Name: Diana Gonzalez
Age: 32
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Work at home Mother, baby wrangler, crafter
Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, mixed media collage, altered art, embroidery
Blog: http://www.confessionsofacraftaholic.blogspot.com
I started making art and working with paper and such, some time ago, around the time I met my husband. I had a hard time growing up; things don’t always [...]
Name: Shelley McElhiney
Age: 49
Location: Tacoma, WA
Profession: “store worker” & owner of 2 stores, one on Etsy & one on ArtFire, both samsstuff
Craft(s) of Choice: jewelry making, embroidery, crochet, sewing, photography…
Blog: http://samsstuf-samsstuff.blogspot.com
I have been making things ever since I can remember, taught by my grandmother, parents & some very creative teachers! I love taking vintage & [...]
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 never said no. The first major [...]
Name: Future Craft Collective – Kathie Sever and Bernadette Noll
Age: The collective itself is about 10 mos. old. Kathie is 36 and I’m 43
Location: Ramonster World Headquarters, Austin, TX
Profession: Mothers, sewers, teachers
Craft(s) of Choice:We do sewing classes with 8-12 year old kids using all reclaimed materials. For example this month we made cycling caps out [...]
Name: Curln Reed Sullivan
Age:
Location: austin
Profession: artist/writer
Craft(s) of Choice: botanical character studies, illustration, cermaics, collage, embroidery
Blog: http://www.curlinreedsullivan.com/blog
one day, while photographing my new flowergal embroidery kit, my son brought a praying mantis into my studio to serve as model and spokesbug for my art. (see picture!)
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 lot of embroidering and drawing and [...]
Name: Leigh Ann Tennant
Age: 29
Location: Morgantown, WV
Profession: former make-up artist, current sew-at-home mom and wannabe writer
Craft(s) of Choice: sewing, embroidery, crochet
Blog: http://www.theobjectproject.typepad.com
I’ve always had more success using patterns that I make myself. When my children were born, I no longer had the time to draft complicated patterns, so I began coming up with projects that [...]
Name: Julie Anderson
Age: 39
Location: Joliet, IL
Profession: Knitting Designer
Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, spinning, weaving, paper craft, braiding, book binding, embroidery, and much more!
Blog: http://www.boogaj.com
I remember the first time I picked up the knitting needles. My mom was a knitter and her mother before her, so when I was old enough, she got me a skein of [...]
Name: Missie Zee (Crafting with Cat Hair)
Age: 34
Location: Raleigh, NC
Profession: Proofreader for book design company
Craft(s) of Choice: crochet, hand sewing, cross-stitch, embroidery
Blog: http://craftingwithcathair.blogspot.com
I have been crafting ever since I was a child. What started out as playtime (Shrinky Dinks, Fashion Plates, and Lite-Brite) led to my own Etsy shop (felt sweets, crocheted scarves, and plush [...]
Name: Shelley McElhiney
Age: Age: Location: Tacoma, WA
Craft(s) of Choice: embroidery, photography, jewelry making, crochet, sewing…
Blog: http://samsstuf-samsstuff.blogspot.com
I started crafting as a wee child. My grandmother taught me a lot of what I know today. She was an amazing, creative & strong woman, particularly for her day! Beyond that my parents, my father learned to sew as [...]
