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: Lauren Foust
Age: 29
Location: Phenix City, AL
Profession: Fulltime Mother and Army Wife, Off-and-On College Student
Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Sewing, Painting and the occasional Knitting or Crochet Jag
Blog: http://bananasforbreakfast.wordpress.com
I can’t think of any interesting stories involving crafting (maybe I haven’t found my creative sense of adventure yet?) I’ve always felt a strong need to create [...]
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, but narrowed it down to [...]
Name: Angela
Age: 33
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Profession: SAHM
Craft(s) of Choice:: I love all crafts! Painting, sewing and fabric arts, decoupauge, jewelry-making, mixed media
Blog: http://www.moxiemae.com
I HAVE to try it all. I had a candle and soapmaking business for 7 years and sold it shortly after having my first daughter. I also made jewelry for my store. Since [...]
Name: Noelle Corcoran
Age: 33
Location: Austin, TX
Profession: Office Manager for some Commercial Mortgage Bankers
Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, screen-printing, stenciling, mosaic, painting
Blog: http://www.luckykitty.typepad.com
Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been into crafting. I used to make birthday and Christmas cards for my dad using items we had around the house – those intended for such crafts [...]
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 when I didn’t make things with [...]
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 draw maps and stuff from [...]
Name: Riley Jordan (submitted by mom, Lisa)
Age: 10
Location: Brainerd, MN
Profession: 5th grader
Craft(s) of Choice: Painting and making tiny bird’s nests
Crafting is a good job over the summer. It passes the time when I’m bored. It’s pretty cool. I like making nests, it’s kind of hard, but it’s rewarding. (his actual words)
Name: Dawn Buettner Huntington
Age: 35
Location: Vista, San Diego, Southern California
Profession: 75% Mommy, 15% Crafter, 10% Archictural Drafting
Craft(s) of Choice: Silkscreen, Sewing, Sketching, Painting, Woodwork
Blog: http://www.OUToftheBOXcalifornia.blogspot.com
In grade school, perfect penmanship always invoked people to proclaim, “You should be an Architect!” So, I suppose it’s only natural I would pursue a graduate degree in Architecture, especially since [...]
Name: Brianna
Age: 29
Location: Connecticut
Profession: Counselor
Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, sewing, knitting, painting, photography.
Blog: http://thehooknook.blogspot.com
At approximately 10 years old I thought crocheting was the coolest thing in the world. Until I went to high school and realized it wasn’t “cool” at all. Then I went to college, and towards the tailend of my senior year I got [...]
