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Our Picks for Outside Lands
It’s festival season in our hometown of San Francisco. The sun is brighter, people are in better moods, and locals and visitors alike are gearing up for the annual Outside Lands Music Festival. Outside Lands is a time to celebrate music in the beautiful Golden Gate Park. But it is also a [...]
Brick and Mortar Here We Come!
We are excited to announce that on July 1st Makers Market will be opening the doors to our new brick and mortar location in downtown San Francisco!Ever since our successful Holiday pop-up at Westfield Mall we’ve been itching to find a new place to showcase our handmade goods. Starting next month our fans and [...]
Meet the Maker: Pat Charley of PcCo Handbags
As promised our new brick and mortar location will be featuring regular Meet the Maker events. This Saturday the 11th we will be hosting Oakland’s own Pat Charley of PcCo Handbags.
Makers Market at Westfield is Open for Business!
On Wednesday July 1st we opened our doors for business. In the year since Makers Market first began we’ve spread our mission through pop ups, craft fairs, and the online marketplace. Each of those platforms were a valuable way to support our mission of “Rebuilding the Legacy of American Made”, and we’ll [...]
See Makers Market Featured in Dwell Magazine
The May issue of Dwell is at the news stands now! We were honored to be included as one of 4 retailers “Keeping American Design Alive”.Dwell, May 2015Grab it off the stands or to see it online click here.
Mothers Day Chat with Our Jewelers
Just in time for Mother’s Day we recently sat down for a chat with three of our jewelers to learn about how their moms and other family and friends helped empower them to become the talented makers they are today. Jewelers Christina Nicole, Sarah Greenberg (of Sarah Swell), and Corey Egan also [...]
Can I Eat it? Advice About What to Put on Your Body From Tow Bay Area Herbalists
Here at Makers Market we’re all about using natural materials and keeping it simple. We select independent makers who stay true to their raw materials – products that are boiled down to their simple purpose. No fluff, nothing extra, just the basics. So when it comes to body products we vet makers [...]
Jewelers in the City (San Francisco, that is): Corey Egan on Sharing a Workspace
San Francisco is an epicenter of the modern Maker movement. It’s a place of creative inspiration–an old city doing things in new ways. It’s also expensive and workspace is hard to come by for Makers. We recently asked one of our talented young Makers, metalsmith and jeweler Corey Egan to share with [...]
A Chat with Christina Nicole
All day today one of our lovely makers, Christina Nicole is taking over our Instagram to share her jewelry making process (new Spring hairpins and other new beauties for us!) and give us a glimpse into her world of making and gardening in the North Carolina countryside. And you can check out and shop [...]
Style Your Hair with Beautiful Handcrafted Hairpins by Christina Nicole
Wisdom from Christina Nicole:So many of you have asked us for a step by step, how to’s and styling inspiration for our hair pins + hair sticks. So, here it is! A peek into how we love to wear hair pins and hair sticks. Form + function matter to us, we’re utilitarians [...]