Name: Erin Adams Age: 37 Location: Troy, Ohio Profession: I just returned to work after being a stay at home mom for 12 years, both kids are in school full time now & I found myself talking to the dog a little to much!! Before that, I owned ENCORE Dance Studios that I started when [...]
Name: eve b. brown Age: 65 Location: St. Paul, MN Profession: greeting card artist Craft(s) of Choice: cards, bookarts, collage, sewing, needlework I believe my interest in paper all started as a toddler in Tampa, Florida. To keep me occupied, my parents would give me newspaper and magazines to tear in my playpen. Apparently, I [...]
Name: Eydie Liebelt Age: 57 Location: Fond du Lac Wisconsin USA Profession: Free Lance Artist/Crafter Craft(s) of Choice: Mixed Media Collage, Embroidery, Watercolor, Calligraphy, Crochet, Sewing Blog: http://shebrews.com Someone said that whatever you were doing for fun between the ages of 11-15 would probably make a good life employment for you. I remember doing a [...]
Heather Marie Nielsen Name: Heather Marie Nielsen Age: 21 Location: Oxnard, California Profession: Senior Year College Student @ CSUCI, & Part-time Sales Operator at Best Buy Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crocheting, Cross Stitching Personal Blog: http://hsailormoon.livejournal.com/ Knitting Blog: http://hsailormoon.blogspot.com/ I think my favorite memory dealing with crafting mostly involves my Grandmother teaching me to knit. [...]
Name: Helen Thaker Age: 29 Location: Liverpool, UK Profession: Human Resources Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, knitting, crochet, and the occasional cross stitch. Blog: http://www.sewstylish.blogspot.com My mum taught me to knit and sew when I was a kid. As I was the oldest of three, I think she saw it as a way to keep me [...]
Name: Janick Gravel (aka neawear for the craft world!) Age: 27 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Profession: Schooled Freelance Graphic Designer, but I recently (July 2008) decided to do crafts full-time! Craft(s) of Choice: Jewelry, embroidery, cross-stitch Blog: It is called Creativadoration: http://fonetik.wordpress.com I went to boarding school as a teen because we lived too far. [...]
Name: Jen Coyle Age: 28 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Profession: Financial Services/Asset Management Craft(s) of Choice: Embroidery, knitting, sewing, quilting Blog: http://stitchchick.blogspot.com My earliest memory of being aware of crafts was my great-grandmother’s quilts. She used old feed sacks for the back and outgrown clothing from the family for the quilt top. The quilts made [...]
Name: Jenna Zeidler Age: 27 Location: Champaign, IL USA Profession: Assistant Librarian at a software company Craft(s) of Choice: Oh, I dabble in so many things! Knitting, thread crochet, sewing/quilting (So much faster than knitting! Knitting is like making your own fabric and then creating something out of it while sewing seems one step ahead [...]
Name: Jennifer Ballot Age: 41 Location: Leonia, NJ (outside of New York City) Profession: Book publicist by day, and now crafts shop owner by day, as well! Craft(s) of Choice: Oh, gosh, I love everything. That was my problem, and that’s why I joined forces with two other women to create The Craft Lounge. In [...]
Name: Jennifer Morris Age: 46 Location: Toronto Profession: Craftsperson, Designer- Maker Day job Salesperson Craft’s of Choice: Beading, Bead weaving, Embroidery, Wirework, Crochet, Knitting, Collage Blog: http://embellishment.ca How craft saved my life or a least made the process of illness and recovery better. I have a genetic disorder so I was in and out of [...]
