our mission
Got Craft champions small businesses by providing a platform to connect with the community, grow their brands, and share thoughtfully curated goods, while fostering a vibrant, collaborative, and inspiring environment for makers and shoppers.
empowering creative, small businesses since 2007
With a background in event management and as experienced vendors themselves, Andrea and Rob started Got Craft after participating in a craft fair filled with art that didn’t fit their aesthetic. Feeling inspired, they used their event and creative skills and drafted up a vendor call for their local community board.
In May 2007, the first Got Craft market took place at the Western Front with 20 vendors. Got Craft has now grown to 9 in-person and online events throughout the year and have featured thousands of makers and small shops from across Canada.
meet Andrea + Rob
Andrea: Got Craft began after a friend taught me how to crochet in the back of a moving vehicle. From there, Robert gifted me a sewing machine for Christmas, which inspired me to start making cute zipper pouches and hair accessories. Roxypop (named after a Roxy sticker and a popsicle I was eating at the time) went on to be sold in shops across Canada and featured at events including Vancouver Maker Faire, One of a Kind Vancouver and Toronto, Interior Design Show Vancouver, Vancouver Etsy Co, Christmas at Hycroft, Make it Vancouver and Edmonton, Portobello West, Refresh Market, Renegade Craft London (UK), and Crafty Fox Market (UK).
Together, with 22 years of event management experience working with corporate and non-profit clients, Robert and I have built Got Craft into a highly anticipated, thoughtfully curated market, designed to offer a one-of-a-kind, accessible, and inclusive shopping experience for all.
Past projects and partnerships include: Vancouver Premiere of Handmade Nation and the Vancouver Premiere of the Sign Painters movie, Swap-O-Rama-Rama, Indie I Do, Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, Vancouver Fall Home Show, BC Home & Garden Show, Etsy UK, Dragon Boat BC, Vancouver Mural Festival, Canucks Sports & Entertainment, London Fields Shoppe, lotus events inc.