I am so honored to announce our new Design Team for Sakura Hobby Crafts. What a wonderful group of Artists with wonderful blogs..
This group of blogger will be posting two projects per month on their blog and the Sakura Hobby Craft blog, we so excited to see what they make for us.
I hope you stop by each of their blog and welcome them to the Team...
Terri Sproul
Team Leader
I have always loved everything vintage - and that has really influenced my work. Even as a little girl, I collected beaded purses and antique clothes, and had boxes of old photos and ephemera. And yeah, this was all by the time I was 9 years old. So I guess i was that quirky kid that everyone just kind of thought marched to her own drums. That early sense of style lead to someone who has a passion to create, who is confident in her own designs, bu who also appreciated the historic influences of the past. I have been crafting all of my life, in one form or another. I was a very successful bead artist. I had my work published in over a dozen books an magazines, and lectured and taught all over the country, but... my beaded pieces too 500 - 100 hours to complete. About 10 years ago, I started scrapbooking, when my first nephew was born. I instantly fell in love with the immediacy of the medium (compared to the crazy hours I spent beading) In the past several years, I have really gotten serious with the craft and love finding new ways to take my pieces to the next level. It's really funny to look at any of my work, from bead work to paper and to be able to see the same style emerge, regardless of the medium.
Jessica Griffin
By day, I'm a wife and mom. I married my high school sweet heart in 2006 and together we have three beautiful, active, curious little people! By night I'm a paper crafter. I love scrapbooking, stamping, card marking, and altered art (I have commitment issues... can't commit to just ONE type of art!). I teach a variety of classes in the Dallas Fort Worth area. I love educating, encouraging, and giving people confidence to create! I design for several companies such as Jessica Sprague, EarthArt International, and Lindy's Stamp Gang. I have been published in magazines, digital magazines, and in a stamp catalog. I blog actively at
www.canyoupixelthis.com and share tutorials, videos, and pictorials. I'm excited to be designing for Sakura! Now I have an excuse for owning so much Crystal Lacquer!! I won't have to sneak it into the house anymore!! haha. ;)
Becky Conley
Becky is a free-lance designer, artist and instructor for the mixed-media and paper crafting industries. Mixed media art is her passion, but her creativity encompasses upcycled art, home decor and photography as well. Becky is a Designer Member of the Craft and Hobby Association and an active volunteer in her community; paying it forward in an effort to bring joy and hope to others. You can follow her work through her blog: http://www.beckyconley.blogspot.com
I've been a crafty gal for as long as I can remember. I'm a wife, mom and grandma who loves to scrapbook, create, design, sew, collect, organize, and read. I enjoy watching movies, antique shopping, gardening, home decorating, baking and most of all hanging out with my family & friends and my extraordinarily talented husband, Robert and our little dog, Phoebe.
I love to collect all sorts of vintage ephemera, buttons and fabric bits to use on my creative projects. My favorite style is vintage – grunge and I like my projects to have different textures and layers. Moving off the scrapbook page onto different kinds of mixed media projects is my latest love. My new creative inspiration is nature since recently moving to the picturesque mountains of San Bernardino, CA.
Hi, my name is Leslie-Rahye. I live in Stephenville, Texas. I have been married 19 years to my soul mate. We have two amazing free-willed beings ages 10 and 4. I've been crafting and creating since I can remember, dabbling in everything from sewing, to oil painting, to scrapbooking, to photography to beadwork to crafty crafts--and many things in between. I create because it's in my soul; it's my passion.
I am currently a Senior Designer for the Delightful Challenges Design Team--a part of the Digital Delights by Louby Loo family--, a designer for AJ's Digi Shoppe, and a designer for Sakura Hobby Crafts. I host leslierahye's crafty gig twice a month on my own ustream channel where I explore various aspects of crafting and share the products I love! To keep up with all of my crafty goodness, you can follow me on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/leslierahyesfanpage or become a follower of my blog athttp://leslierahye.blogspot.com.
TTFN
Terri Sproul
