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The Freewheeling Craft Philosophy: Modern - Local - Community
One goal: Cultivating community and connecting you to local goods + creative entrepreneurs through inspiring modern markets and thematic popups. We strive to keep our events approachable for emerging + established makers alike, showcasing the highest quality products and freshest local brands.
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Now accepting applications to the PITCH PARTY 2017
We are so excited to announce that we are now accepting applications to our PITCH PARTY 2017 hosted in collaboration with Makerspace North.
Get picked? You get to pitch to our panel of judges on October 13th to win a biz builder prize pack worth up to $3000 (including $1000 of cold hard cash). Deadline to apply is August 31st.
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Workshop + Speaker Series coming for the FW/17 craft season.
We love being able to connect you to makers and their craft. We are developing our series of workshops, speaker series + programming to build community and connect creatives. We will be releasing our calendar of workshops + talks on August 1st. When its out, run don't walk! It will fill up fast!
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SAVE THE DATE! Our Fall for INDIE market is back October 14-15.
We are back for our third year of our inspiring October Craft Market. This year we have had a record number of applicants so we decided to grow the market to two days- 50+ creative makers a day, artisan food + drink, a schedule of DIY workshops, giveaways, swag bags and more.
This is always a fun event for the whole family.
Vendor lineup to be released end of August. Applications for this market are now closed.
OUR VENUE PARTNERSHIP
When I first walked into the Makerspace North warehouse with a friend with a fresh idea in my head about the type of market I wanted to run- I was immediately captivated with the rawness of the space and the creativity in the air. There was a lot of sawdust and random shelving to overlook in an off-the-beaten path location... but ultimately I knew I had found something different that could add to the vibe. With a power girl-boss team in place, this collaborative work +event space has transformed into the potential I saw on that first day. Find out more about the team at MSN and the venue here.
INFLUENCER CONNECTIONS
We believe that influencers have unique voices to build our local economy, and connect you to stories that you may otherwise never hear about. Over our past events, we have worked closely with such influencers as Amy in 613, YOW city style, Chantsy and What Emily Said (among others). We love creative ways of connecting our maker community to new audiences. Do you have a creative way of collaborating with us? Give us a holla.
Are you a local YOW influencer with an emerging or established voice who loves creative biz + supporting local? Hit us up with your partnership pitch.
hello@freewheelingcraft.com
Pictured: Emily Hayward from @whatemilysaid wearing our I HEART LOCAL tee with a Birch Jewellery pinecone pendant necklace.
WE HEART YOUR FUR BABIES!
At every event we get the same gorgeous pooches out to support local with their owners. At our last event we thought "why not have a whole heck of a lot of fun with this!"... enter beautiful flower wall backdrop, accessories from PAW Parade, and last but not least owners that were down with having a little bit of fun!
Stay tuned for our pooches photo gallery coming soon!
