Name: Tina Witherspoon Age: over 18 Location: suburb near Seattle, WA Profession: indie crafter and clothing designer Craft(s) of Choice: sewing Blog: http://glamspoon.typepad.com With five siblings growing up, my parents couldn’t afford to buy us designer jeans and trendy outfits. When I needed a dress for eighth grade graduation, my mother introduced me to this [...]
Name: Nicola Gouldsmith Age: 38 Location: Halfpenny Home Haberdashery – Art and Craft Studio, Needham Market, Suffolk, United Kingdom Profession: Haberdasher, curtain maker, tutor and owner of an art and craft studio Craft(s) of Choice: Anything textile-y or woolly Blog: www.halfpennyhome.blogspot.com 22 years of making soft furnishings for interior designers and curtain shops has meant [...]
Name: Laura Bray Age: 40 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Profession: Professional Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Embroidery, Paper Crafts Blog: http://www.katydiddys.blogspot.com I wanted to be a hairdresser and drive a Trans Am. That was my first childhood dream. After receiving a set of Fashion Plates ® for my tenth birthday, I changed my mind and [...]
Name: Marie Z. Johansen Age: 58 Location: An island in the Great Pacific Northwest USA Profession: County Employee Craft(s) of Choice: quilting, knitting, felting, mixed media art journaling Blog: http://zquilts.blogspot.com I thought that I needed to climb a career ladder in order to be happy and have money. I climbed the ladder but the view [...]
Name: Stephanie Evans Location: Oklahoma City, Ok Profession: Artists and junk trader Craft(s) of Choice: paint, glue, recraft, handsew, 3-d art, everything that gets my hands dirty Blog: http://houseofcraftok.blogspot.com I remember telling an art teacher once in like 10th grade that I could never see art as an occupation as having purpose and that I [...]
Name: Rebecca Hendry & Katherine Cresser Age: 24 Location: London Profession: Young professionals Craft(s) of Choice: Designer/Maker and illustrators of all things crafty Blog: http://www.honksville.com We first met seven years ago on an art course in Canterbury. Here we discovered we shared the same two life long dreams, firstly to design and make dolls and [...]
Name: Patti Moore Age: 54 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Profession: Self-Taught Artist, Preschool Teacher Craft(s) of Choice: Drawing, Digital Art, Paper Arts, Mixed Media, Painting Blog: http://pholkartblessings.blogspot.com/ I’m a self-taught artist who LOVES creating colorful illustrations and whimsical childrens’ art! I specialize in creating Digital Stamps for Papercrafting, which I offer in my Etsy shop, PHOLKART*BLESSINGS. [...]
