Reviews for Crafters
Maria is a professional project designer and has designed projects specifically for television, print, manufacturer project sheets websites. Her work has appeared in a variety of print media, including "Polymer Cafe Magazine", Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Magazine Ads, DIY Network & HGTV Network Websites, and other publications nationwide. She has been a guest artist for several seasons on various cable television design shows like: DIY Jewelry Making, HGTV's Carol Duvall, DIY's Uncommon Threads, as well as worked as a segment producer within the entertainment industry.
Robin Atkins is an international known bead artist, author, and instructor. Her work has been featured in a variety magazines and books alike. In her most current book “The Complete Photo Guide to Beading
Robin Atkins’ vast experience in teaching beading to students from all over the world has given her insight as to some of the more effective ways to teach new students how to bead. This is reflected in the great step-by-step photography included in this book. [Read more...]
LED Textile Ribbon from Artistic Ribbon, adds a fun unique embellishment to your scrapbooking pages. The windows in the buildings below are lit with the tiny L.E.D. lights.
Another fabulous product that was on display at the winter CHA show was Stkr.it. The Stkr.it story stickers are such a fun product.
[Editor's Note: This is part two of Maria's overview of the CHA Winter 2013 Innovations Showcase. In case you missed it, you can read part one from yesterday to get the whole story.)
One highlight of the CHA Winter 2013 Innovations Showcase event was the opportunity to speak to Rachel Faucett. Rachel is the author & designer from the popular blog, Handmade Charlotte. For those who may be unfamiliar with the Handmade Charlotte blog, Rachel blogs about a variety of subject matters that would appeal to families. She is a mother of five kids, a blogger, and a designer for Anthropologie, as well as working on her farm. I have loved reading her blog and have found her advice and suggestions very helpful.
We discussed her new Handmade Charlotte line of stencils from Plaid that are great for all types of projects. They can be used on fabric, wood, and more. She currently has a short video on YouTube for Plaid that shows how to make an easy copper necklace.
Handmade Charlotte stencils from Plaid
Each show, CHA holds its Innovations Showcase, which serves as a combination media event and buyer preview. The top 20 entrants in the Innovations Showcase (as pre-determined by a panel of celebrity media judges) take part in a speed round of presentations to the audience, and then attendees get a few minutes to visit each entrant’s booth around the outer edge of the room to talk to the various manufacturers about their products. (At CHA Winter 2013, Craft Critique’s own editor Nancy Nally was one of the celebrity media judges!)
Needless to say, we arrived with our cameras and notebooks in hand to get the most information possible in the short amount of time allowed for our readers. Our first stop was to see Julianna C. Hudgins demonstrating her new jewel loom from Beadalon.
Beadalon Jewel Loom by Juliana Hudgins
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