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Resources & inspiration for creative types
In my web- and blog-surfing, I frequently find interesting resources for creative people, cool artists, and creative small businesses offering lovely products. Since I can’t blog about all of them and e-mailing notes about them to myself is really beginning to clutter up my inbox, I’ve decided to keep a list on this page for my own reference - and maybe yours too!
This list is growing and by no means comprehensive. Suggestions are welcome.
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Independent Design Communities and Marketplaces | Services and Information | Art/Craft Supplies and Tools | Cool Artists and Illustrators | Shops | Blog Stuff
Independent Design Communities and Marketplaces
- Craft Revolution
- Craftster
- Cut + Paste
- Delight
- DesignSpotter
- Etsy
- Get Crafty
- HOW Design
- The Indie Craft Fair Guide - for listings on indie arts and craft markets across the country
- Indiepublic
- Indie Shopping
- Inspiration Board - a forum for people who are in stationery design/manufacturing, or are thinking about getting started
- Made It
- My My
- Sk-rt
- The Switchboards
- Threadless (t-shirt design)
- Trunkt
- A whole list in the Switchboards forum
Services and Information
- Design Directory (Everything! Blogs, books, studios, software, training, and more arranged by design type)
- Copyrighting and Licensing
- Professional Printing
- Blurb (custom book printing)
- Cambridge Offset
- Fannon Fine Printing
- IO Labs (high-quality art prints)
- Jak Prints
- MOO
- Overnight Prints
- Papermonkey Press (custom letterpress)
- Paragraphics Fine Printing
- Print Icon
- Printing For Less
- See this list in the Illustration Friday forums
- Information
- How-to’s from Instructables
- Cheeky Beaks on pattern design
- Letterpress
- Starting and Running a Creative Business
- Craft, Inc.
- Craft Revolution
- Five and a Half on business
- How to Start a Creative Manufacturing Business
- Interview: Paper Bride
- Interview: Pink Loves Brown
- Ladies Who Launch
- Make It
- Paper Bride - a blog by the creator of Paper Bride, on the ups and downs of running her own business
- Try This At Home on building a business
Art/Craft Supplies and Tools
- Addicted to Crafts
- Dick Blick
- Paper Source
- Vector Magic - converts bitmap images into vector images
- Gocco printers from…
- Clipart
- Custom rubber stamps
- Fonts
- Letterpress
- Boxcar Press - letterpress supplies (as well as custom printing)
- Packaging
Cool Artists and Illustrators
- Camilla Engman
- Carson Ellis
- Hanna Konola
- J. Mendicino
- Jen Corace
- Jim Smith
- Julie Morstad
- Ray Fenwick
- Ryan Jacob Smith
- Affordable Art
Shops
- General
- Black Ink
- Blissen
- Essentials
- Fred Flare
- Figments Design
- Imogene
- Hip and Tickle
- Little Paper Planes
- Modishoppe
- Share Some Candy
- The Small Object
- Supermarket
- Paper ‘n’ Stitch
- Pink Loves Brown
- Poppytalk Handmade Market
- Rare Device
- Re-found Objects
- Rockett St George
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Uppercase Gallery
- Violet
- Paper Goods
- Home and Décor
Blog Stuff
- Delightful Blogs (A directory of, well, delightful blogs. Browse for other art + craft-related blogs here, or submit yours for review.)
December 19th, 2007 at 12:42 am
hey, i’m a boston art student so when i saw your post on colourlovers, i figured i would check out your blog. good stuff, keep it up!