Name: Sarah Duede (Edwards) Age: 30 Location: Cape Coral, Florida Profession: Full time Artist/Indie Crafter/Etsian Craft(s) of Choice: Embroidery, Drawing, Sewing Blog: www.facebook.com/sewZinski I remember the first time I took my handmade goods around to local stores for consignment to see if people would be interested. I was so unprepared and clueless about the biz. [...]
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. [...]
Name: Courtney Keller Age: 33 Location: Austin, Texas Profession: Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Screenprinting, Drawing, Design, Animation Blog: http://peaceboutique.wordpress.com/ I studied printmaking in school, but when I got out realized I didn’t have access to a printing press. I began doing sewing and silkscreening in my home, and selling on eBay. I ended up [...]
Name: Amy Age: 21 Location: Madison, WI Profession: College Student Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Jewelry, Sewing, Drawing I love to crochet during the school year, it’s rhythmic and soothing, such a great de-stressor. The best part is that all my friends reap the benefits of new scarves every Christmas
Name: Krysten G Age: 24 Location: Colorado Profession: College studen Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Embroidery, Quilting, Jewlery, Drawing, Painting, Scrapbooking Blog: http://littledevil-666.blogspot.com/ My Grandmother taught me to knit and crochet when I was 10 as another craft to try. I was always a crafty child and loved to try new things and she [...]
Name: Jennifer L Nilsson Age: 38 Location: Avis, PA USA Profession: Artist/ Illustrator Craft(s) of Choice:: painting, drawing, crocheting Blog: http://www.handmadecraftygoodness.blogspot.com I am a girl who was taught early on that our gifts (skills) are given to us at birth and should never be wasted. I love so many things I can’t do just ONE, [...]
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: Alan Luna Age: 14 Location: San Diego, California Profession: 9th grader (high school) Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, sketching, drawing, writing, nature crafts, knitting I got into crafting after my aunt from San Fransisco came to visit. She introduced me to this crafting movement, and showed me sites like Makezine, Craftzine, Threadbanger, and other stuff [...]
Name: Tristan Howell Age: 7 Location: Austin, TX Profession: 1st Grader Craft(s) of choice: Drawing & Coloring (This is Tristan and his mom Vickie, talking about crafting.) VH: What’s your favorite thing about crafting? TH: It is drawing and coloring. VH: What do you like about it? TH: It’s fun. VH: How did you feel [...]
Name: Laura LeMaster Age: 52 Location: Vista, CA Profession: Artist/Teacher Craft(s) of Choice: Drawing, silk painting, mixed media assemblages I clearly remember my mother asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up.ll(I was just 5) “An Artist!” I became an artist the moment I picked up my first crayon & have been [...]
