About Us
Welcome to Think Crafts! Think Crafts is a blog for everyone who loves art, crafts, creative design, and working with their hands. It’s brought to you by CreateForLess, your one-stop online shop for craft, scrapbooking and sewing supplies. Our goal is to create a unique place where people can come together to share their creative passions, plus get the latest trend, project ideas, tips and techniques. Our blog is written by a wide variety of craft experts, from creative moms and scrapbookers to craft professionals, designers and CreateForLess employees. We cover a broad range of craft categories, including paper crafts, sewing, quilting, kid’s crafts, needlearts, jewelry making and more. If you’re interested in guest blogging for Think Crafts, visit Blog For Us for more information.
Meet The Think Crafts Blog Contributors…
Kid’s Craft Contributor – Gillian Grimm
Gillian Grimm lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where she balances writing, cooking and crafts with eight chickens, two kids, a dog, a cat and a husband. As the daughter of a Journalist, she grew up all over the United States, switching schools, towns and newspapers every few years and loved every minute of it! She now works as a freelance writer, primarily in the craft industry but with a few forays into travel writing, narrative non-fiction and educational matters. Gillian was recently published in the literary journal the “The Northville Review”. You can find more of Gillian’s work at “Dried Figs and Wooden Spools”.
Recycled Crafts Contributor – Anitra Cameron
Anitra Cameron had the good fortune to be born into a family where creativity ran rampant. Her father has authored several books and worked as a photographer and her mother hand-painted portraits. Anitra’s favorite crafts to make are: Jewelry (especially using buttons), collaged book marks, miniature cake stands, all from recycled materials. Anitra’s moto: “Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do, or do without.” Live with that long enough and you’ll never want to throw anything away, so best to turn it into art! Anitra lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, where their combined family’s total seven children, and (so far) seventeen grandchildren. Recently Anitra became a great-grandmother of a darling little boy! You can find more of Anitra’s work at “Coffee Pot People”.
Sewing Contributor – Jessica Ubel
Since graduating from college, Jessica has been a youth pastor, a barista, a group exercise coordinator, a coach, a resident director, and a glorified office assistant. Although loving the different facets of her life, none of these things beat being a “full-time” homemaker, mom of 2 beautiful little girls and wife of a wonderful husband. They live in Eugene, Oregon and love it. Jessica took many years to come to a place that she enjoyed sewing, but now she loves it and simply doesn’t have enough time to keep up with the ever-growing pile of fabric. She has a bazillion ideas and not enough time to see them to fruition. Jessica claims “I start things, but often don’t finish them (ooh–another idea!!). I’m self-admittedly abstract-random, unorganized, and an imperfectionist. I still ‘have room for growth’ in my house-cleaning skills, which give way to playing with kids, hanging out with friends, and creating things! I am good at many things, but a master of nothing.” You can find more of Jessica’s work at “Life Sew Good”.
Fashion & Jewelry Making Contributor – Alicia DiRago
Alicia DiRago is a blogger, craft instructor and die-hard DIYer in Houston, TX. For years she worked as a chemical engineer, traveling the country and learning how everything from dog food to light bulbs were made. While a career in engineering wasn’t a great fit, the experience taught her a valuable lesson – *somebody* makes everything, and you can make it too. Now she’s traded in her steel toes for stilettos and focuses on fashion, style and design inspiration and DIY projects on her blog at “Dismount Creative”. When she isn’t crafting or blogging Alicia can usually be found in the yoga studio or out enjoying a really hoppy beer with her husband.
Crafts a lot Contributor – Mable Crafts-alot
The name says it all! Mable Crafts-alot is an avid reader of craft blogs & magazines and has aspirations to improve her crafting skills. Mable has never met a craft she didn’t like! Mable spends her free time attending craft classes at local community centers, and even teaches a few. When she is not crafting she enjoys cooking, reading, photography and gardening. Mable loves to connect with other crafters to share project ideas, discuss craft trends and chat about favorite crafting tools and techniques. To learn more about Mable, become her friend on Facebook!
Craft Trends Contribuor – Trent Jaxon
Trent was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on the eve of New York Fashion Week. His parents didn’t know it at the time but it was truly a sign of what he was destined to become. Trent has been crafting since his mother could get him to hold a crayon and has worked professionally in the craft world since the age of 20. He has traveled the world to follow his dream of being the most knowledgeable art, craft and fashion insider in the the industry. One time he even stowed away in a trunk from the Versace so he could get the first peak at their spring collection. Some call him a craft ninja, others a fashion phantom. At CreateForLess we are happy to know him as Trent.
He currently resides in Oregon in a house with an 800 square foot craft room. His two dogs, Notion the Cocker Spaniel, and Embellishment (or “Bell”) the Pug/Beagle mix do a great job of picking up all his thread and fabric scraps that get left on the floor. Besides crafting Trent also enjoys…….not much else. “If it doesn’t involve a sewing machine, glue gun or glitter you can count me out” is a phrase he uses quite often.
Trent is excited to be able to share his insights both in his “Trends with Trent” and “To Trent segments”.
If you would like to have your questions answered by a true craft insider just send and email “To Trent” at info@thinkcrafts.com.
Former General Crafts Contributor – Amy Anderson
Amy Anderson is a 32-year-old transplant from Seattle living in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born from creative genes, and is carrying on the tradition. She has been knitting for 17 years, sewing for longer and decoupaging for just a few. She does all of these things on a daily basis, or at least as much as she can. In addition to Mod Podge, Amy loves the color blue, dogs, reading, cold weather, funny movies, road rallies, yogurt, garden gnomes, sock monkeys, running, tattoos, being outdoors, buttons, snuggling and apparently blogging. Amy says “who knew I could enjoy crafting and then blogging about it this much?” You can find more of Amy’s work at “Mod Podge Rocks!”
Former Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Contributor – Jennifer Hansen
Jennifer lives in Indianola, Iowa a small town known for hot air balloons. She has been married for 15 years and has a son Parker (8) and daughter Emma (6). They have amassed quite an animal collection including 3 cats, a dog, turtle and a bunch of chickens. During the day she is a numbers nerd in a cube and in the evenings she runs around to a variety kid activities, so it’s often late at night before she gets to create in her scrap room. Jennifer started out a scrapbooker many years ago, but now primarily make cards and home decor. Her supplies also used to fit in one box and now she laughs when she thinks about that! Her scrap room is in constant chaos – which is probably why she owns 3 pairs of scissors and endless adhesive runners. “I constantly lose things!” Her blog is So Many Products So Little Time.
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