love of making soap, bath & body products to students in the Fort Wayne area and now at Homespun Indy!

Workshop fee is $99 for all four workshops or students can register separately for each session $30 for Soap and Lip Scrub, and $25 for each remaining workshop.

All supplies provided, wear a long sleeved shirt.