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: Laura Bray Age: 40 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Profession: Professional Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Embroidery, Paper Crafts Blog: http://www.katydiddys.blogspot.com I wanted to be a hairdresser and drive a Trans Am. That was my first childhood dream. After receiving a set of Fashion Plates ® for my tenth birthday, I changed my mind and [...]
Name: Rhonda Keele Age: 47 Location: Dayton, Ohio Profession: brain tumor survivor since 2006–disabled Craft(s) of Choice: embroidery I started embroidering in 2001 and I really never seen it done so I just hand drew my own picture’s and embroidered them in. I find it to be very relaxing. I can no longer do the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
