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    Craftcation 2026: Event Recap and Photos

    ByNicole Stevenson May 12, 2026May 13, 2026

    It’s weird to think back to the first Craftcation in 2012 because at the time, I didn’t think of it as the first Craftcation. In my mind, it was just… Craftcation. I couldn’t even imagine there being another one because all…

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    Craftcation 2025: Event Recap and Photos

    ByNicole Stevenson May 20, 2025September 25, 2025

    Craftcation turned 12 this year—and while we’re still learning and evolving (because aren’t we all?), we’ve also started to hit our stride. After a dozen years of growing pains, last-minute changes, and figuring it out as we go, we’ve started…

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    Craftcation 2024: Event Recap and Photos

    ByNicole Stevenson April 30, 2024May 2, 2024

    We creatives don’t need fancy offices or studios flooded with natural light to make art or run a business – (although, let’s be real, those things are pretty damn awesome). We’re scrappy, carving out space and time for our dreams from…

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    Craftcation 2023: Event Recap and Photos

    ByNicole Stevenson May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

    I did something at this past Craftcation Conference that I’ve never done in the 12 years since Craftcation began. This thing would not have been possible if it wasn’t for our incredible team who spent the better part of a…

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    Craftcation 2022: Event Recap and Photos

    ByNicole Stevenson May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

    My favorite moment of Craftcation 2022 . . . . . . wasn’t even officially during Craftcation. It happened two days before when our staff got together for a pre-Craftcation dinner.  You would think that after three years without seeing…

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    Craftcation Business and Makers Conference 2019 Recap

    ByNicole Stevenson May 3, 2019November 29, 2021

    A WORD FROM NICOLE… After eight years, you’d think I’d be used our Craftcation Conference by now. But, I’m not. Every single Craftcation since that first one in 2012 has been incredibly memorable but each for different reasons. If I picked one…

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    Craftcation Business and Makers Conference 2018 Recap

    ByDelilah Snell + Nicole Stevenson April 24, 2018March 8, 2023

    From Nicole: Before I got married, a friend gave me one of the best pieces of advice for my wedding day. She told me to sneak away for ten minutes with my husband right after the ceremony. The thing she…

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    Craftcation Business and Makers Conference 2017 recap

    ByDelilah Snell + Nicole Stevenson May 16, 2017May 18, 2017

    A NOTE FROM DELILAH: Dear Craftcation 17 Attendees- Even though Nicole and I don’t get to “attend” Craftcation we have our own little one in a way. We get to meet some amazing people, make new friends and in our…

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    Craftcation: Business + Makers Conference 2016

    ByNicole Stevenson April 28, 2016April 27, 2016

    A note from Nicole: Five years ago Delilah and I got an email from a man named Eric who was the Creative Economy Specialist for the City of Ventura. “We’d love to have you do a Patchwork Show in Ventura…

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    Craftcation Conference 2015

    ByDelilah Snell + Nicole Stevenson May 5, 2015August 1, 2015

    We’re so excited to share our thoughts and the photographs from our Craftcation Conference 2015 with all of you. A note from Delilah about Craftcation 2015: It may be hard to believe, but Nicole and I start working on the…

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Creative people are often praised for their passio Creative people are often praised for their passion but did anyone tell them it’s ok to rest?

We are so excited to welcome our next presenter LaKisha Jews a mental health professional with degrees and science backed knowledge for how to build community and resilience into our creative lives. Give her a follow and say hi @sweetesthandz Will you be there?

#craftcation #creativelife #bettertogether #craftersgonnacraft
HAVE YOU RSVP’D FOR A CRAFTCATION NEIGHBORHOOD HAN HAVE YOU RSVP’D FOR A CRAFTCATION NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT YET?

Our first-ever Neighborhood Hangouts are happening October 18th and we’d love to see you there!

📍 Oakland, CA @evenhoward
📍 Orange, CA @hellonicolestevenson
📍 Ventura, CA @arthouseandcompany
📍 Fort Collins, CO @sew.your.adventure
📍 Seattle, WA @uglybabyshop @jaceti
📍 Westbury, NY @letscraft_org
📍 Phoenix, AZ @sunshinecraftco

They’re FREE, casual and open to everyone—you don’t have to be attending Craftcation (or have ever been!) to join us. Just come hang out, get crafty and meet some creative people in your area.

RSVP is required, so grab your spot now!

👉 Find your local Hangout + RSVP at the link in our bio or bit.ly/CCnhangout

Know someone crafty in one of these cities? Send this to them and make a date of it! ✂️🧶🎨
Meet Craftcation 2027 presenter Ayesha Santos! ✨ A Meet Craftcation 2027 presenter Ayesha Santos! ✨
Ayesha helps creative entrepreneurs build beautiful brands and websites that actually sell!

She’ll be teaching “How to Turn One-Time Buyers Into Customers Who Keep Coming Back” because finding new customers is great, but keeping them is even better!

We’ll be introducing our amazing 2027 presenters over the next few months, so stay tuned!

✂️ CRAFTCATION 2027
📍 Ventura, CA
📅 March 31 – April 4, 2027
🎟️ Comment TICKET to register or TOUR to see what five days of creativity + community by the beach are all about!
I hear people say all the time that Craftcation ch I hear people say all the time that Craftcation changed their life. That they found their people here. That they finally felt like they belonged.

I love hearing that. But I don’t think I realized until recently how much Craftcation did the same thing for me.

I grew up feeling other. I was the creative weirdo. I talked too much. I was into things the other kids weren’t. While everyone else seemed to know how to fit in, I was reading poetry, hanging out in cafés, smoking clove cigarettes and dreaming about getting the hell out of Orange County.

Then in high school, I found a group of girls who didn’t just accept my weirdness—they appreciated it. Almost 40 years later, they’re still some of my closest friends.

I’ve found other people along the way, but Craftcation gave me that feeling again.

This year I turned 50. Which came with A LOT of feelings, so naturally I gathered some people I love and went to fuck around in Las Vegas.

And almost everyone who came into my life because of Craftcation.

We laughed. We cried. We adventured. I watched people who never would have known each other become friends. And somewhere in the middle of it, I realized:

Without Craftcation, I wouldn’t be here with these people.

This thing we created to help creative people find community had given me one, too.

So many of my friendships, ideas, inspiration and favorite memories exist because Craftcation brought people into my life I might never have met otherwise.

And THAT is the magic I want everyone to experience.

It’s why we started Neighborhood Hangouts—FREE get-togethers happening in multiple cities on the same day. Because a few hours crafting at a café or meeting for drinks might not be a weekend in Vegas, but it might be where you meet someone you were supposed to know. (Info + RSVP at the link in bio!)

I think some of us will always feel a little other.

But when you find your people, being different doesn’t feel quite so lonely.

It feels like belonging. ❤️ Thank you @leannicorn @jarett_glodt_rocks @janetmcgraw @craftamoto  @rjsaylor for helping me ring in this b-day. 😘
HAVE YOU RSVP’D FOR A CRAFTCATION NEIGHBORHOOD HAN HAVE YOU RSVP’D FOR A CRAFTCATION NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT YET?

Our first-ever Neighborhood Hangouts are happening October 18th and we’d love to see you there!

📍 Oakland, CA @evenhoward 
📍 Orange, CA @hellonicolestevenson 
📍 Ventura, CA @arthouseandcompany 
📍 Fort Collins, CO @sew.your.adventure 
📍 Seattle, WA @uglybabyshop @jaceti 
📍 Westbury, NY @letscraft_org 
📍 Phoenix, AZ @sunshinecraftco 

They’re FREE, casual and open to everyone—you don’t have to be attending Craftcation (or have ever been!) to join us. Just come hang out, get crafty and meet some creative people in your area.

RSVP is required, so grab your spot now!

👉 Find your local Hangout + RSVP at the link in our bio or bit.ly/CCnhangout

Know someone crafty in one of these cities? Send this to them and make a date of it! ✂️🧶🎨
If you’ve been watching Craftcation from afar thin If you’ve been watching Craftcation from afar thinking, “I don’t know anyone,” “Am I crafty enough?” or “Is it weird to come alone?”—this one’s for you.

We talked to some Craftcation first-timers about what it was like to take the leap and come for the first time.

Spoiler: they loved it.

They left with new skills, new friends and that magical feeling of finding people who get you.

We hear “I wish I had come sooner” ALL. THE. TIME.

So come nervous. Come alone. Come not knowing what to expect. Just come.

✨ CRAFTCATION 2027
📅 March 31–April 4
📍 Ventura Beach Marriott
🎨 5 days of workshops, creative business classes, community, parties + a whole lot more
🎟️ Grab your ticket at the link in our bio!
We’re launching Craftcation Neighborhood Hangouts— We’re launching Craftcation Neighborhood Hangouts—FREE, casual get-togethers to get crafty + connect with creative people in your area!

Our first Hangouts are happening October 18th in:

📍 Oakland, CA
 - @evenhoward
📍 Orange, CA
 - @hellonicolestevenson
📍 Ventura, CA
 - @arthouseandcompany
📍 Fort Collins, CO
 - @sew.your.adventure
📍 Seattle, WA
 - @uglybabyshop & @jaceti
📍 Westbury, NY
 - @letscraft_org
📍 Phoenix, AZ - @sunshinecraftco

Bring a project, grab a drink, make something (or don’t!) and meet some new creative friends. You don’t have to be a Craftcation attendee—everyone is welcome, but RSVP is required!

👉 Find your Hangout + RSVP at the link in our bio or bit.ly/CCnhangout

Don’t see your city? Sign up to host a future Neighborhood Hangout in your area! ✂️🧶🎨
We definitely got a bigger boat! We added so much We definitely got a bigger boat!

We added so much to our community for year round and on-site during the conference! Hospitality team: the group that helps everyone feel seen and welcomed at Craftcation. Craftfirmations: our guide for how we treat ourselves, each other, resources and settings. Neighborhood hangs: your chance to host quarterly in person gatherings where you are and boosted by our team. Community meetups: at the conference meet ups around special interests, regions or topics. Community calendar: your’s and our place to share things we are doing or find interesting with our Craftcation folks. Discord: new tech for instant messaging and chatting both at the conference and away. Buddy program: matching up solo and first time attendees with a buddy so they have a friend before they attend.

That’s a whole cruise ship of community support and we can’t wait to see everyone one in March/April. If you are new to this crafty creative community, welcome take a peek around by commenting Tour, join the email list for invitations to crafty hours over zoom, we can’t wait to meet you.

#craftcation #crafter #creativeentrepreneurs
It’s not ONE day, it’s FIVE! It would have to be It’s not ONE day, it’s FIVE!

It would have to be to pack in all this magic!
Where else can you get hands on craft workshops, Business lectures and panels, Wellness and personal growth sessions and After Hours special events and parties. That’s a lot of &’s!

So what are you waiting for a knitting project wasn’t made in one afternoon and your ticket doesn’t have to be either. Register now and start a payment plan for Craftcation 2027!
Comment Ticket to get started.

#creativeentrepreneur #craft #makers #craftcation #craftersofinstagram
“Thank you for being a....” Even when everyone the “Thank you for being a....”
Even when everyone there loves crafting as much as you do, the walk into a room full of new people can bring out the shy in the most confident of Craftcationer.

That’s why the Buddy Program was built. We match you with a fellow attendee before you even arrive. Based on craft interests, location, goals, and personality (or you can let chaos pick for you, we don’t judge).

First-timers get paired with an alumni whenever possible, but this isn’t just for new attendees! No matter how many Craftcations you have been to, sign up and make a new connection.

#craftcation #creativeentrepreneur #craft #creativecommunity #community

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