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Tell us about yourself: We live in VT and have been making jewelry for 5 years, and have been adding other crafts over the last few years. We enjoy crafts so much that we have decided to make a business out of it. We came up with our business name, Creative Minds, while [...]

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Tell us about who you are and how you got started doing what you do: My name is Fani Vogiatzi and l create hand made fashion for women. Ever since l can remember my self l loved making stuff with my hands especially stuff l could wear!  I have a college degree in french language [...]

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My name is Lauren Darby and I have been sewing since I was in 6th grade, which was a very long time ago. I come from a family of sewers, my mother, my grandmother and my grandmother’s sisters all were great seamstresses. My great aunt was the one that sewed on the pearls and [...]

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Hi. My name is Kristen Powers. I really wish that I were an oil painter. Because then it would be so easy for me to say, “I am an oil painter.” But I am not. I am a visual thinker. I am a craft scientist with a vivid imagination and a love of color, I [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I am a stay at home mother, faithfully tending to my muse, sweet Amelie Jo. Not so long ago, I owned a web boutique, where I sold American made and handmade children’s clothing by many talented Etsy artists.  I had an epiphany, one sunny afternoon, when I found a vintage portrait [...]

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Hi my name is Sharon. I am a single Mom, I live in Keller, Texas. I love it here, because Keller is a small town very close to the big city of Fort Worth and not to far from Dallas. So we have the small town feel with the convenience of the big city whenever [...]

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I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember – my mum, before she retired, was an art and textiles teacher so she was always giving me projects to do at weekends and during the school holidays. So I’ve had a go at everything from batik and weaving to knitting and rag-rug making [...]

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How did you got started doing what you do? I started rubber stamping about 10 years ago.  It all started at an at home party and I had never even heard of stamping before.  From the first moment I created something with a stamp I was hooked.  Since the birth of my twins (now 3 [...]

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How did you get started doing what you do? I started my shop a few months ago again, after having my third child.  In my shop I sell everything I like to make.  Mainly my paintings, that is what I do most.  I started sewing not too long ago, when I was pregnant with my [...]

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Hello! I’m Louisa and I am the very proud creator of Fingerprint People ; colorful characters formed using my fingerprint. I am also a mother to the most divine and funny 18 month old little girl who makes me laugh everyday and wife to a devoted and hard working husband. Although my creations have only [...]

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How did you get started with Klipbook Studio? Hello, I’m Jenny and I am the creator of Klipbook Studio. How did I start? Hmm good question. I’m originally from Mexico, from Morelia to be exact. I have a BA in Communications Science and focused my last year of university on media production. That’s when my [...]

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How did you get started weaving? I started weaving when I was in high school; tapestry weaving. I continued to weave on frame looms while my children were little, as I couldn’t afford a big or expensive loom. But I did want to learn other weaving methods. In recent years, I have gotten back into [...]

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How did you get started creating necklaces? I’ve always been an entrepreneur in one way or another. Even as a child, I understood the immense joy of selling things that I had created. I appreciated hand-made gifts, and always considered them as the most sentimental. Although, certain family members didn’t seem to appreciate the hand-made [...]

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My name is Kitty Mecham from Liquidambar Studio. Most people think that it is Liquid Amber, like the tree resin, but it is from the name Liquidambar styraciflua, which is the scientific name of the Sweet Gum tree that surrounds our studio – my husband named it.
I tell most people that I have Artist ADD. [...]

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I suppose you could say I’m not your average crafter. I’m a junior in college studying to be a nutritionist/dietitian who just happens to love the ocean and lots of color. I am not an art major, or minor, but my parents also own their own business in which they craft beautiful handmade pewter. So [...]

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Dodge Station Pottery was founded in 1978 by Jeff and Cherie Napp (my parents). They did the majority of their business during the summertime at art and craft fairs, when a school teacher’s schedule would permit. Last summer, I left my job as a designer in the Home Fashions industry to come home, start the [...]

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Hello from the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts where the beautiful colors of fall are under way! I’m Paula Erker, the creator of artwink jewelry. I have a studio at home in a lovely barn that my partner David converted into his woodshop. I came along with all my gear and he created a space in [...]

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Hello everyone, my name is Martha Salazar and, as a mom, I love sewing and creating stuff for my little one. I recently launched SquidKid which is an online store where I share with other moms and their children all the things that I make.
Although my mother had a sewing shop at home when I [...]

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We are two creative friends who reside on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC, Canada; Cheryl in Nanaimo, I in Coombs. Our adventure began with me designing a beach-themed, glass ball ornament for our local art gallery’s Christmas table in 2008. They sold like hotcakes so Cheryl and I got to thinking that we ought [...]

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