Name: Nicole Hawley Age: 31 Location: Utica, N.Y. Profession: Newspaper Reporter Crafts of Choice: Crochet (#1 Love), Loom Knitting, Knitting, Paper Crafts, Jewelry Making, Scrapbooking and whatever inspires me at any given moment. I was 8 or 9 when I remember my grandmother asking me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I wanted [...]
Name: Kaelin Cordis Age: 25 Location: Belton, MO Profession: Mom, Metalsmith, Wife, Crafter Extraordinaire Craft(s) of Choice: Metalsmithing, Jewelry, Knitting When I was 14, I read a Daja’s Book by Tamora Pierce, about a little girl who could manipulate red hot metal with her bare hands. This magical young girl made a steel and copper [...]
Name: Kelly Malouf Age: 42 Location: IL Profession: I am a stay at home mom and a business owner, selling my crafts of course, mostly jewelry, clothing and soon home decor items. Craft(s) of Choice: Making jewelry, knitting, some crochet, sewing…I think I’ve tried just about everything. Blog: http://kellymalouf.com/blog ; http://kellymaloufsblog.blogspot.com I learned early on [...]
Name: Leslie Wind Age: 59 Location: Rockport, MA Profession: Jeweler Craft(s) of Choice: jewelry making, crochet, knit, paper arts Blog: http://www.follycovefiberfreaks.blogspot.com The year was 1968 and my high school boyfriend’s sister, Sue Levine was just back from CA. She had been making earrings with brass wire and glass beads. After showing me her pliers, hammers [...]
Name: Aileen Roberts Age: 44 Location: Modesto, California Profession: Small Arts & Crafts Business owner and Altered Artist Craft(s) of Choice: Altering the ordinary and turning it into something unique extraordinary using paint, paper and found objects. Blog: http://aileensmusings.blogspot.com Having grown up with a mother who was a high school art teacher/artist it seemed perfectly [...]
Name: Anandi Raman Creath Age: 33 Location: Redmond, WA, U.S.A. Profession: Software Project Manager (currently at Microsoft) Craft(s) of Choice: Beaded jewelry and science-themed magnets Blog: http://houseofpeanut.blogspot.com Throughout my childhood, I never thought of myself as artistically inclined. I was always steered towards academics, and most of my extracurricular activities were either science or music-related. [...]
Name: Beverly Army Williams Age: 39 Location: Granby, CT Profession: College freshman composition professor and fiction writer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, spinning, weaving, embroidery, crochet Blog: http://www.wbnm.typepad.com My Gram was an avid stitcher. She and her four sisters loved to crochet, although only one of them could read a pattern. Aunt Franny [...]
Name: Christine Blystone Age: 26 Location: Portland, Oregon Profession: Web Editor at an Alt. Weekly Newspaper Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing & Embroidery Blog: http://flappergirlcreations.wordpress.com My first memory of sewing is from when I was around eight years old. My best friend and I were really into troll dolls, and we decided we were going to [...]
Name: Claire Chambers Age: 26 Location: Cool, California (yes, really. It’s a tiny town in the mountains.) Profession: Crafter, artist, entrepreneur Craft(s) of Choice: Plush! Blog: http://absolutelysmall.blogspot.com Crafting has been a dear companion to me my whole life. Some of my earliest memories are creating environments for my dolls and making beads with my mom. [...]
Name: Claudia Remijio Age: 33 Location: Santa Ana CA Profession: Work in the women’s shoe industry Craft(s) of Choice: Embroidery, some half assed knitting, learning to sew correctly, dying to learn how to crochet so i can do amuriguri Blog: http://craftpig.blogspot.com My mom gave me 3 things in life that I thank her for every [...]
