Craftcation 2026: Full Schedule

2:00pm PDT

Wednesday April 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Stuck? Something has to change, you’re trying everything, and nothing you’re trying works. In this session, learn the 4-step Framework high-ticket coaches follow to create change in clients’ lives. Anyone can follow this proven process, which has its roots in ancient cultures, psychology, and neuroscience. You’ll leave this session with practical tools you can use now, from changing your personal life to accelerating growth in your business.

Presenters

Jennifer Priest

Wednesday April 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

6:30pm PDT

Crafty Hour - Bejeweled Fish Pins

Wednesday April 8, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm PDT

Salon 1

Make your own sparkling sardine pin - no experience required! We’ll provide everything you need, from colorful felt bases to a sparkling mix of beads, gems, and sequins. Choose your favorite felt color and use simple templates to shape your fish, then bring it to life with your own glittery flair. Along the way, you’ll learn helpful tricks for gluing tiny embellishments with ease. To finish, you’ll add a secure pin backing so your creation is ready to wear or gift. You’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind accessory that’s equal parts playful and dazzling.

Presenters

Kellie Phelan

Owner, The Works Seattle

I spent the first decade of my career working in environmental consulting and now seek to change the world on a much more local level - by building community, connecting over passions, and sharing skills. I founded The Works Seattle in 2018 as a place to do just that. The Works offers... Read More →

Wednesday April 8, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Salon 1

Make & take

9:00am PDT

Anti-Marketing: Sell Your Work Without Selling Out

Thursday April 9, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Salon 1

We’re all tired of webinars, hard pitches, sliding into the DMs, and funnels. Do we HAVE TO “pay to play”? Ugh! In this workshop, we’ll examine what’s working now in the world of online sales that no one is talking about. It’s time to engage with our audience authentically, skip the smarmy tactics, and ditch complicated funnels. Discover why “sales” feels gross and what you can do instead to stay true to who you are, respect your clients and customers, and make massive bank! I’ll pull back the curtain and reveal why I changed how I sell, and now I have more purpose, make more money, and have more freedom.

Presenters

Jennifer Priest

Thursday April 9, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Salon 1

Business

1:00pm PDT

Mapping Out Your Next Launch

Thursday April 9, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Salon 1

We've all done or seen it before: we've got a new product, new event, or new thing to share with our audience. We create one email, or one social media post about it.
And then...crickets.
It's painful, embarrassing, and we tend to wallow in the depths of our own self-loathing, thinking that the new thing is a failure...and that we are a failure.
Even though none of that is true.
In this workshop, we'll start formulating your new routine for all your launches by mapping out your next launch with an actual dang strategy (and what that actually is).
If you've got a new thing or widget to launch down the road, bring it, and we'll map it out together!

Presenters

Holly Marsh

hollymarshmallow / Ecommerce Arcade

Holly is an illustrator, artist, and designer with a neurospicy brain...which tracks, as she owns two businesses. Yes, two. Why? Squirrels.
She makes silly and colorful art and products at hollymarshmallow, and she helps creative business owners with their branding, websites, and email at EcommerceArcade. She's in Astoria, Oregon with her family and has three pets with pop-culture-inspired names... Read More →

Thursday April 9, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

3:30pm PDT

Crafting Craft Kits

Thursday April 9, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

Salon 1

Want to spread the joy of crafting with the world? Turn your ideas into diy kits! There is a rising interest out there in diy kits and more and more people who have never done crafts before are becoming interested. In this session you will learn the basics on how to get started finding packaging, sourcing materials, getting started with wholesale and more.

Presenters

Nicole LaBranche

Owner/Designer, Spot Colors

Nicole LaBranche is a long time crafter and graphic designer based in Atlanta, GA. She is the owner and designer of Spot Colors which produces modern diy cross stitch designs. She designs diy counted cross stitch kits, patterns, enamel pins and stickers featuring modern, fandom and... Read More →

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Thursday April 9, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

9:00am PDT

Time Well Spent: Achieve More with Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Planning

Friday April 10, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Salon 1

You've bought your fair share of adorable planners, which remain blank past May of that year.
You've tried bullet journaling, digital planners, iPad apps; you've tried it all.
And yet a little voice in the back of your head wonders if you're truly planning...or procrasti-planning.
In this workshop, Holly will share with you the planning method she has crafted for over three years to not only get things done, but to reach her goals, and feel more well-rounded as a human. We'll explore ways you could develop your own planning practice to help you get things done, and one that works for you.

Presenters

Holly Marsh

hollymarshmallow / Ecommerce Arcade

Friday April 10, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Salon 1

Business

11:30am PDT

Rejuvenate with Reiki - Session 1

Friday April 10, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm PDT

Salon 1

**Feel free to bring a blanket or a towel to sit/lay on**

Curious about Reiki?
This class offers the experience a full Reiki Transmission followed by journaling and community discussion. This is the perfect opportunity to experience healing energy regardless of your "ability" to meditate...all monkey minds welcome! Whether you consider yourself a seasoned meditator or permanently distracted, this is a lovely rejuvenating class that will leave you feeling aligned and content. (...and trust me, you can't do this wrong!)

Presenters

Brigitta Dau

Brigitta ~ Mind, Body, Soul Coach

Being a Life Coach, Reiki Master, Crafting teacher, and Speaker, I love to blend personal development with creative expression. As a designer, author, and Etsy shop owner, I bring a unique fusion of energy work and hands-on making to all of my classes. I love helping people break... Read More →

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Friday April 10, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm PDT
Salon 1

Wellness

1:00pm PDT

Plan a Life You Love — Creative Planning with Kellofaplan

Friday April 10, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Salon 1

**Bring your favorite pens, markers, and/or highlighters!**

“Plan a Life You Love: Creative Planning with Kellofaplan” is a hands-on session that turns everyday planning into a creative outlet. Guided by Heather Kell of Kellofaplan, attendees learn to translate big goals and daily tasks into a colorful weekly spread using functional boxes and decorative stickers. Heather breaks down her signature approach to goal setting and planning, then demonstrates simple layering techniques while participants follow along, choosing palettes and experimenting with placement to balance beauty and productivity. Throughout the workshop she shares tips on using planning for stress relief, creativity, and reflection, so every attendee leaves with a photo-ready spread, a sampler of supplies to keep creating at home, and the confidence to fill future pages with both purpose and personality.

Presenters

Heather Kell

CEO/Founder, Kellofaplan LLC

Heather Kell is the creative force behind Kellofaplan, a planner brand that helps thousands of people around the world plan a life they love. A former classroom teacher, she turned her passion for organization into a thriving business that designs planners, sticker books, and accessories... Read More →

Friday April 10, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Salon 1

Craft

3:30pm PDT

Lights, Camera, Podcast: Launch Your Show in 6 Weeks

Friday April 10, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

Salon 1

Podcasting is evolving and video is leading the way. In this hands-on workshop, Monique Malcolm will guide you through planning, recording, and launching your very own audio or video podcast, with a special focus on how to leverage YouTube to grow your audience. You’ll learn what equipment and software you actually need (and what you don’t), how to stay organized with simple systems, and best practices for recording content that looks and sounds great. Whether you’re brand-new or ready to uplevel your skills, you’ll walk away with the confidence and a clear roadmap to press record and share your voice with the world. Podcasting isn’t just audio anymore—let’s get you ready for the future.

Presenters

Monique Malcolm

Take Tiny Action

Monique Malcolm is a creative strategist, podcast host, and Founder of Take Tiny Action. She is passionate about helping people bring their ideas to life. Through her brand, Take Tiny Action, she creates tools and resources to help you accomplish your most important work despite life’s... Read More →

Friday April 10, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

6:30pm PDT

Iron Craft

Friday April 10, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm PDT

Salon 1

Holly and Emily are back as your hosts for this year’s Iron Craft Ventura!

At Iron Craft Ventura, you’ll experience:
Crafting.
Secret Supplies.
Surprises.
Mayhem.
Craftcation attendees will compete against other makers to vie for the title (AND prizes!) of Iron Craft Champion. The defending champion will be there to hold her title- will she win again or will someone new claim the title?

Competitors will be given a basic set of craft supplies and will need to create a super rad creation, within minutes. But–there’s a catch: competitors will need to include the Secret Supply Item, which will be revealed just as the timer starts!

Come watch, or better yet, participate in this fast-paced, creative, yet fun event at Happy Hour

Presenters

Holly Marsh

hollymarshmallow / Ecommerce Arcade

Emily Benson

Emily has been sewing since she can remember, and after a little over a decade as a photographer, she made a career pivot and went back to her first love, pursuing a degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising, and is now completing her Master of Education with the goal of training... Read More →

Friday April 10, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Salon 1

Special Events

9:00am PDT

The Email Lab: Advanced Strategies for Better Results

Saturday April 11, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Salon 1

You're not new to using email to market your business, and you've managed to master the basics. But now you're hungry for more...or at least know you could leverage your list more, but not sure where to start. We go beyond the basics for email in this workshop. We'll cover using automations, segmentation and how to use them, how to craft a sending strategy, improving deliverability, and more. By the end of this workshop, you'll have a better idea of your next steps to take your email marketing game to the next level.

Presenters

Holly Marsh

hollymarshmallow / Ecommerce Arcade

Saturday April 11, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Salon 1

Business

1:00pm PDT

The Tiny Action Method: Simple Steps to Big Results

Saturday April 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Salon 1

Big dreams don’t happen overnight—they happen one tiny action at a time. In this interactive workshop, creative strategist Monique Malcolm will show you how to transform an overwhelming idea into a clear, doable plan you can actually stick with. You’ll learn how to break down goals into brain-friendly steps, create a personalized roadmap that fits into your real life, and build in support strategies to keep momentum going. Along the way, Monique will share her proven tools for beating procrastination, staying motivated, and recovering quickly when things don’t go as planned. By the end of this session, you’ll leave with a customized Tiny Action Plan—and the confidence to finally move your ideas from dream to done.

Presenters

Monique Malcolm

Take Tiny Action

Saturday April 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

3:30pm PDT

Launching Your Substack: From Zero to First Post

Saturday April 11, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

Salon 1

Substack is having a moment among journalists and writers as a place to share their work and widen their audience; why not you?

In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of Substack, pros and cons, and ways you can leverage this newer platform. We'll also start mapping out possible strategies to help you determine whether Substack is right for you, and what you need to get started.

Presenters

Holly Marsh

hollymarshmallow / Ecommerce Arcade

Saturday April 11, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Salon 1

Business

8:00pm PDT

Crafty BINGO Night

Saturday April 11, 2026 8:00pm - 10:00pm PDT

Salon 1

Wind down from a full day at Craftcation with a playful round (or two!) of Crafty BINGO! Hosted by Monique Malcolm, this isn’t your average bingo night; expect creative twists, lots of laughter, and a chance to win fun crafty prizes. No buy-ins, no pressure! Just a lighthearted way to connect with fellow makers, cheer each other on, and shout “BINGO!” in true Craftcation style.

Presenters

Monique Malcolm

Take Tiny Action

Saturday April 11, 2026 8:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
Salon 1

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