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Fellow
Chicago Crafters & Artists
Binth
Pretty, pretty, pretty. [RA]
Evil
Eye Emporium
Not only did this woman make a wedding ring for me and
my sweetie, but she made it out of recycled silver.
Just like almost all of her other beautiful pieces.
[CC]
Flamebabe
Candleworks
The best candles - period. Easy to work with - fully
customizable. [LB]
Formoda
Fun and whimsical jewelry. Casual clothing with screen
printed design [LB]
Julie
Lehnis, Plain Jane Custom Designs
Locally-made jeans custom tailored to fit your body!
[TT]
Mary
and Dan Bigelow
Sibling artist team. [LB]
Orange
Beautiful
She's technically a competitor, but I looove Emily's
work. She's a Chicago designer who specializes in hand
binding and custom work, and she recently added a blog
to her site, as well. [RA]
Rapt
in Maille
Melissa Banks is a fellow fe-mailler who specializes
in stainless steel chainmail and exhibits her work
throughout the Midwest. She creates stunning designs.
[RM]
Qylaar
Super sweet pouches, bags, accessories and animals in
charming prints [BA]
Shawnimals
This guy creates some amazing plush "toys"
that tend to appeal to adults just as much as they appeal
to kids. [CC]
Veronica
Riley
Fine art designer jewelery. [LB]
Weener
Ware
What do you get when you mix sparkly bits with bottle
caps? Fabulous pieces of handmade and wearable art,
of course. [CC]
Wee
Wonderfuls
If you like making your own stuffed toys, this is the
place to turn. Hillary's sense of color and pattern
will inspire you no matter what your creative outlet.
[CC]
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Vendors
& Suppliers
Ampelco
ribbon company
Large selection of ribbon, no minimums, and they're
located in Downer's Grove, so I usually get things the
next day. [RA]
Ayla's
Originals
An amazing selection of beads, including Furnace Glass
and Philippine Metal Strands. Also the only local place
I know of that has soldered-closed gold-fill jump rings
(perfect for finishing off those gold-fill pieces),
plus a wide selection of gold-fill jump rings. [RM]
Busy
Beaver Button Company
Christen Carter and her team make high quality and well-priced
buttons. Plus, an easy to use site.[BA]
Caravan
Beads
This store has one of the largest and best selections
of beads in the city. In addition to beads of all sorts,
they have a variety of
findings, bead kits, jump rings, books and sterling
silver chains by the foot. They've also got a ton of
classes. In fact, I taught my first chainmaille class
here, so I'm particularly grateful to the
store for giving me that opportunity. [RM]
Catame
Inc. aka UCAN zippers
A fabulous wholesale source for high quality zippers
and pulls that are manufactured and assembled in the
US. [CC]
Dharma
Trading Company
I buym use and love their Procion dyes. They're also
got loads or dyeable and printable clothing. [BA]
Envelopemall
Super friendly, large number of papers and matching
envelopes, and you can order online or by phone. Located
in Chicago [RA]
Impact
Images/ClearBags.com
This is a fantastic site for, of course, clear plastic
bags for selling cards, artwork. [BA]
Paper
Source
A HUGE selection of cute enveoples and paper for presentations/press
kits. Just elbow the brides-to-be outta the way. [TT]
Pretty paper colors, interesting ephemera, and inspiration
by the foot. [RA]
Rubenstein
and Ziff
These wonderful folks sell the interfacing that I just
couldn't live without. And they're nice, which is a
rarity on the supplier end of this business. [CC]
Stamps.com
Custom stamps? Come on, does it get any cooler than
matching your stamps to your stationery? Well, maybe
for other people it does. [RA]
Strapworks.com
If you need synthetic webbing or hardware, this is the
place to go. They have a great website interface, fabulous
prices, no minimums, and they're nice, too. [CC]
Vogue
Fabrics
With a couple of Chicago-area locations, and a great
website, this is the place where I can spend all my
money and my time shopping for fabric and extras. [CC]
Xpedx
Store
3555 N. Kimball, Chicago. The paper geek's office supply
store. [RA]
www.48hourprint.com
[TT]
www.vistaprint.com [TT]
www.planetlabel.com [TT]
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