breakfast burritos. dark chocolate. hot tea. roller coasters. road trips. walking around barefoot. pugs. family history. outdoor fires on cool nights. planting fruit trees and berry bushes in the back yard. documentaries on obscure cultural traditions. urban legends and folklore. the loch ness monster. needle felting. sewing. stuffed animals, critters, creatures & characters. baby clothes & toys. purses & bags. restructured clothing. knitting. crochet. hats & scarves. screen printing. posters. t-shirts. dresses & skirts. letterpress. gocco. stationery. jewelry-making. necklaces, rings, earrings & belt buckles. buttons & pins. collage. photography. painting. pottery. homemade, all-natural candles, lip balms, soaps & lotions.
Music
Peggy Lee. Iron & Wine. Crooked Fingers. Richard Buckner. Billy Bragg. Kimya Dawson. Her Space Holiday. Glossary. Cabin. Gillian Welch. Mates of State. Mandy Marie and the Cool Hand Lukes. The Decemberists. Neko Case. J Church. Aimee Mann. Lucero.
Movies
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The Breakfast Club. A Love Song For Bobby Long. The Princess Bride. Amelie. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Big Fish. The Usual Suspects. Whale Rider.
Television
Freaks and Geeks. The Wonder Years. Six Feet Under. Carnivale. Monster House. Extreme Home Makeover. The Wire. Twin Peaks.
Books
ReadyMade Magazine. Dwell Magazine. Venus Zine. ReadyMade: How to Make [Almost] Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer. D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks). Bazaar Bizarre: Not Your Granny's Crafts!. Get Crafty: Hip Home Ec. Super Crafty: Over 75 Amazing How-to Projects!.
Heroes
Trunk shows, craft fairs and handmade markets the world over. All the lassies and laddies out there craftin' to their hearts content.
Some of our vendors sell handmade and reconstructed clothing and accessories for men, women, children and babies. Skirts, shirts, shoes, scarves, mittens, hats, undergarments, belts, jewelry, etc.
INDIEana Handicraft Exchange's Companies
Paper Source Chicago, Illinois US office lackey & workshop teacher invitations department
02/2004 - 05/2007
Lillstreet Art Center Chicago, Illinois US kid's class teacher ceramics
06/2006 - 12/2006
Indianapolis Art Center Indianapolis, Indiana US class & workshop teacher photography & textiles
06/2007 - 12/2007
Indianapolis Public Schools Indianapolis, Indiana US art teacher k-6
09/2007 - 05/2008
MSD Perry Township Indianapolis, Indiana US art teacher k-5
09/2008 - present
Pop Culture Press Music Magazine Austin, Texas US intern & contributing photographer Luann's living room floor
2003
INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is back in action! Posted at 12:17 AM Sep 5, 2008 view more
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The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is a contemporary craft fair that consciously celebrates modern handmade goods, the relationship between creator and consumer, and local, alternative economies. The IHE is quickly becoming a notable stop on the indie craft fair circuit, which includes events such as the Renegade Craft Fairs in Chicago, Brooklyn, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Indie Craft Experience in Atlanta, Stitch Rock in Delray Beach, Florida, Art vs. Craft in Milwaukee, Detroit Urban Craft Fair in Michigan and Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philadelphia, among others. The IHE began in 2007 as a way to highlight local crafters and artisans as well as to expose Indianapolis to some of the best vendors on the national indie craft fair map.
Most of the products sold by IHE artists serve the dual purpose of art and function and range from the beautiful to the irreverent, from the adorable to the slightly sinister, from the hysterical to the just plain bizarre. Vendors may use traditional crafting techniques but they express contemporary themes and design. Vendors offer a range of unique handmade goods from wooden jewelry to fanciful undergarments, from custom vintage-inspired western wear to stationery, from plush animals to natural bath and body goodies, from hand-screened rock ‘n' roll poster art to pop culture icon finger puppets and much, much more.
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The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange Fall '09 show will be held on Friday, October 2, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in conjunction with IDADA's wildly popular First Friday gallery openings, as well as on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Harrison Center for the Arts, located just north of downtown Indy. This fall the IHE will feature 70+ vendors, live roller girls, live music by A Squared DJs, Shirtless Biddles, Mandy Marie Luke & Mo Foster, The Jack Davies, Julia Schafer & D. Mark Conway, and Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun, as well as giveaways of many fantastic raffle prizes donated by our vendors and local, independent business sponsors.
Admission into the fair is FREE to the public. Raffle tickets are sold for $2 each, three for $5 or 7 for $10. Patrons may obtain additional raffle tickets by bringing children's arts and craft supplies, or children's art books, for donation at the door the day of the event. Money made from raffle ticket sales is used to purchase arts and craft supplies for select Indianapolis area public school art programs. Prizes for the raffle are donated by our vendors and local, independent business sponsors.
The event is kid-friendly, but some artists’ work features the occasional dirty word or sexual image, so parents might want to take a gander before their little ones get an eye full.
The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is the first and only of its kind in Indianapolis and is currently held biannually.
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Fall 2009 Entertainment Schedule
Friday, October 2 (in the gymnasium)
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Julia Schafer & D. Mark Conway
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun (from Atlanta, GA)
7:30-9:00 p.m. - Shirtless Biddles
Friday, October 2 (in The A Squared Underground)
6:00-9:00 p.m. - A Squared DJs
Saturday, October 3 (in the gymnasium)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - The Jack Davies
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Mandy Marie Luke & Mo Foster
4:00-6:00 p.m. - Shirtless Biddles
Saturday, October 3 (in The A Squared Underground)
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m - A Squared DJs
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The IHE offers all HANDMADE goods created by the artist sitting at the booth in front of you...if you have questions about the product, you can ask them directly!
Some of our vendors offer products such as:
- wooden jewelry
- fanciful undergarments
- custom vintage-inspired western wear
- Gocco print stationery
- plush animals
- all-natural bath and body goodies
- hand-screened rock ‘n' roll poster art
- pop culture icon finger puppets
- restored and/or rebuilt vintage bicycles
- screenprinted t-shirts
- handbound journals and sketchbooks
- fresh baked goods
- art prints of original illustration
- knit baby sweaters & booties
- children's toys
- hand-hammered sterling silver jewelry
- homewares
- furniture
- aprons, potholders, kitchen mitts, etc.
- skirts and dresses made from vintage fabrics
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The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange Fall '09 show vendors are:
(un)Precious Moments - Indianapolis, IN
50 Little Birds - Noblesville, IN
abbeychristine - Chicago, IL
Aggressively Awesome Stitches - Beech Grove, IN
ALTered Industries - Colfax, IN
Amory Abbott / Spindlebot Press - Indianapolis, IN
artgoodies - Grand Rapids, MI
B. Makemake - Indianapolis, IN
Backwoods Belle - New Castle, IN
Bad Ass Glass - Indianapolis, IN
Be Bliss Aromas - Indianapolis, IN
Bebito - Indianapolis, IN
Becca White - Indianapolis, IN
Bettyrama - Indianapolis, IN
Bombastitch - Indianapolis, IN
Brainchild Designs - Indianapolis, IN
Busty's Fun Bags - Indianapolis, IN
Buttons for Breakfast - Indianapolis, IN
CASEmethod - Indianapolis, IN
Clinton Reno - Columbus, OH
Cordial Kitten - Indianapolis, IN
Courtney Fischer Jewelry - Royal Oak, MI
Cult of Domesticity - Indianapolis, IN
Eleanormac - Indianapolis, IN
Elms and Cedars - Indianapolis, IN
Fosterweld - Indianapolis, IN
Flatland Kitchen - Indianapolis, IN
Foxglove Accessories - Chicago, IL
Glass Addictions - Fort Wayne, IN
Goat Milk Stuff - Charlestown, IN
Good Dog - Rolla, MO
H.abbott Accessories - Indianapolis, IN
Helena Handbag - Indianapolis, IN
herb + ginger - Indianapolis, IN
In A Lather Soap Company - Indianapolis, IN
Jeremiah Kuch - Noblesville, IN
Jerry Lee's Western Wear - Indianapolis, IN
Jessica Sowls - Indianapolis, IN
Josh Johnson / Spindlebot Press - Indianapolis, IN
Juuna - Greenfield, IN
Let's Have Fun! - Bloomington, IN
Lindsey Lord Designs - Indianapolis, IN
Liz Erlewine - West Lafayette, IN
Mamus! - Indianapolis, IN
Matthew Reidsma Draws Pictures - Grand Rapids, MI
Matty Cipov - Milwaukee, WI
melbry - Lawrence, IN
Mud-Cakes - Marysville, OH
my wire empire - Lawrence, IN
Nao Mí - Indianapolis, IN
Naptown Roller Girls - Indianapolis, IN
NatashaBlue - Chicago, IL
Nourishing Notes - Chicago, IL
Once Lost Jewelry - Columbus, OH
Overdue Industries - Fort Wayne, IN
Panther By Hand - Bloomington, IN
Rah! Rah! Resin! - Chicago, IL
RedCent Designs - Pendleton, IN
Retro Café Art Gallery - Indianapolis, IN
Sadly Harmless - Bloomington, IN
Sara B. Jewelry & Metalsmithing - Carmel, IN
Shot by Gwynneth - Indianapolis, IN
Studio AMF - Indianapolis, IN
Sunday Afternoon Housewife - Indianapolis, IN
Talkingsquid - Ferndale, MI
The Binding Bee - Danville, IN
The Hot Cookie - Daleville, IN
The Mustard Room - Greenwood, IN
The Yoho Bakery - Chicago, IL
Traveling Sideshow - Beech Grove, IN
Uncommon - Valparaiso, IN
VanHoy Pottery - Indianapolis, IN
Vintage Songbird - Greenwood, IN
Windy Weather Bindery - Grand Rapids, MI
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The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange Fall '09 show is sponsored by:
Silver in the City/At Home in the City
Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission
Sun King Brewery
A Squared Industries
Harrison Center for the Arts
Patron
'Za Pizzeria
Indiana Living Green
NUVO Newsweekly
FORUM Credit Union
Amy McAdams Design
Cordial Kitten
Veto Productions
Karli Kujawa Graphic Design
John Rau Graphic Design
Earth House Collective
PRN Graphics
Our logo was created by Amy McAdams Design. Illustration for the IHE Fall '09 show poster was created by Cordial Kitten. Poster design and layout was done by Veto Productions. Web design for www.INDIEanaHandicraftExchange.com was done by Patron.
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Please take a gander at the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange 2008 video to see some of what you can anticipate for 2009.
Who I'd like to meet: Crafters and artists working in the D.I.Y spirit. Women and men who want to rent booth space to sell their goods. Volunteers who'd like to help with the event. Businesses who'd like to donate to the event. Bands or entertainers who'd like to perform at the event. People interested in finding out more and attending the extravaganza. Folks who'd like to promote this shindig in print, online or by word of mouth.
***Please check out our newly redesigned website for the latest vendor info and general updates on the event: www.INDIEanaHandicraftExchange.com. Feel free to send us a message here on MySpace, become a fan of our Facebook page, or email us inquiries and comments to: INDIEana_Handicraft_Exchange@yahoo.com.***
Sounds awesome!!! I'll probably apply for the October show! I'm in the middle of a HUGE project right now and am not sure how much time I'm going to have, so October will probably work better for me. I will definitely be in attendance though!!! I'm glad things are going well enough for two shows! Awesome!
Hey Amanda! The website looks so so great, and thanks for my little moment of fame in the video :) I'm still actively debating whether or not I will apply for June-- I'll be in summer classes so time will be limited, but I'd really like to make it. It was such a well put-together show last fall, I had a great time!
Hi there! We want to share with you an exciting step in the life of our film: The 1000 Journals DVD is here! Loaded with bonus features, subtitles, commentary, chapters... Read more about it on the 1000 Journals website, or visit amazon. com. Many thanks!
Embroidered Exquisite Corpse created at the 2008 Indieana Handicraft Exchange by (top to bottom) Erin K. Drew/Sky-Five Handsewn, Jerry Lee Atwood/Jerry Lee's Western Wear, and Amy Karr/Panther by Hand
Sorry so late on commenting! I really, really enjoyed the show, and it was a success for me-can't wait till next year! Plus, I met loads of awesome and talented people:)
