Name: Stephanie Tiddens Age: 40 Location: Buffalo Grove, Il Profession: Homemaker Craft(s) of Choice: Beading, Knitting, Crochet, Quilting My husband comes from a very large family and all of his nieces and nephews are having babies. I started to make Amigurumi animals for the children we see at Christmas. Well after about 3 years of [...]
Name: Claudia Dunitz Age: 55 Location: Santa Fe, NM Profession: Maker (of Natural Skin Care Products and Graphic Design) Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Freeform Crochet, Art Quilting, Baking, Mosaics, Beading, Sewing, Embroidery, Surface Design, Painting, Printing, Fusing, Burning, Yikes – I can go on and on! Blog: http://www.healmyhands.typepad.com I don’t think there was a time [...]
Name: Laura Nabhan Reichhardt Age: 25 Location: Honolulu, Hi Profession: Disease Management Project Specialist Craft(s) of Choice: dancing, knitting, crocheting,sewing, baking, on occasion beading, learning screenprinting Blog: http://gussyrose.blogspot.com My grandmother decided it was time for me to learn how to knit when I was 8, and thus began my crafting life. Coming from a family [...]
Name: Patricia Huntoon Age: 48 Location: Stamford CT Profession: Website Owner, Technique Junkie Newsletter Publisher Craft(s) of Choice: Stamping, Scrapbooking, Beading Blog: http://patstamps.blogspot.com In October 2002, I started a publication called the Technique Junkie Newsletter that teaches rubber stamping techniques using step-by-step, picture tutorials. Although they are easy to find on the internet now, I [...]
Name: Tammy Bullins Age: 51 Location: Gladbrook, Iowa Profession: They call me a sandwich, I take care of my mother and son. Which they both have Bipolar and my son also has Autism. I am wanting to take some college classes soon. Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Beading, Sewing, Alot of different crafts too! I crochet [...]
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 [...]
Name: Kay Lynn Odle-Moore Age: 52 Location: Tok, Alaska (about 90 miles from the Yukon Territory, Canada; Interior Alaska with ranges in temperature from 80′s in the summer to -70 degrees F. in the winter – closest large city with supplies – Fairbanks, AK – 210 miles away) Profession: Interpretive Park Ranger for Tetlin National [...]
Name: Stacy Schlyer Age: 35 (36 this September) Location: Wichita, Kansas Profession: Work at home mom. Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, mostly. I like to ‘dabble’ in other crafty ventures such as knitting, simple beading, and various other crafts that might appear on the internet that pique my interest! Blog: http://www.StacySews.com If you talk to my [...]
Name: Lori Anderson Age: 39 Location: Easton, MD Profession: Jewelry Designer and Mommy Craft(s) of Choice: beading Blog: www.lorianderson.blogspot.com I never, ever, ever thought of myself as creative. None of my “real” jobs had the slightest thing to do with creativity – Air Force linguist, IT sales rep, pre-med student. I’d never been encouraged to [...]
Name: Leslie Petrovski Age: 48 Location: Denver, Colorado Profession: Freelance writer Crafts of choice: Knitting, crochet, beading, spinning and soapmaking Five years ago, I decided I wanted to combine my profession—writing—with my hobby—knitting. At the time I felt stuck in my writing life, while my knitting flourished. Why not combine the two? It took a [...]
