Jul
30

In a sea of books about tweaking a T-shirt Megan Nicolay’s Generation T 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt was always one of my favorites. Megan has even parlayed that success into her own line of T-shirt embellishments available at major craft sores like Michaels!
While snooping around Gurl.com I came across an interview [...]
Jul
28

One day at CHA last week I sported one of my Monica Burnett head bands and I have never had to write a website down so many times. Everyone adored the headband and wanted to touch it, ask questions about it a few even took pictures. That being the case I thought I might share [...]
Jul
24

A name that came up often while I was away at CHA was Craft Sanity. Time and time again people mentioned how fun and cute the interviews Jennifer conducts are. I can’t wait to tune into the podcasts and listen to interviews with people like Jenny Hart from Sublime Stitching, Debbie Stoller from Bust Magazine, [...]
Jul
18

Indie Shopping is one of my favorite websites for scoping out up and coming crafty talent. This week the ladies interview Michelle of Moushart Jewelry. All kinds of fun insider information like how Michelle worked for Cirque Du Soleil, she is currently in the middle of reading Craft Inc. and drinks Chai.
Jul
17

NAME: Kelly Kerrigan
WHERE ARE YOUR DIGS: Nashville Tennessee is where i live
COMPANY NAME: Tramp Lamps
WEBSITE: tramplamps.com
BLOG: http://krockbizz.blogspot.com, but ihaven’twritten anything on it yet
TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT:–for my lamp biz? i suppose i would have to say Hot Glue Gun , but it seems like every crafter would say that item. – [...]
Jul
16

Calling all crafters Vickie Howell is looking for peeps to profile in her new book Craft Corps! Why not you? Check out Vickie’s blog for all the details…
Calling all crafters! I’m gearing up to write my next book, Craft Corps (pronounced Craft Core) which will focus on the community perpetuated by craft [...]
Jul
15

NAME: Amy Cluck
WHERE ARE YOU: Sacramento, California
COMPANY NAME: Peptogirl Industries and Pimp Stitch
WEBSITE: www.peptogirl.com
www.pimpstitch.com
www.indiesacramento.com (it hasn’t been updated for this year’s event yet though)
BLOG: www.peptogirl.blogspot.com
CRAFT TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT: My pliers!
FINISH THE SENTENCE: When I am not running one of many Indie Businesses I am…probably either working (I work full [...]
Jul
14

Indie Fixx is a fun website to get caught up on the latest craft gossip, peep inside crafters studio spaces and also read interviews. This week the ladies of Indie Fixx have themselves a nice little chat with Kate from Tiny Warbler Designs. I need to snag me one of those stuffed [...]
Jul
9

NAME: Kara Whitten
WHERE ARE YOUR DIGS: Austin, Texas
COMPANY NAME: Kailo Chic
WEBSITE: www.kailochic.com
TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT: My sewing machine
FINISH THE SENTENCE: When I am not sewing my heart out I am… doing one of the many other tasks that go along with running your own business.
Kailo Chic offers wristlets, clutches, wallets, totes [...]
Jul
8

Thank goodness for the ladies of Paper Boat Gallery interviewing Cara Taylor on their blog. Without their spotlight I would have never found Cara’s amazing purses made out of crocheted recycled plastic bags. You can even send Cara 50 grocery bags and she will send you a free change purse! If [...]
Jul
7

NAME: Katey Nicosia
WHERE ARE YOU: Dallas, TX
COMPANY NAME: One Good Bumblebee
WEBSITE: onegoodbumblebee.com
BLOG: onegoodbumblebee.com/blog
CRAFT TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT: So many things! But I’d say my most precious tool is my Rotatrim paper trimmer.
FINISH THE SENTENCE: When I am not running One Good Bumblebee I am making art for the fun of it.
I saw [...]
Jul
6

Mahar Drygoods has started a fun series of artists profiles on their blog. The most recent addition is a little q&a with Kate and Barret Roebuck of Roebuck Studios. This husband and wife team make adorable furniture, mostly for children, including a chick chair that I would kill for in an adult [...]
Jul
5

NAME: Chelise Stroud Hery
COMPANY NAME: ZNE
WEBSITE: www.ZNEart.com
BLOG: http://Chelise.Typepad.com
CRAFT TOOL YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT: My imagination.
FINISH THE SENTENCE: When I am not producing the ZNE ConvenZioNE, I am… spending time with my family or playing with glitter and glue.
Tell me the basics of the ZNE ConvenZioNE. What does ZNE [...]
Jul
4

The fine folks at Plush You in their never ending quest to interview the very bestest plush artists in the whole wide world started July off with a bang. Meet the peeps behind Dreamlets (Let’s Dream backwards). Matt and Amy make some of the cutest plush critters I have seen in a [...]






