My name is Kim and I’m married to Ian who has his own roofing business. We have two boys, Kristian 16 and Jamie 7. I’m a beadaholic and love all things girly. I design high quality yet affordable jewellery items, mainly charm bracelets with beads from all over the world. I use Etsy to buy […]
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My name is Robin, I’m a mother of 2 young boys, ages 5 and 12, living at the Jersey shore. I work in many areas of art and craft, including drawing, painting, photography, knitting and jewelry making to name a few. Years ago, I sold my jewelry and hand painted shirts in a small boutique […]
The Helmrich Family is a creative bunch! They have taken the Buy Handmade Pledge, and love to make ALL their gifts for each other. LEAH, now 16, began making jewelry in 2005 after a fellow RV’ing friend showed her a few of the basics. She took right to it and loved making jewelry for herself, […]
Hi, my name is Margo. Artistry and creativity are in my family genes and these genes have been passed onto me. My creativity has many faces-macrame, stained glass, knitting, crocheting, needle point, stenciling, faux painting, and a lot more. Jewelry design and creation is a fairly recent creative endeavor of mine. This September I will […]
Fairyqueen’s Jewels is based in the North-West of the UK and specializes in dynamic mixes of semi-precious stones. We also use quality glass beads and have started to branch out into hair accessories and bookmarks in addition to our jewellery. Many pieces are One Of A Kind, although similar designs are sometimes possible. We love […]
“Often found tinkering with things probably best left alone. Happy when playing with power tools and/or wire cutters. Bead-a-holic. Shutterbug. Will spray paint anything that doesn’t move. Runs with scissors.” ‘Twas Brillig was born in October 2008. My name is Nancy Rawlinson and I left behind a 15 year career in banking to pursue my […]
I would like to introduce Cevulirn aka Benjamin, who started making chainmaille in 2001, and experimenting with Turks head rings in 2003. Since then Cevulirn has made rings with brass, copper, stainless steel, fine silver, niobium, titanium, and gold, most being of fine silver. Not only are these some of the most complex rings I […]
Learning how to woodwork? Who, me??? I would have never thought it. As I was standing at the drill press one evening, I was thinking that very thought aloud to the person who was teaching me. His reply was simply, “Well, what is it that you are making?” Enough said. It began simply enough many […]
I think chainmaille is so cool – especially when it’s made as beautifully as Chain, creator of The Chain Maille Lady makes it. I’ve tried this technique, and I’ll tell ya, I not only almost threw my pliers across the room, there was a string of words coming out of my mouth for 2+ hours and I […]
We’ve been doing these Featured Artist articles for a bit now, but there are 2 artists who have not been featured, who are very important to this blog and the Handmade Artists Forum, that’s Mr and Mrs MBOI! AKA Andrew and Kimberly, who created Handmade Artists Forum, and this blog. This fantastic couple who live in […]