Jeffery Rudell is a graphic designer and crafter known both for his extraordinary one-of-a-kind paper creations and his easy-to-make online craft projects. As a contributor to craftstylish.com his articles and tutorials draw an audience of nearly half a million viewers a week.
In addition to his work as a professional crafter he is also an accomplished paper engineer who has undertaken commissions for Tiffany & Co., Elle Decor, Domino Magazine, Bride’s Magazine, Good Housekeeping Magazine, and The New York Botanical Garden, among other clients….
Read more »Following in the trend of local coupon sites like Groupon and Living Social, Heartsy provides members with a daily deal for handmade items sold via Etsy. I’m not sure what the criteria are for becoming a chosen deal-provider, but this would be a great way to get rid of some leftover holiday overstock while driving serious traffic to your page. Has anyone here already tried Heartsy as a buyer or seller? Please tell us what you think!
Lisa Congdon is a San Francisco-based illustrator and fine artist. Raised in both upstate New York and Northern California, she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed most intensely through her paintings and drawings. Lisa comes from a family of creative people and has been making things with her hands since she was a little girl, but she did not begin painting until she was 33 years old. Years later, it’s how she…
Willo O’Brien has made a career out of creativity. Her illustrations and designs appear everywhere from the lovable Brizzly Twitter application bear mascot, to concert venue sites powered by Ticketfly, to the much loved rock squirrel adorning apparel in the product line she launched in 2007, WilloToons – where geek meets rock ‘n roll.
Her experience being a self-employed artist for almost a decade has made her passionate about empowering other creatives. Willo shares her expertise advising startups, coaching creative small business owners and speaking at events around the country.
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In order to continue to serve their local community, the Seattle-based organizers of CCE have opted to stay close to home with a dynamic new conference called Schoolhouse Craft. This event will take place in September 2011 in Seattle, and will serve artists, crafters and designers by “schooling you in the business of craft.”
Meg Mateo Ilasco is a freelance creative (writer/designer/illustrator/stylist) in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of several books including Craft, Inc., Creative, Inc. and Crafting a Meaningful Home, She is also the co-founder and creative director for Anthology, a new home and lifestyle print magazine.
Joy Deangdeelert Cho is a graphic designer and blogger who worked with numerous fashion clients in New York before launching her own business, Oh Joy! in 2005. She now designs textiles, packaging, and branding for clients in the fashion and food industries, consults other creative businesses through her Rx program, and sells her stationery, home office, and wallpaper line nationwide.
Oliver and Eleanor Wise are co-directors of The Present Group, an organization exploring new ways to support contemporary artists. For the past four years their art subscription project has enabled a community of subscribers to fund artists projects and receive limited edition artwork in return. They recently began a web hosting service that funds artist grants and invites hostees to nominate and vote on the grant recipients. In 2011 they will debut Art Micro-Patronage, an online exhibition space that encourages visitors to become micro-patrons of the arts.
Before launching Sublime Stitching, Hart first received international attention for her fine art and portraits in embroidery which have been exhibited and published throughout Europe, South America, Mexico, and Japan. Her work has been featured in publications that include SPIN, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Vogue (Italy) BUST, ReadyMade, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal and many others.
Hart’s hand-embroidered portraits are included in many private and public collections that include Carrie Fisher, Laura Dern, comedian Tracey Ullman and Elizabeth Taylor. Jenny’s embroidery work has also appeared on the cover for…
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