Spring is here and so is the plethora of craft events. Get your fill on all things handmade at these 3 in April:

I Heart Rummage, April 6th, at it’s new home at Chop Suey on Capital Hill, Seattle. DJ Huggy will be spinning music to shop by.

Handmade NW promotes unique handcrafted items at their fair April 7^th and 8^th in Portland, OR, .

Crafty Wonderland, Portland’s monthly art & craft extravaganza, is happening April 13th at the Doug Fir Lounge.

Brightest Young Things has a good interview with former Sup Pop art director and current partner in Patent Pending Industries, Jesse LedDoux. His work can be seen all over the northwest in the form of posters and CD designs. The Grammy nominated Shins CD packaging is a good example of his work. Also, his Dr. Ledoux Critter Splitter Series of toy figures in on sale at Kidrobot for $1 each. That’s too cheap to pass up!

The amazing Geoff McFetridge’s poster installation is officially opening March 29th at the Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park’s PACCAR Pavilion. It’s a great mix of big ideas whittled down to their core elements - no over designing here. All of the “posters” are actually paintings on molded birch veneers (aka plywood). Geoff is also a part of the upcoming “Beautiful Losers” movie about the D.I.Y. art scene.

Enjoy graffiti art mixed with urban design by John Osgood in a relaxed atmosphere during happy hour at the Nectar Lounge in Fremont Thursday, March 27 at 5pm.

Open Floor is a monthly laboratory of ideas brought to you by Henry Art Gallery staff. Each month local artists, musicians, performers, filmmakers and Henry staff present work with the hope of generating new creative relationships. The next Open Floor is Tuesday, March 25, at 6 PM in the Henry Auditorium (FREE).

This is an interesting installation of Dawn’s small drawings and works on paper at the Henry through April. The show title is “We’re all going to die (except for you)” and the artwork focuses on American past and present attitudes on war, drama and death.

Vancouver BC artist Andrew Pommier has a new collab with Adidas on it’s Superstar Vulc shoe. This classic shoe get’s revamped with Andrew’s linework, “Heartfelt” type above the stripe and a super clean white/black/red colorway. Andrew also has his book “Things I Don’t Remember” out right now with insight into Pommierland.

Robert dug down deep to his inner kid and painted familiar action figures from his youth. The results are strikingly high end juxtaposing the figure with a gilded frame. See his work in person at the Roq La Rue opening tonight March 14th from 6-9pm.

Some interesting things are happening this month at the West Seattle Art Walk, Thursday March 13th 6pm-9pm. The Twilight Artist Collective is hosting the “Art Meets Fashion” Fashion Show that evening. Click is showing new work from Brad Strain and Frances Smersh.

Mightypop loves when designs from the past are mixed with the present. Earth, Wind & Rider’s garments fit that description to a T. Their new classic “Seattle” Merino wool jersey was made for the northwest bike polo scene. The vintage racing style looks like it’s straight out of a photo from the Tour de France 50 years ago.