Sooo Awesome!

The line up for the The Summit Of Awesome is out!!!! If you scroll down to Friday, guess who you'll see leading a workshop on photographing your work??? So get your tickets fast, it's going to be one jam packed weekend!!

Through a partnership with the MidCity Business Association, all Summit seminars and workshops will take place in the wondrous and vibrant independent businesses in MidCity. View the map.

Thursday April 30

3 p.m. MidCity Tours
5 - 8 p.m. Hello Craft Welcome Party - Gate 54

Friday May 1
*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 -5 at Miss Pixies*
9:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
10:30 a.m. Welcome
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning Sessions:

• Fiskars Demo - Miss Pixies
• Crafting a Green Craft with Jamie Chan and Blas Herrera - Urban Fauna Studio, Liz Grotyohann and Jeff Fein-Worton - Cosa Verde, Becky Streipe - Glue and Glitter - Solly’s
• What’s a Social Network and How to use it for Good with Danielle Maveal - Etsy Success & Virtual Labs, Willo O’Brien - WilloToons - Bar Pilar
• Customer Service. Crafting with a Smile with Caitlin Phillips - Rebound Designs, Rebecca Juliette - This Chickadee - Gate 54
• Street Teams. Why you should connect and collaboratee with Jen Menkhaus and Megan Van Wagoner - B.E.S.T. - DC9

1 - 2 p.m. Lunch with Craftnote: Maria Thomas - CEO, Etsy - Miss Pixies
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Sessions:

• FIber Demo with Jamie Chan and Blas Herrera - Urban Fauna Studio - Miss Pixies
• Simple Mold Making with Adam Maron - Miss Pixies
• Am I a Business? How and when to form a business for your crafty endeavors with Cynthia Gayton and Paige Totaro - Washington Area Lawyer for the Arts - Gate 54
• How to Photograph your Work with Sherry Insley- Dandelion Blu - Bar Pilar
• Branding and Identity with Jeffrey Everett - El Jefe Design - Solly’s
• Event Sponsorship with Deb Dormody and Margaret Carleton - Craftland - DC9

4:30 p.m. Break
6:15 p.m. Summit showing of Handmade Nation - DCJCC
8:30 p.m. Public showing of Handmade Nation - DCJCC

-Dinner on your own-

View the rest of the schedule after the jump!

Saturday May 2
*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 -5 at Miss Pixies*
9 - 9:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
10 - 11:30 a.m. Morning Sessions:

• Sew a Felt Broach with Beth Baldwin - Tiger Flight - Miss Pixies
• Fun with Duct Tape with Kristina Bilonick - Miss Pixies
• Developing a Product Line. Deciding what to make and sell with Ali Dryer - Pistol-Stitched, Rebecca Juliette - This Chickadee - Bar Pilar
• Navigating the Art world with Craft with Joetta Maue, Quincy Pearson, Sean Hennessey, Jaime Zollars - Solly’s
• Selling in a Brick and Mortar with Urban Fauna Studio, Deb Dormody and Margaret Carleton - Craftland - Gate 54
• Plate Breaking Demo with Juliet Ames - The Broken Plate - DC9

12 - 1 p.m. Lunch with Craftnote: Jenny Hart, Sublime Stitching - Miss Pixies
1:30 - 3 p.m. Afternoon Sessions:

• Sewing Demo with DC Threads - Miss Pixies
• Embroidery Demo with Jenny Hart - Sublime Stitching - Miss Pixies
• Consumption and Sustainability. How DIY will Save the World with Sara Cotner - $2000 Wedding, Autumn Wiggins - Upcycle Exchange - Gate 54
• Selling Successfully Online with Danielle Maveal- Etsy Success & Virtual Labs, Liz Grotyohann and Jeff Fein-Worton - Cosa Verde - Bar Pilar
• Tax Implications of Starting a Business with Michael Kreps, Debbie Leung, Benjamin Takis and Paige Totaro - Washington Area Lawyer for the Arts - Solly’s
• Organizing a Craft Fair with Al Hoff, Jessica Manack - Handmade Arcade, Christy Petterson, Shannon Mulkey - ICE, Kathy Malone - Brooklyn Indie Market - DC9

3:30 - 5 p.m. Afternoon Panel: Going out on a Limb with Jeffery Everett - El Jefe Design, Kasey and Kelly Evick - Biggs & Featherbelle - Miss Pixies
8 p.m. Show of Awesome - Miss Pixies
-Dinner on your own-

Sunday May 3
*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 - 3 at Miss Pixies*
10 - 10:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
11 - 12:30 Morning Sessions:

• Make a Small Book with Esti Gerson - Miss Pixies
• Screen Printing Demo with Christy Petterson - Miss Pixies
• Copyright and Tradmarks, How to protect yourself and your work (Note this session will start at 11:30 am) - Megan Gray - Solly’s
• The Ins and Outs of Trade Shows with Rania Hassan - goshdarnknit, Sean Hennessey, Rhonda and Elijah Wyman- Figs and Ginger - Gate 54
• Craft Fair Booth Set up and Displays with Caitlin Phillips - Rebound Designs, Shauna and Stephen - Something’s Hiding in Here - DC9

1 - 2 p.m. Lunch at Miss Pixies
2 - 3 p.m. Awesome Crafty White Elephant - Miss Pixies
3 - 3:30 p.m. Wrap up and Farewell - Miss Pixies