Kickboxing. Sport of the future.

Don't want to sell, buy, or process anything? May I suggest making just one exception for this super-awesome Lloyd Dobbler t-shirt at Chocosho.

Have you heard about the pirate movie? It was rated Arrrrr!

This is a little bit outside the scope of this blog, because I'm mainly going to focus on already-made products that you can buy if you want a handmade gift, but if you are looking for things to make yourself, you can't do much better than Jenny Hart's patterns at Sublime Stitching. Imagine your delight if those tea towels you got from your grandmother had actually had pirates on them. Avast!

Merry F***'in Christmas.

Happy nothing, you godless heathen. Need one holiday card that covers all your bases? Check out 16 Sparrows' checkbox holiday cards.

Sock Monkeys!

Finding your life too empty of sockly goodness? You can go to 4 Ring Circus and adopt a monkey.

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Hands On, where I'll be bringing you the best handmade products and the niftiest crafts. If it's cool and it's DIY, you'll find it here.

We'll be starting out with items made by the participants in Chicago's Renegade Craft Fair. The fair took place this past weekend in Wicker Park, but thanks to some heavy rains most of the aisles between the booths were so muddy it was hard to keep from slipping long enough to make it to the vendors' tables. So if you didn't get a chance to go, or if you did, but are wondering what you might have missed, stay tuned here!