To all our talented crafters, vendors, artists and friends,

After much deliberation and deep thought, we have decided to cancel Handmade Parade this year. Those of you who applied will be receiving an email from us with details so please watch for that.

We are sorry for the last-minute change in plans, but between the situation with the economy this year, getting a late start in planning, one of our most active members moving away and my own part in taking a backseat in planning this year, we ran into some financial difficulties and decided the best plan would be to call it off this year and make next year’s REALLY special. We are disappointed but at the same time we’re excited to make Handmade Parade 2009 an awesome event.

So now that we have our schedule freed up for this fall/winter, we are going to plan a really kick-butt Holiday Craft Workshop as well as a rockin’ Holiday Party! Please visit the forum to vote on the format for those awesome events and if you haven’t signed up yet, please do and join in the discussion!

Thank you so much for your interest in Handmade Parade and we hope you will check back with us for Handmade Parade 2009, which is expected to be the best yet! You guys are awesome!