Name: Jennifer McGuire
Age: 31
Location: Austin, Texas
Profession: Mostly mama to 3 year old twins. Makeup artist/holistic esthetician/skincare educator by trade.
Craft(s) of Choice: Well, number one is knitting (and SUPER-amateur spinning) but I also make my own beauty products and have branched out into decoupage and jewelry making.
Blog: www.skinrhythm.blogspot.com, www.mamasingstheblues.blogspot.com
When I was a kid I had an [...]
Name: Terry Cammack
Age: 49
Location: Germantown, Maryland
Profession: Accountant
Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crocheting, Scrapbooking, Sewing
Being a step-parent has to be the most difficult and sometimes the most unappreciated job in the world. I should know – not only did I marry the first time a man with two teenage daughters, but I turned around [...]
Name: BethAnne Hoffmann
Age: 25
Location: Baltimore, MD
Profession: Account Manager, Neustadt Creative Marketing (we make college viewbooks and admission materials that really rock)
Craft(s) of Choice: Book making, painting, drawing, and making more books!
Blog: www.PurpleSkirt.Etsy.com
I started making books about 6 years ago when I took a short course on letter press and book binding at the University of [...]
Name: Dominique Plourde
Age: 41 years old (but I feel 25 right now!)
Location: Saint-Hyacinthe (near Montreal, province of Quebec, Canada)
Profession : Education consultant
Craft(s) of Choice: mostly sewing at the moment…
Blog: http://dominiquepl-english.blogspot.com/
I always wanted to be an artist, tried many mediums, felt odd about it and am now happy to say I’m a crafter. I’m progressively leaving [...]
Name: gwen jensen
Age: 36
Location: grand rapids, michigan
Profession: flight communication specialist for an emergency helicopter service and custom handmade invitation website
Craft(s) of Choice: paper crafts: stamping, collage, mixed media
Blog: website www.frogstarinvitations.com
there is a rubber stamp made by magenta of my dog. i met the artist, maryse carrier, at a store owner/stamp company class session and asked [...]
Name: Lou Pennisi
Age: 36
Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
Profession: struggling Artist/Designer (also work in retail 2 days a week!)
Craft of choice: quilting,Sewing,painting,card design,photography,drawing,mosaics…the list goes on..
Blog: www.queenloube.blogspot.com
When i was a child I was always fascinated by my grandmothers sewing machine.I liked the noises it made and the things it created. I loved the time she would spend [...]
Name: mixtapezine (justine telfer & nichola prested)
Age: 35 and 30
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Profession: Crafty Ladies and Mums
Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Quilting, Knitting
Blog: www.mixtapezine.com, www.62cherry.blogspot.com, www.nikkishell.com
We like to create each and everyday. We have young children and we like to strip things back to the basics.
We met online a few years ago and discovered we lived [...]
Name: Leslie Petrovski
Age: 48
Location: Denver, Colorado
Profession: Freelance writer
Crafts of choice: Knitting, crochet, beading, spinning and soapmaking
Five years ago, I decided I wanted to combine my profession—writing—with my hobby—knitting. At the time I felt stuck in my writing life, while my knitting flourished. Why not combine the two?
It took a bit of persistence, but I finally [...]
Name: Michael L. Wherley
Age: 27
Location: Attleboro Ma
Profession: Fashion Designer
Craft(s) of Choice: sewing, knitting, jewelry, painting, i bounce around often always trying new things
I was born into a crafty family so it was always around me growing up and very encouraged, so of course I joined in, I can still remember my first hot glue gun [...]
Name: Arlette Ebisu
Age: 53
Location: Mililani, Hawaii
Profession: Full-time crafter and homemaker
Crafts of Choice: Everything, although mostly fabric related
Blog: http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple.blogspot.com/
I have been a crafter for as long as I can remember. I believe it went into full swing the moment that I received my first Barbie doll. Let’s just say that my Barbie doll was [...]
