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Blakely Bass, owner of Resident Apparel Gallery (RAG), has been supporting local indie businesses since 2002. Boasting designs from more than 120 San Francisco artists each month, RAG is keeping art and design alive.

Looking for ways to make your next craft show application a winner? We collected craft fair tips from show organizers around the country, to find out what makes them place an application in the "yes" or "no" pile. Visit our resource article to learn what you can do to boost your chances of getting accepted!

Indie business owner Brenda Olson creates fun and colorful cards and magnets featuring her original artwork. When she was searching for an online home for the many facets of her indie business — direct sales, wholesale, image licensing, and teaching, to name a few — she found just what she was looking for in IndieMade.

Margie Criner of Chicago-based handmade accessory and functional art company Red-Belly has a knack for creating fun and well-designed wallets, bags, belt buckles, and unique magnets using materials from wool to upcycled children's toys. One in a series of featured IndieMade users.

As a craft business owner, you may be looking to get your product in stores, and wholesale is one way to accomplish that. But is your business ready for wholesale? One craft business owner reviews Retail Readiness, a wholesale prep course led by a retail business expert.

IndieMade users now can make their products invisible with a single click — an especially useful feature for those artists who sell one-of-a-kind works on both their sites and at shows.

The Urban Folk Circuit is spotlighting handmade wares made in Chicago at its first ever popup shop. Running through Sunday, April 22, the shop is loaded with handmade jewelry, clothing, accessories, and artwork all created by Chicago craft business owners.

Looking for art and crafts that are made in San Francisco? Banana Republic and SFMade, the non-profit dedicated to supporting local manufacturing and a sustainable economy, have teamed up for the second time to showcase San Francisco crafts.

When you're pitching stories to journalists, you don't have to have an outrageous concept or a shocking subject matter. Getting media attention from journalists is just a matter of giving them a reason to care about your artwork or latest exhibit. Elizabeth Burke-Dain shares some tips for getting media attention in her resource article.

Read what IndieMader Jeanne Connolly has to say about Etsy and why she loves IndieMade.