Name: Carmen
Age: 30 something
Location: Virginia
Profession: Web Editor, Professional Twitterer and Award-Winning Novelist!
Craft(s) of Choice:: *Digital* Scrapbooks
Blog: http://photostorybooks.blogspot.com/
I have shelves and shelves (and shelves) of scrapbooks – created through the years as my travels took me around the globe. Whenever I’m feeling down, sad, blue – whatever – looking at my scrapbooks always picks me [...]
Name: Amy Humphrey
Age: 41
Location: Missouri
Profession: Musician
Craft(s) of Choice:: Crochet, Serging
As a bassist with chronically cold fingers, I wanted to learn to knit or crochet so I could make fingerless mittens. That was a year ago — since then I’ve become a crocheting maniac and even took over the web design for our local yarn shop! [...]
Candace Marquette
Name: Candace Marquette
Age: 32
Location: Allen, TX
Profession: Stay at homeMommy/Wifey/Fashion Accessory Designer/Author
Craft(s) of Choice:: Handbags, Leather cuffs, home fashion
Blog: http://www.candypurse.com
I have always been a crafter since I can remember. I use to take my socks, cut them up and make barbie doll clothes from them.
I went to the University of North Texas to study Graphic [...]
Name: Jennifer Ladd
Age: 30
Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA
Profession: Mom and purse designer
Craft(s) of Choice:: Handmade bags and purses
Blog: http://jenniferladdhandmade.etsy.com
I have been sewing since as long as I can remember (my mom says I started when I was 3, but I think she’s exaggerating!). I learned to sew by watching my grandma and then copying what she [...]
Name: Jennifer L Nilsson
Age: 38
Location: Avis, PA USA
Profession: Artist/ Illustrator
Craft(s) of Choice:: painting, drawing, crocheting
Blog: http://www.handmadecraftygoodness.blogspot.com
I am a girl who was taught early on that our gifts (skills) are given to us at birth and should never be wasted. I love so many things I can’t do just ONE, but narrowed it down to [...]
Name: Sofi Mandil
Age: 10
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Profession: Grade School Student
Craft(s) of Choice:: Needle Felting & Weaving
Blog: http://earthsessions.blogspot.com
When I was 9 years old my taught me how to make felted people. I was really excited because it was really fun and I was really good at it. Then one day I got tired of making only [...]
Name: Angela
Age: 33
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Profession: SAHM
Craft(s) of Choice:: I love all crafts! Painting, sewing and fabric arts, decoupauge, jewelry-making, mixed media
Blog: http://www.moxiemae.com
I HAVE to try it all. I had a candle and soapmaking business for 7 years and sold it shortly after having my first daughter. I also made jewelry for my store. Since [...]
Name: Jenessa Keller
Age: 28
Location: Meadville, Missouri
Profession: Day Care provider and full-time Masters student
Craft(s) of Choice:: Spinning, Dyeing, Knitting, and Crochet
Blog: http://www.myfairyarn.artfire.com
During my senior year of college I was the lone person left (or so it seemed) in my tiny little college town during Thanksgiving break so I went off to the Wal-Mart in search of [...]
Name: Mary Ann Varanelli
Age: 44
Location: california
Profession: crafter
Craft(s) of Choice:: sewing
Blog: http://bestfriendsstudios.blogspot.com/
I, like almost every crafter, began the “crafting love affair” when I was a kid. I made all of the typical kid’s crafts but was most taken with painting. After my paint-by-numbers days, I started working with watercolors and have continued this throughout my life. [...]
Name: Stephanie Hindall
Age: a ripe 34
Location: Oak Cliff, Texas (okay, Dallas)
Profession: Grant Writer, Fundraiser, Event Planner
Craft(s) of Choice:: needlefelting, wire-wrapping, beads
Blog: http://tefidesigns.blogspot.com
I could dive into the whole “I made a lanyard keychain back at camp…,” but I won’t. For me the best crafting memory actually has to do with networking and forging crafty friendships [...]
