Name: Jessica Serra Age: 20 Location: Wallingford, CT Profession: College Student Craft(s) of Choice: jewelry making, scrapbooking, screenprinting, mixed media Blog: www.jessicasjewelier.com My earliest crafting memories are from when I was really young and my grandma would teach me how to make butterflies out of magazine/newspaper pages and pipe cleaners, rings from the stoppers to [...]
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: Dede Huchteman (aka Craft Hippie) Age: 48 Location: Dallas TX currently Profession: Product Manager/Indie Crafter/Artist Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, felting, painting, mixed media, PMC, polymer clay, etching and glasswork on old casement windows, screenprinting, sewing, photography, to mention a few Blog: http://crafthippienews.blogspot.com My mother taught me to knit when I was 5. My aunt [...]
Name: Mary Helen McNally Age: 27 Location: Danbury, CT Profession: DIY Bath & Body Recipe Formulator and Writer Craft(s) of Choice: Soapmaking, Handmade Bath & Body Products, Sewing, Upcycling, Kitschy Crafts, Screen & Block Printing Blog: http://www.scribblenation.typepad.com In July of 2004 my sister, Sarah McNally (www.Scissorina.com), best friend, Michelle Barney, and I founded a local [...]
Name: Rachel Bone (aka Red Prairie Press) Age: 26 Location: Baltimore, MD Profession: Owner, Red Prairie Press (apparel screenprinting & design) Craft(s) of Choice: Screenprinting! Blog: redprairiepress.blogspot.com I have always been first and formost an artist. Too scatterbrained for math, too inconsistent for science. When I went to art school, I thought I’d be a [...]
