Name: Christy Nelson
Age: 33
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Profession: former Spanish teacher turned mom that gets some extra cash hawking her crafts on etsy and local craft fairs.
Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, stamping, sewing
Blog: http://craftyconservative.blogspot.com
“I made it myself!” That is one of my favorite things to say and has been throughout my life. About four years ago, [...]
Name: Diane Long
Age: 40+
Location: Pocono Mountains, PA
Craft(s) of Choice: Rubber Stamping, Scrapbooking, Polymer Clay, Decorative cakes & cookies
Blog: http://www.creativedestinations.blogspot.com
Coming from a large family with little means. my mon was very creative with a needle and thread, and with cooking up a feast out of few ingredients. My dad was a DIY’er long before we knew [...]
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. I always say “necessity [...]
Name: Joan Hajek
Age: 51
Location: Ellicott City, MD
Profession: SAHM
Craft(s) of Choice: Rubber Stamping & Knitting
Blog: http://www.stamping-cooking-knitting.blogspot.com
I have always been a crafter. Always dabbling in something since I was a young girl. Loved Art in school. Now I am a SAHM who loves to rubber stamp and knit. I am an Independent Demonstrator for [...]
Name: Julie Anderson
Age: 38
Location: Joliet, IL
Profession: Knit Handbag Designer, Retail Rubber Stamp Store Owner & Stay at Home Mom.
Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Sewing, Paper Crafts. . .you name it, I’ve most likely tried it!
Blog: www.boogaj.com
When I moved back to my hometown to start a family, it was lonely. I was [...]
Name: “Upstatelisa” aka Lisa Filion
Age: 46
Location: upstate NY (Queensbury)
Profession: SAHM, Landlord, Jack of all trades, a speech-languate pathologist in my former life
Craft(s) of Choice: first passion is quilting but I sew, knit, scrap, stamp…..
Blog: http://www.upstatelisa.blogspot.com
When I was 13, my paternal grandmother gave me $100 (which was a lot of money waaaay back when) to buy my [...]
Name: Lisa Somerville
Age: 40
Location: Manhattan IL
Profession: SAHM, Design Team Member for Various Stamp Companies, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
Craft(s) of Choice: Rubber Stamping
Blog: www.lisasomerville.com
I’ve been crafting one thing or another since I was little. I can vividly remember my mom coming into my room when I was little, looking for me. I was under the bed [...]
Name: Lynn Mercurio
Age: 51
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Profession: Executive Assistant
Craft(s) of Choice: Stamping, scrapbooking, and all Paper Arts
Blog: http://stamperosity.com
As a child, I always had a pencil or crayon in my hand. Being the only child at home, I had to occupy myself a good deal of the time, and paper, paste, scissors and crayons were my [...]
Name: Mary Lynn
Age: 54
Location: Ohio
Profession: Relocation Manager
Craft(s) of choice: Knitting, Crocheting, Sewing, Scrapbooking, Stamping
Blog: http://isnoacompletesentence.blogspot.com
For my 8th birthday, my Gramma decided that I should learn to knit. Being that she believed that making small stuff was a waste of time, the pattern and yarn she gave me was a cabled sweater in pink mohair.
The thing [...]
Name: Niki Meiners
Age: 35 and holding
Location: Wilmington, NC
Profession: Wife, Mom, crafter and all around fun person
Craft(s) of Choice: Rubber Stamping, Paper Crafting
Blog: A0nikimeiners.wordpress.com
5 years ago I was paralyzed from the neck down, 3 months after giving birth to my son. A rare virus attacked my spine. During my hospital stay I gained the use of [...]
