Welcome to Crafts Unleashed! We’ve assembled a GREAT group of talented crafters/artists/designers to provide our readers with step-by-step projects to keep you inspired, great technique, must-have tools, and products to “unleash” your creativity!
The Contributing Authors of Crafts Unleashed:
- Andrea Amu
Hello! My name is Andrea Amu and I was born and raised in Pennsylvania where I live with my fun-loving hubby of nearly 12 years. Scrapbooking has been one of my biggest obsessions since 1997 and most recently I’ve seemed to catch a card making bug, too! When I’m not busy being crafty, I can also be found working part-time as a substitute Preschool teacher. I find enjoyment in shopping at craft and antique/junque shops, and collecting Old World stoneware and unique pieces of silver and gemstone jewelry. Currently, I am also serving as a designer with Core’dinations Cardstock and I’ve been fortunate to have had my designs published in Memory Makers publications, Northridge Publishing Media’s CARDS, Create, Simply Handmade and Cricut magazines, Paper Crafts, Pinecone Press, and Blue Media and Quarry books. I am really excited to now be a part of the Crafts Unleashed Design Team and I look forward to many inspirational experiences along the way!
Visit Andrea’s personal blog here: I’m Livin on Scraps
- Niki Meiners
Niki realized, after a paralyzing illness, that she wanted to reconsider her career as a National Sales Manager. Her thoughts immediately turned to her first passion, art. In 2003 she began an odyssey that would take her from product design to publication and everywhere in between.
Niki is known for her distinctive, high quality creations that feature a diverse mix of styles and highly creative approach to even the smallest detail. Her creations are simultaneously beautiful and functional.
You can visit her site, 365 Days of Crafts, or check out her blog: Niki Meiners – Live a Life Handmade
- Vicki O’Dell
Hi! I’m Vicki O’Dell, The Creative Goddess – A happy go lucky, ultra busy craft designer, writer, educator, and presenter. I am always on the go, talking, laughing and having a great time.
As a professional crafter I’ve created for craft industry catalogs, retail advertising, store displays, trade websites and blogs. My work has been on television for DIY, HGTV, and Public Television. I have also done video work for Office Max, The Ohio Lottery and others.
My writing can be found in various craft blogs, including over 500 posts on my own Creative Goddess blog. I’ve also written for retail ads, catalogs, project sheets, instructions for the DIY Network website and e-books. I have an active teaching schedule for both private and public clients with classes in floral design, paper crafts, jewelry making, papercrafting, faux foods and mixed media.
I’m also a presenter who has demonstrated numerous products in person, on video and on television.I love experimenting with new techniques and teaching others what I learn. I’m constantly on the look out for something new. I can’t help it; I want to do it ALL!
You can follow me on Twitter @CreativeGoddess or like my Facebook page: Vicki O’Dell…The Creative Goddess
- Rena Tang
Rena Tang (aka the cheese thief) is a wife, mother, programmer and lover of all things creative. She especially loves to make unique, cute, simple and inexpensive things from everyday items. You can check out her ideas and tutorials at thecheesethief.com.
- Shaunte Wadley
I am a 30-something, chocolate-loving, SAHM from Utah. I have been scrapbooking since 1997, the dreaded era of photos cropped with deco scissors. Since then, my work has evolved into a clean, linear, photo-focused style. I have been published a few times, been to a few trade shows, taught a few classes, worked for a few design teams…but have not yet lost the love for this hobby. I love it for the creative outlet, and the good people I have met along the way. My favorite subjects to scrap are my husband and five kids (I never lack for subject material) I especially like making mini-albums of our many trips together. When I’m not scrapping, I am traveling, blog-hopping, reading, or editing photo shoots. And doing laundry. Always laundry.
Visit Shaunte’s personal blog here: Shaunte Wadley – This Too Shall Pass…
