Rachael's Handmade Designs

Bloggerland! Happy Thursday! The week is almost over!! Thursdays mean Interviews, so here we go with Marie Jensen! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My shop name is DeviantCandy and m y name is Marie Jensen and I create unusual horror sculptures/jewelry and some fantasy. 2. Where are you located? Great Falls, Montana 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? Cutting up blood, veins and making body parts. 4. How long have you been crafting? Over a year 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? Zombies are my absolute favorite thing. The second favorite thing to make are my dragons. 6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? Olympus 7. Who or what models your items? I use a lightbox to model my items 8. What's the most rewarding part of running your own business? I enjoy making people smile and connecting with fellow horror fans. 9. What's the most challenging part of running your own business? Time management is my most challenging part...

Hi All, Today's Interview with a Seller is with the lovely Lena Nunn! Hope you enjoy this interview! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Lena Nunn, blogs name is Scrapbutterfly. I do cards mostly 2. Where are you located?  Potter Valley, CA 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? coloring the stamps!! 4. How long have you been crafting? since I was old enough to hold a crayon but Ive only been stamping for about 5 years 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? cards of course!  6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? I dont use a camera. Mostly I use my blackberry 7. Who or what models your items? my desk  8. What's the most rewarding part of running your own business? I do sell some of my cards and make a little side money    9. What's the most challenging part of running your own business? When I get an order for 50 of the same card. ggrrr I hate doing multiples of the same thing. Thanks for taking the time to ...

Welcome Back! It's been a while since I have had the chance to post an Interview, so I decided to ask my friend Alison a few questions because her work has always inspired me very much - and not to mention her blue hair!! Check out her blog and see what I mean. Here are her answers. 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My name is Alison Heikkila and my Etsy Shop is SkyPrincess 2. Where are you located?  I'm from Long Island, NY 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? My favorite part??? I don't know if I have a favorite...I enjoy the entire process so much. But, I guss if I had to choose, it would be the completion of a project that I am really happy with. That deep breath that you take when you look at something, and say, "Ahhh, it's done." And then if you are really lucky, you say "And I really like it!" 4. How long have you been crafting? I've been crafting since I came out of the womb! Seriously, from a very young ag...

Hiya! This week I decided to interview another shop I have admired for some time, Abunchofscrap ! This shop has a collective, cohesive look. Her creations are wonderful and have provided me with inspiration! From cards to scrapbook layouts and suppliesI hope you enjoy! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? The name of my shop is called AbunchofScrap. I create with paper: things that make you smile and things that will help one cherish the memories of that day or event. 2. Where are you located? I reside in the state of Michigan and have established myself and my shops in my quant little home. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? My favorite part of crafting is creating something from nothing. Making a simple piece of paper or scrap paper into something that is useful and cherished. 4. How long have you been crafting? I feel that children are born with the ability to create or “craft” it is how one feeds this skill that determines if ...

One of my favorite fabric crafters granted me an interview! Check it out!! 1. My name is Judy, my shop name is By Judianne and I make purses, totes, etc. 2. A am located in Marysville, WA 3. My favorite part is designing. 4. I've been crafting for many, many years. 5. My favorite things to make are all of things in my shop. 6. I use a Canon SD 890 7. My youngest daughter models my bags. 8. Knowing that others like what I do well enough to spend their hard earned money on them. 9. Keeping to a schedule. 10. During the slower times, I create approx. 3-4 items per week; during the busy times (fall) 7-10 items per week. 11. Beautiful fabrics, colors, textures. 12. I usually cut out and prep (pin and iron together) several items at a time and from that point forward, make each bag individually. Sometimes I will take a couple of days just to try out new designs and/or ideas. Then I make patterns for the designs that work for me. 13. Do ...

Hiya! Today's post comes to you via an interview with Wendy of CreationsByWendalyn. I'm a big fan of Wendy's creations, they extremely layered and fun. Enjoy the interview! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My Name is Wendy and My Shop name is CreationsByWendalyn – I sell homemade cards. My blog is www.creationsbywendalyn.blogspot.com where I always try to post what I use to make my cards. 2. Where are you located? I am located in Minneapolis, MN 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The favorite part of crafting I think is coloring. I love to stamp image or print images and sit and color them. Reminds me of when I was young and coloring with my coloring book and crayons. Except now my crayons have turned to Copics. Too bad they aren’t the same price. 4. How long have you been crafting? I’ve been making cards and stamping for going on 10 years maybe 11 from my best guess. I’ve been crafting ever since I can remember with one thing or another...

Today's great interview comes straight to you featuring a shop that specializes in RETRO ACCESSORIES!! Read on and visit the shop for some great shopping! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Disgrace To Blondes retro accessories. Mainly I focus on Miniature top hats. I have always thought they were adorable! We do have other accessories: Hair flowers, bows, jewelry and I am now working on Steampunk accessories. 2. Where are you located? Bellingham WA 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The excitement of the customer. I love when people bring me ideas and I am able to execute them 4. How long have you been crafting? 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? Steampunk items. I love the idea of soft and hard combined. 6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? I have a canon for shooting all my merch but mainly I ship out my product to photographers and models to work their magic. 7. Who or what models your items? SOO Many different girls. ...

Hello Again! I wanted to share with you an interview I did with Jennifer Porter of Jack's Daughter on Etsy. Jack's Daughter is one of my FAVORITE rockabilly reproduction shops on Etsy, so I said to myself "self - you should do an interview with this shop owner" - and voila! Now we have today's posting! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Jennifer Porter but everyone just calls me Jenni. Shop name 'Jack's Daughter' This name was thought up by my daughter ( see Licorice and Cream on FB ) and she also designed and drew the logo. My Dad's name was Jack and he died in 2002 so the name is really for him. 2. Where are you located?  I'm in Bairnsdale - a small country town in Victoria, Australia. Population around 12000 people and located on the Gippsland Lakes and close to the snowfields as well as the lakes and ocean but 3.5 hours from Melbourne - the capital of Victoria. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The favourite...

Hello and Welcome Back! Today I get to sit down with one of my favorite crafty goddesses who really sets the bar for all things crafty. I adore her work, so I was uber excited that she agreed to an interview! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Hello, my name is Cheryl Valadez and I have an Etsy shop called EnchantmentInk. I also have a blog called The Ink Trap (http://inktrap.blogspot.com/). I play with paper and love to create handmade cards. 2. Where are you located? I am very lucky to reside in sunny Albuquerque, NM in the Land of Enchantment. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? I teach card classes and I love to share and exchange information with other folks that are passionate about paper arts. 4. How long have you been crafting? I have been making cards for roughly 13 years. Prior to that, I really didn't do much crafting and would never have considered myself to be very creative. 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? I love to mak...

Hi Everyone! Well, here's a sweet interview with one of my favorite people, BombshellEm! S he’s a paper-crafter, a mommy, and a wonderful, sweet person! What a doll! She's also Ms. June over at BSS ! Check out her interview below!   1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Emily and my blog is : http://bombshellemsartisticexpressions.blogspot.com/ 2. Where are you located? Good Ol' Northern California, in the heart of Mendocino County 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? My favorite part of my craft is I can make something for someone and it can brighten their day. I have this thing about sending homemade mail to people just to let them know that I am thinking about them. 4. How long have you been crafting? Its more like when havent I been crafting!! Apparently for as long as I could hold a crayon, I have been doing something crafty. 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? My favorite things to make are homemade treats (cookies, brownies, ...

Aloha, Rachael here with another great interview! I've been a fan of Terbear Collectibles for a little over a year or so. Her products are unique and wonderful, so I thought I'd interview her. Terbear has even granted my readers a discount code for 10% off your purchase! Just use: "rachael" as the code. 1. What's your name and shop name and what do you do? My Name is Teri, but feel free to call me Terbear, everyone does. My shop name is Terbear Collectibles, and the ULR  is terbearco.etsy.com, terbear was already taken when I registered on Etsy. I am the top seller of custom made rubber stamps, as well as non custom rubber stamps on Etsy, according to Craftcount.com: http://www.craftcount.com/category.php?cat=3&subcat=47 2. Where are you located? I am located in Sunny California 3. What's the favorite part of your craft? I love how my customers enjoy seeing their name or store name on a rubber stamp. 4. How long have you been crafting? I hav...

Hi Everyone! I've got a great interview for you today! A lovely shop on Etsy, The Chartreuse Room has granted me an interview! :D Read on for more info! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My shop name is The Chartreuse Room and I create vintage inspired jewelry. 2. Where are you located?  I live in Dixon, a small town in Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? I love working with floral cabochons in all sizes and colors. 4. How long have you been crafting? I have been creating jewelry for about five years now. I started making pieces for myself and before I knew it, friends were asking my to create pieces for them. I have been selling on Etsy since 2008. 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? My signature rose cabochon and chunky pearl necklaces. They are unique, bold and feminine.  6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? My little Kodak, nothing fancy.  7. Who or what models your ite...

Hi Everyone! Today's post is an interview with a shop and owner that I aboslutely ADORE. Her designs are riveting, edgy and new, and completely unique.  Read on! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My name is Anat, and I run SchickiMickis. SchickiMicki is a German expression for the term trendy, and widely used as the german evil twin of “fancy-schmancy”. 2. Where are you located? Nowadays I am located in Tel Aviv Israel, though when I opened my Etsy shop I was living in Berlin Germany, hence the German name. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? difficult question... I think I have to say the very first, getting a new idea and starting to draw along side with the last one, just making an item, I find the craft to be relaxing :) 4. How long have you been crafting? I started as a child to draw and paint, was always drawn to the creative side. but really hands on crafting I started in Milano, where i studied jewelry and accessories ...

It's Thursday again and I've got another great interview for you! Tiffany is a great crafter and makes the yummiest -looking little treats that you can use for just about anything. Check it out below! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My name is Tiffany Addington and I’m a “Domestic Engineer” aka Glorified Stay at Home Momma and addicted Etsyian. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. 2. Where are you located? Right now we’re at North Carolina, good ole Fayetteville. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The versatility of it, clay is such a versatile medium and I love that! I can make a million different things with it! 4. How long have you been crafting? Crafting in general? Since I was old enough to finger paint, my Grandmother always had awesome crafty activities for us to do growing up, whether it be embroidering a tea towel or making salt dough ornaments. 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? I love making intricate desser...

Hola! General announcement: Last Chance items have gone bye bye and all jewelry has now gone back to regular price. Here's my latest interview! Danielle has a great shop full of wonderful goodies to keep you warm! Check out her interview below! *** 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? Hi! My name is Danielle Campbell. My shop name on Etsy is SugarDimples. I'm a one woman accessory factory. 2. Where are you located? Currently based out of a city in Northern Ohio called Fairview Park. 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? When it comes to crocheting or knitting, I love to see the piece "grow" as I work on it. It's very rewarding! 4. How long have you been crafting? I learned how to crochet at around 13 years old. My great grandmother taught my mother, and in turn my mother taught me. When my great grandmother passed away she gave me all of her yarn, hooks and pieces parts of projects because she knew the love I had for the...

Welcome Back! Today's post is from one of my good friends and fellow photographers Julie Lopez. Julie and I became aquainted on Etsy and when I held a show in town she dropped by my booth and said hello. We've been buds ever since and I'm always looking for ways to help promote her fantastic work! I'm so proud to bring you this interview with Julie Lopez of ImageNationPhoto. 1. Whats your name and shop name and what do you do? My name is Julie Lopez, my etsy shop name is ImageNationPhoto. I am a photographer. 2. Where are you located? I live in Seattle, Washington. 3. Whats the favorite part of your craft? Being behind the camera, capturing a moment that will never happen again! 4. How long have you been crafting? I received my first camera (Fujica 35mm) when I was in High School and I was hooked!! I took my first photography class at Tigard High School and loved taking pictures and developing them myself in the darkroom. I still have many of my first i...

Today's post is from one of my favorite shops, DnA Creations! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? We are Darlene and Alex and our shop name is DnA Creations. We create folk art for wallets, flasks and statues. 2. Where are you located? Los Angeles, CA 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The freedom of creativity. 4. How long have you been crafting? Both of us have been crafting our whole lives but doing this business it's been about 2 years 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? We like making statues. It's a very long process but the outcome is well worth it. 6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? nothing fancy. Just a Samsung digital camera. 7. Who or what models your items? We don't use models. 8. What's the most rewarding part of running your own business? Oh where to start...the satisfaction of being my own boss. Having returning customers that love and appreciate our work. Seeing how successf...

Today I interviewed ErinKeys of Femme Petal. Her famous Carrie Necklace caught my attention - I knew I had to interview her! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My shop name is FemmePetal, and I am a jewelry designer/mommy/fuller timer at Dr. Randall Miller D.D.S 2. Where are you located? Good ol Indianapolis, In ~ I promise there is more than corn here! 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? The pictures I get from weddings where everyone including the Bride is wearing my designs!!! 4. How long have you been crafting? I have always been prety crafty, but 2 years is how long I have been selling my wares on etsy 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? My Carrie Necklaces of course! 6. What kind of camera do you use to shoot? Nikon D30 with a special close up lens 7. Who or what models your items? I have a small bust and a large bust that wears my jewels to model for the pics 8. What's the most rewarding part of running your own busin...

Welcome Back! I took a week off to host a house guest, but now I'm back and trying to get back in the crafting swing! :) Below is my weekly crafter's interview, This time with Renee Lillie of Tub-Time Treasures! CHECK IT OUT! 1. What’s your name and shop name and what do you do? My name is Renee Lillie and I own Tub-Time Treasures. I make soap and sweet treats for the bath and body. (Lotions, scrubs, bath bombs, etc...) 2. Where are you located? I am located in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. (United States) 3. What’s the favorite part of your craft? I love being able to work with all of the different oils and combine them to make something nourishing and fun for the skin. 4. How long have you been crafting? I've been crafting for years, and just started making soaps and bath goodies last year. 5. What’s your favorite thing to make? I love to make soap. REAL soap. (The stuff you buy in the stores is really detergent, that's why the labels say "bath bar", ...