Christine Schmidt, founder of Yellow Owl Workshop, uses both ancient and modern printmaking techniques to craft heirloom paper goods and gifts. Notable for her sophisticated yet playful aesthetic, Christine’s line is distributed internationally from small independent-owned boutiques to museum stores and large retailers. Her work has been featured by various media outlets, including Martha Stewart Weddings, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bust magazine, Dwell magazine, The Washington Post, and Design Sponge. She is also the author of…
Shayna Kulik is a New York based designer, brand strategist and founder and editor of industry blog, PatternPulp. Over the past five years, Kulik has brought her unique perspective in market and design research, trend forecasting and brand strategy to companies including Apple, Bumble & Bumble, Heineken, Kate Spade, Nokia and Panasonic.
In 2009, Kulik founded Patternpulp, a forum dedicated to tracking…
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Jennifer Vaughn is an artist agent based in San Francisco. After working in the business for more than a decade, she launched her own agency in 2003. Since then, she has continued to build her brand while maintaining her philosophy of quality over quantity. Jennifer Vaughn Artist Agent has become a boutique agency representing a stable of award-winning illustrators incorporating styles as varied as the artists themselves. Together, she and her artists have worked with some of the most notable advertising agencies…
Jaime Zollars paints pictures of imaginary people and places far away. She has created illustrations for children’s books, magazines, newspapers, ad campaigns, and gallery walls.
Jaime’s art has been recognized by a bunch of great publications and societies, including Taschen’s Illustration Now, American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, 3×3, Spectrum…
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After successful careers as both ad agency Art Director and Studio Owner/Graphic Designer, Cathe gravitated toward creative blogging. Inspiring others through design and crafting on her blog, JustSomethingIMade.com, her unique projects have been featured widely around the blogosphere. She has had projects featured in and is a regular collaborator with Country Living magazine. Her blog was recognized as Flea Market Style magazine’s Best Vintage Artist’s blog to follow….
Making mini bios of fictional people based on the folks who buy your goods most frequently is really helpful and seriously fun. When you know exactly whom you’re speaking to, writing marketing copy or creating a Facebook fan page gets a lot easier. Does your audience have a sense of humor or are they stoic? [...]
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Grace Dobush is a writer, editor and crafter based in Cincinnati, where she’s a co-organizer of the indie craft show Crafty Supermarket. Her business book for part-time crafters, “Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All,” was released in 2009 by North Light Books. An alumna of Kent State’s journalism school, Grace has written about craft, art and design for Hello Craft, HOW…
