Laura's Left Hook --- Tawashi, Alphabet & Sports Themes




Laura is a mother of two girls, one who is hard of hearing. She was a teacher for seven years before having children. Currently, she teaches an American Sign Language playgroup twice a month to help others in the community as well as keeping her family signing capabilities alive.

She gained much of her crafting interest from her mother and grandmother, although Laura would not say that either taught her the crafts she now does. She learned to crochet to remember her grandmother. She is a lefty crocheter that learned to crochet from a book many years after her grandmother tried to teach her. She discovered the joy of creating her own patterns over the last few years and is enjoying sharing them with others.

Paper crafting came from scrapbooking during her children's first years. and she would love to explore ideas that she gets from reading children's picture books.

Recently Laura was featured on the design blog/studio SWISSMISS run by Tina Roth Eisenberg, a Swiss designer gone NYC.



COMING SOON (made while nursing broken toes, just need photos to list) in her stores: Ravens Football Beverage Cozies, Pine Cone Christmas Ornament, Astros Baseball Beverage Cozy

NOTE: She is now offering Capital I and Capital E patterns free. Just contact her for these files or check her blog http://lauraslefthook.wordpress.com to download the pdf files.
She is also a member of the Etsy teams EtsyHookers and CafeMom.

Laura has a second store on Artfire http://LaurasLeftHook.artfire.com/ and you can also follow her on Twitter.






 
Location: Manasses, Virgina, USA

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Audrey's Country Crafts - Handmade and Handpainted






Audrey lives outside a small town in southern Manitoba. She has been crafting/painting for about 14 years now. She tells her husband it keeps her sane (cheaper than therapy).
Her husband, Brad, and Audrey have been married for almost 20 years and have two sons ages 18 and 16. The oldest just graduated from high school in June.
They love to go quadding as a family, hiking, trying new foods, meeting new people etc.

Hello and welcome to Audrey's Country Crafts on Etsy and on Artfire.



All the items are made and/or painted by Audrey. You will find jean blankets, ornaments, wall hangings, tote bags, and much more. All painted items have been varnished for indoor use unless otherwise posted. If you have any questions about an item please feel free to email her.

Please remember that she is in Canada - if you are ordering from the USA it will take at least 15 working days to receive your item.

Also feel free to check out her blogs http://audreyscountrycrafts.blogspot.com/ for updates on what's coming soon, and free give aways and FEATURES FROM OTHER ETSY SHOPS!! You can also follow her on Twitter.

She is also open to trading! Probably not jewelry (only wear earrings) unless you have cool pendants, no kids or husbands either. (LOL) She likes soaps, lotions, candles, knitted/crocheted items, bags, anything snowman related that she can't make myself. Just contact her!!

Below you can see a shop window of Audrey's a new store on Artfire www.audreyscountrycrafts.artfire.com where she mostly sells Christmas ornaments. Happy Holiday shopping!!






Location: Altona, Manitoba, Canada

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Paintings by Margarete


Margarete Seagraves is an artist whose paintings reflect the images of her life's experience in nature, her spirituality, and her relationships. Her paintings are described as representational abstracts painted in oils,acrylics,or mixed medium. She loves texture and colors in her paintings.
Margarete was born and grew up in Germany and has lived and traveled through many parts of the world - all of which have influenced her artistic expressions.
She now calls Monument her home where she has lived since 1999.



WELCOME to Margarete's studio!

Enjoy viewing her art! All originals are painted by her, the artist. Reproductions of paintings are available and priced according to size.
Available sizes:
5x7" $12.00
8x8" 14.00
8x10" 18.00
Browse and enjoy her art at www.PaintingsbyMarga.etsy.com.

***Special Offer: Free shipping with purchase of two of her original paintings.

Please visit her other shop fiberartsy.etsy.com which was also featured in this blog under the title "Fiber Artsy - Fiber and Art by Marga."

Location: Monument, Colorado, USA

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Fiber Artsy - Fiber and Art by Marga


Margarete loves arts and crafts. Knitting for her began at the very young age of six when her grandmother in Germany taught her the basics. She has been knitting ever since. Today she is passionate over new fibers, specialty yarns, felting, and creative designs.
When not working with yarns or felting, you will find her in her studio painting. Her paintings are inspired by the beauty of the Colorado scenery as well as her experiences living and traveling through many parts of the world. She incorporates color and texture in representational and abstract images using individual or mixed media.

Her goal is to expand her knowledge and creativity as an artist.

Please visit her at http://www.fiberartsy.etsy.com/ or come to her other shop at http://www.PaintingsbyMarga.etsy.com/. An article about her "Paintings By Margarete" store can also be found in the Crafters and Artisans directory.
All items you see, except vintage, are handmade by her.
Please click on the different images below, brouse and enjoy your visit.
Your comments and questions are welcome.



New to Etsy?
A tutorial to help through the check out process: http://www.etsy.com/help_guide_checkout.php

Location: Monument, Colorado, USA

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Knits For Kids - Handmade Doll and Baby Clothing and Other Cute Things

Cecile studied geography and computer science but she always kept in touch with her passion of knitting. "Holding something tangible and seeing the product develop from the beginning to the end" she says is what fascinates her the most.

She hopes her work and little creations bring joy into people's life just as making the products brings joy into her life.

She specializes in knitting doll and baby clothing, particularly for the American Girl doll. Even though she has a few other items such as crochet doilies or pinatas.

She ships Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after having received cleared payments and she donates 5% of the proceeds to Special Olympics New Jersey. Her younger sister is mentally retarded and she understands the challenges families with handy-capped children faces.
Don't miss out on a unique item... you can follow her on http://twitter.com/Knits4Kids where she announces all her additions to her shop or sign up to receive her newsletter by visiting her blog at http://knitsforkids.blogspot.com/. If you sign up for her newsletter you will receive a free gift.




Besides her KnitsForKids Etsy store at http://www.knitsforkids.etsy.com she also sells children clothing in her Atomic Mall shop, creates t-shirts and onesies for kids and you can find her on Artfire: http://knits4kids.artfire.com.







Location: Vineland, New Jersey, USA



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