Please Introduce Yourself!

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Permalink Reply by Lyra Kristine on August 11, 2007 at 6:06pm

Hi everyone! My name is Lyra, I am an Interior Designer, Illustrator and Crafter. I am addicted to design blogs, books (design and illustration), painting and anything that has to do with yarn. I live with my husband in Evansville, IN but I am originally from Manila, Philippines. We are expecting our first child this December, so I am currently obsessed with knitting and crocheting baby clothes. Nice to meet you all. Have a good day!

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Permalink Reply by Diana Elaine on August 12, 2007 at 11:56am

Hi Everybody!

Some of you know me from Etsy ... some of you don't. I recognize some of you. :-)

Seems like a cool place, will have to look around and aquaint myself.

Nice to be here.

Diana

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Permalink Reply by Marina Rios on August 12, 2007 at 1:18pm

Hi, I'm a newbie. I heard about indie thru etsy. I'm an ESL teacher and on the weekends I do collage.

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Permalink Reply by Kate on August 12, 2007 at 1:38pm

Hi y'all! My name is Kate Bluhm I currently reside in Dallas, TX after much moving about over the last year. I live with my boyfriend and our two cats Marlowe and Patty. I'm very much into crafty type stuff, but mainly beading jewelry, knitting and crochet, and I'm taking a ceramics class starting at the end of august. I'm looking forward to meeting and befriending some other crafty types from all over the world! Talk to y'all soon!

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Permalink Reply by VOiDxx on August 12, 2007 at 4:45pm

My Name is Carlos Quiros, I Live in Medina, OH...I'm a Full Time IT Admin, Full Time DJ, Part Time Web Designer, and full time horror fan. I created a ning network called TheVoid. I am looking for goth artists and designers to join my network.

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Permalink Reply by Sick On Sin on August 12, 2007 at 5:24pm

Hi! I'm Jen, a 33 yr old living just outside of Toronto (Canada) with my SO and our 2 kitties, Soya Sauce and Miso. I own Sick On Sin - an online shop featuring shirts and accessories with cute and fun designs. Looking forward to meeting lots of incredibly creative and cool people!

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Permalink Reply by MomsCreations on August 12, 2007 at 9:12pm

Hi all!! I am Brenda of bstep401 (Mom's Creations) I am on the left in our avatar. DeLinda is the other half of this operation. We are both moms to boys and have known each other for about 12 years or so. I live in Indiana and DeLinda lives in Michigan. We are about 30 min apart. My children are 16, 14, 13, 7 and 7. DeLinda's Children are 11, 8, and 3. We enjoy sewing for the most part and soap making. We love it when someone wants something we have never made before as that makes us stretch our wings a bit! I heard about this site on etsy and am thrilled with it!

Brenda

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Permalink Reply by tabitha emma on August 12, 2007 at 11:28pm

Hi Im Tabi, im a fashion graduate from sydney australia. Im currently looking for work in the fashion industry while making stuff to sell on etsy.

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Permalink Reply by Kooky on August 13, 2007 at 2:22am

Hi - my name is Vikki (although mostly known as Kooky!) and I am an artist living in the UK on the south west coast in the county of Devon. I am constantly making things, in fact I can't think of a day where I haven't made something new or drawn in my sketchbook. I make monsters, needlefelted critters, mixed media art, knitted robots and anything else that takes my fancy!

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Permalink Reply by Maggie on August 13, 2007 at 7:15am

Hello everyone! I'm Maggie, I'm 27 and I live in South Louisiana. I am a sahm to 4 kids. They are 8,6,2, and newborn. The two oldest are boys and the little ones are girls. My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was very young, and that was the beginning of a serious craft addiction that has gotten progressively worse as I get older!! I am loving Etsy and Indiepublic so far!

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Permalink Reply by Melanie on August 13, 2007 at 11:04am

Hi y'all! I'm Melanie. I live in Minneapolis. By day I'm a mild mannered legal assistant, but by night I'm an aspiring artist, jewelry designer, and shopoholic. I publish a design/shopping blog called Ooh! Shiny!
I have got to say I just LOVE this place.

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Permalink Reply by ThePaintedTiger on August 13, 2007 at 2:14pm

Hello! I'm Brooke at ThePaintedTiger. I started my business as a knitter of custom scarves, but needed something a little more year round. Our new community choir was in need of a defining costume, and we could not find the ties and scarves we wanted for a price we could afford (hmmmm....ties, or new music...yeah, music would win!!). So, creative and recklessly brave person that I am (you know....the people who say "I could do that" and actually do), I dyed the things.

So now, here I am with a pile of dye, and I'm done with the project. While browsing the Dharma Trading Company catalog, I discovered they had just added natural yarn to be dyed. Curious, I looked on the internet to see if hand dyed would be worthwhile selling. Apparently, I had been living under a rock, because all of this beautiful yarn came up. Of course I tried it, and here I am!!

I mix all my own colors from the primaries (fushia, turquoise, and yellow), for a wide range of tones. I dye all weights of yarn, although I don't have them all for sale, so if you don't see your favorite weight, let me know. I have merino, superwash, cotton, and bamboo yarns, plus wool/silk and wool/nylon blends.

In my RL, I am a SAHM with two kids who are young and homeschooled (yep, double whammy!). I play trumpet in the local Symphony, and sing Soprano with RiverChor, the previously mentioned community choir. I love the outdoors, which is good, since we just purchased a half acre wooded lot that hasn't been maintained for the last 10 years (lol!). We also have two cats.

Here is a sample of my yarn:

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