Name: Dawn Buettner Huntington Age: 35 Location: Vista, San Diego, Southern California Profession: 75% Mommy, 15% Crafter, 10% Archictural Drafting Craft(s) of Choice: Silkscreen, Sewing, Sketching, Painting, Woodwork Blog: http://www.OUToftheBOXcalifornia.blogspot.com In grade school, perfect penmanship always invoked people to proclaim, “You should be an Architect!” So, I suppose it’s only natural I would pursue a [...]
Name: Dede Huchteman (aka Craft Hippie) Age: 48 Location: Dallas TX currently Profession: Product Manager/Indie Crafter/Artist Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, felting, painting, mixed media, PMC, polymer clay, etching and glasswork on old casement windows, screenprinting, sewing, photography, to mention a few Blog: http://crafthippienews.blogspot.com My mother taught me to knit when I was 5. My aunt [...]
Name: Eileen Bellomo Age: 60 Location: The Bronx, New York!! Profession: I am now retired, but I was an elementary school teacher for nearly 35 years. More time to craft now. Yea! Craft(s) of Choice: I’ll try anything. I knit, scrapbook, make cards, am obsessed with ATCs, have done fused glass, I take painting classes, [...]
Name: Eleanor Gona Age: Your Age43 Location: PA Profession: Stay at home Grandma Craft(s) of Choice: Paper, paint, sewing Like many people here I grew up with a two very crafty parents, my mom like sewing and macrame, my father like welding and working with wood. I really started paper crafting after going to a [...]
Name: Elizabeth Parmeter Age: 27 Location: Kansas City, Kansas Profession: Telecommunications Data/Process Analyst Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Jewelry, Drawing/Painting Blog: http://cherith.livejournal.com I’ve considered myself an artist all my life. But it wasn’t until I was out of college (with two art degrees) and had a friend teach me to knit for Christmas one year, that [...]
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 [...]
Name: Fannie Narte Age: 53 Location: Texas Profession: Artist Craft(s) of Choice: Mixed Media Painting, Fiber Art, Quilting Blog: http://fanniecarte.blogspot.com My life once was routine with daily expectations as a wife, mom, fitness instructor, dance teacher and entertainer. Life was abundant, exciting, productive and fulfilling. Then health challenges turned my world upside down. My world [...]
Name: Finn Sonniksen Age: 9 Location: Austin, Texas Profession: 4th Grader Blog: http://www.finntalks.blogspot.com Craft(s) of Choice: Drawing, painting, making comic books I sort of like drawing because I can memorize stuff with it and I can draw out stuff that I am thinking in my head. It is also fun. Right now I like to [...]
Name: Jaime Mattivi Age: 30 Location: Kansas City, Mo Profession: Wife, mom, student Craft(s) of Choice: mostly knitting, and some crochet, but I also dabble in soap making, as well as hand painting ornaments Blog: http://www.myspace.com/jaimechelle Memory, Story or Anecdote related to crafting in your life: I remember being a little girl, and watching [...]
Name: Janice Age: 50 Location: Casa Grande, Arizona Profession: Dental Hygienist Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, sewing, faux painting, etc. I LOVE to craft! If I see something I like, I have to make it, sometimes it lands in the trash, sometimes it is a decorative item until something new replaces it, but LOVE crafting. [...]
