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Tell us about yourself: I’ve been making jewelry for about nine years. I found a tutorial online by Connie Fox, a wonderful artist and teacher. The tutorial was for a bead and wire bracelet and I knew I could make this bracelet. I bought some copper wire at the hardware store, some beads and inexpensive [...]

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Tell us about yourself: This is Kristin from Istanbul/Turkey and I am independent Lampwork & Silver artist in my hometown..I have an atelier/shop since 2003 in a very historical side of Istanbul.  I offer unique handmade silver jewelry of distinction, unavailable elsewhere. My glass angel heads are completed with 925 sterling silver bodies with colorful [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I’m married and have two beautiful children. I’m 28 years old and love to travel, shop, read, and just have fun. My online candle shop has been opened for almost a year now. I absolutely love scented candles and love making them. I have been purchasing and making scented candles for [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I am an (almost) 39 year old single mother of a 15 year old daughter. I work in an office full-time and have dreams of quitting my day job to stay home and sew all day. I don’t have a very thick skin, get my feeling hurt easily and [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I live on a small farm in southern Australia, a few hours from Melbourne. My professional background is in music – I used to work as a piano teacher, and accompanist. I’ve always been into art and craft; everything from dried flower arrangements to cross-stitch.
I make large spray-painted children’s portraits and [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I am Tatiana Roulin Russian-American artist based in Sharon, MA not far away from Boston and 3D Mirror Studio is a place for my creative ideas. I was born in Moscow, Russia where I grew up, got my education and got married. In 2001 my family (my husband and my son) [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I have always liked to create and was always so interested in any kind of crafts. My grandmother was the person who would always sit down with me and we would make the best stuff! I have always loved art and want nothing more than to be an art teacher. I [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I’m Victoria and I live in the North East of England, its not a place particularly renowned for its crafts but at one time was home to several potteries. When I’m not throwing pots I’m knitting, cooking or doing a bit of gardening. I’m a big vegetable grower I find [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I have been a life-long crafter. When my step-daughter and step-son got married, I got into scrapbooking, and from there stamping and other paper crafts. I also bead, knit, crochet, quilt, paint – if it’s crafty, I do it! I also play piano, guitar, violin and am learning hammered dulcimer. [...]

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Tell us about yourself: The name of my Etsy handmade jewelry shop is Riorita. I have been a silver and goldsmith for the last 17 years and enjoy every minute of it. I live in the city of Haifa, Israel, by the Mediterranean, and my handmade jewelry workshop is situated in a small [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I’m the fourth of five children, and my Mother always said we each have a special gift.  Mine has always been organization while my two sisters (the girls were in the middle!) have been the creative ones. Or so I thought!   I’ve been attempting some sort of crafts since I was [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I am a college geography professor, who was also hit during the economic recession. I finished my Ph.D. in environmental geography in 2008 but finding a permanent, full-time job has been difficult. For the past two years I’ve been working for several schools as needed on a semester by [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I’m a 22 year old recent theatrical costume design college graduate. I’m addicted to sewing, anything costume related, making jewelry, and anything sparkly.
Did you gain formal training? I used to take art classes as a child, and that allowed me to continue learning about drawing, painting, coloring, etc.. They were you’re [...]

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Tell us about yourself: I am a full-time working mom of 2, married and just turned 30 this past year. I have been doing jewelry since 2003 and stamped jewelry since 2007. I love to create and have a home studio that enables me to enjoy my vices of jewelry design, scrapbooking, card making and [...]

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Tell us about yourself: My name is Darla and all the pieces in my store are handmade by me, in beautiful Ohio. I live in a relatively rural part of Ohio with my 2 children and my beautiful wife Unavee. I’m a Graphic Designer by trade, but I have branched my artisticness ;o) Lending [...]

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