Name: Diana Gonzalez Age: 32 Location: Brooklyn, NY Profession: Work at home Mother, baby wrangler, crafter Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, mixed media collage, altered art, embroidery Blog: http://www.confessionsofacraftaholic.blogspot.com I started making art and working with paper and such, some time ago, around the time I met my husband. I had a hard [...]
Name: Courtney Keller Age: 33 Location: Austin, Texas Profession: Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Screenprinting, Drawing, Design, Animation Blog: http://peaceboutique.wordpress.com/ I studied printmaking in school, but when I got out realized I didn’t have access to a printing press. I began doing sewing and silkscreening in my home, and selling on eBay. I ended up [...]
Name: Nancy Lefko Age: 49 Location: Peterborough, NH Profession: artist Craft(s) of Choice: mixed media/collage Blog: http://nancylefko.blogspot.com I have always loved art class…as far back as elementary school. “Studio in Art” was my favorite place to be in high school. But somewhere along the way, the creation of art for enjoyment was lost to the [...]
Name: Diane Long Location: Pocono Mountains, PA Profession: Freelance Crafter Craft(s) of Choice: Rubber Stamping, papercrafting,collage, polymer clay, writing, cake decorating Blog: http://www.creativedestinations.blogspot.com Growing up in a large family, we didn’t always get what we wanted so we learned to get creative. We would make it, paint it, decorate it, fix it, or cover it. [...]
Name: Tonya Sloan Age: 30 Location: Cincinnati, OH Profession: Housewife Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Cross stitch, Jewelry, Candle making, scrapbooking I started out making floss bracelets, and beeding. Then a friend introduced me to candle making. A dear friend of mine taught me the basics of Crochet, to take her mind off the death of [...]
Name: Sara Cowan Age: 32 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Profession: Mom/ Craft fair director Craft(s) of Choice: sewing Blog: http://www.deluxeok.net/stitchalong Crafters in our state are coming together to learn embroidery. Experts are hosting classes, while novices practice their technique. We plan to complete portraits of famous Oklahomans for a spring 2010 exhibition. We’re trying to [...]
Name: Shelley McElhiney Age: 49 Location: Tacoma, WA Profession: “store worker” & owner of 2 stores, one on Etsy & one on ArtFire, both samsstuff Craft(s) of Choice: jewelry making, embroidery, crochet, sewing, photography… Blog: http://samsstuf-samsstuff.blogspot.com I have been making things ever since I can remember, taught by my grandmother, parents & some very creative [...]
Name: Christina Carr Age: 36 Location: Escondido, CA Profession: Special education teacher Craft(s) of Choice: scrapbooking, cards, quilts Blog: http://christinascreation.weebly.com I’ve been making crafts forever. I’ve made so many crafts for Mother’s Day gifts and Christmas Gifts. I made most of the items that we used at my wedding. I also helped most of my [...]
