We’ve just launched some new features that should make Indie Craft Shows even more useful! Starting today you can now “bookmark” events. Look for the little bookmark star on the right hand of any event page.

You can see a list of all the events you’ve marked over on the My Events page. And if the event has an application deadline coming up we’ll show that too.

If you use a calendar application such as Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCal you can export your Indie Craft Shows Calendar and have them sync automatically! Just click the “export to…” link on the My Events page. Once they’re synced up any events you bookmark here will pop up in your calendar. Both event dates and application deadlines will appear in the calendar.

Lastly if you’ve marked an event you’ll get an email reminder right before the application deadline – so you don’t miss it. These email reminders are totally optional. If you’d rather not get them (say, if you’re not a vendor) just go to your profile settings and uncheck the application notification box.

There’s some other cool stuff in the works – including widgets for your blog telling people which shows you’ll be at – so stay tuned. And if you’re participating in a show that isn’t in our directory let the organizer know about us so they can post it here!