a&c weekly challenge vital statistics thread

[lucykate]

though this might be useful as there are quite a few of us now

this is me : lucykate

location : east midlands, little village near rutland water
age : 37
occupation : currently a sahm with a bit of freelance work on the side
dh : portrait painter/university lecturer
dc's : dd is 6, ds is 2.5
main crafty interests : softie making, embroidery, anything involving fabric, felt & buttons

blog address - lucykatecrafts.blogspot.com/

sells stuff here - lucykatecrafts on etsy

go on, who's next

not a lot to say about Dingle!!

Live in Kent, age...ooh..nearly 42!

Recently started working as a support assistant in a nursery and about to embark on an NVQ3 in childcare.

Children: DS is 8, DD is 6. DD has Down Syndrome and my crafting oftens helps toward fundraising activities for our local DS charity of which I am treasuruer.

Crafting; a bit of a mixture really, knitting when I get the chance but now I mainly make cards. I am a design team member for an online shop.

Blog addy: www.dillydallydingle.blogspot.com/

Esty shop....hmmm...dithering, but hopefully soon!

Great idea LK.

Ok
Nbg obviously

location : North Yorkshire
age : 25
occupation : Sahm
dh : Works with special needs children
dc's : dd 4, ds1 17 months, ds2 1 month
main crafty interests : jewellery, and soft things with felt mainly

blog; meecrafty.blogspot.com/

Hopefully when I can get more time I will be selling on Etsy but I currently have a few jewellery items on Mumzmall under the name Applejack Jewellery. I cant link it for some reason though.

LOL and I cannot spell Etsy!!

hi
this is me : dressedupnowheretogo

location : east midlands, little town near nottingham/derby
age : 26
occupation : currently a sahm with a bit of freelance hair on the side
dh : construction floor layer/ builder
dc's : dd is 17 months.
main crafty interests : jewellery making,and knitting clothes

blog address - bramleyjewellery.blogspot.com/

sells stuff here - here

i take personal comissions too

dingle, i remember your picture on your blog, you do NOT look nearly 42 at all, i'm , i thought you were about the same age as me

c'est moi....
Gingermonkey - 33 in March (ooh, getting old! )
Mum to 8yr old DD and 2yr old DS and 2 cats

I make toys and stuff when I should be cleaning and being a housewife and sell them here and have a blog too.

forgot to add where I was.... (sorry! ) So I'll do it properly now (It's Sunday, my brain is broken)

this is me : Gingermonkey
location : West Yorkshire; betwixt Barnsley, Wakefield and Huddersfield
age : 33
occupation : sahm
dh : property developer/company director
dc's : dd is 8.5, ds is 2 and a bit
main crafty interests : softie making, anything involving fabric, felt, ribbons & buttons and a bit of embroidery

Etsy Shop

Blog

That's better isn't it?

OK here's mine:

this is me : Miaou

location : Thurso, far North of Scotland!!
age : 36
occupation : sahm doing a bit of work in the local library
dh : not working
dc's : dd1 (10), dd2 (9), ds1 (2), ds2 (5 months)
main crafty interests : knitting, crochet and cross stitch, also some sewing of toys and clothes. Like to both follow patterns and design my own.

No blog or shop - not got one set up and am scared of the camera - will try and set one up this year!

this is me : Meridian

location : east midlands, a town near Derby
age : 30
occupation : sahm most of the time but I help out DH at the studio and help out at Frizbe's shop too
dh : a professional photographer, field photographic
dc : DS is 4
main crafty interests : painting (mainly acrylic on canvas), knit (badly), gemstone jewelry, drawing and sketching in general,

blog address - meridianariel.blogspot.com
sells stuff here - meridianariel on etsy sometime in the near future I'm working on it

this is me : GreebosWhiskers

location : Dunfermline in Fife (Scotland's ancient capital y'know - King Robert the Bruce is buried just up the road here)
age : 34 (nearly 35
occupation : SAHM
dh : audit senior
dc's : dd1 is 14.11, dd2 is 13.8, dd3 is 2.10 & ds is 14 months.
main crafty interests : Crochet, knitting, spinning, weaving - pretty much anything involving wool & yarn in general.

blog address - [email protected]

sells stuff here - crochata.etsy.com

Ooo meant to add that there's nothing on etsy at the mo but there will be soon - honest

Miaou - I have family from Thurso! Fab place - we spent pretty much every summer holiday up there when I was wee. I have fond memories of swimming in the North Sea in July & coming out a delicate shade of pale blue

This is me : Dizzyday07

Location : Another in the East Midlands, little village just outside Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Age : The bof 4-0 !!

Occupation : SAHM with my sewing on the side

DH : Managing Director of a Plastics/Rubber consultancy company - ke likes to say that he's "Big in Rubber"!!

DC's : DS is 14.6, DD is 3.4

Main Crafty Interests : Just sewing, but I can knit, cross stitch, tapestry and do v. basic crochet. But since taking up sewing I've developed a passion (maybe even a fetish) for beautiful fabric

Blog Address - sewtobed.blogspot.com/

Sells stuff - mostly by word of mouth and a little on Ebay. Don't know if my stuff is right for MumzMall, Etsy, Tuggle, Notinthehighstreet etc!!

OOPS - that should have said

The big 4-0!!

I am the ol' woman of the MN crafters then!!!

....Scuffles over to her rocking chair to play with her cuttlebug!!

Lol Greenbos - let me know if you ever venture up in this direction again!! I usually hang out in Elizabeths

Dingle - Im 44!

I live in Devon.

Im a paediatric physiotherapist, part time.

DD aged 6.

Crafts: knitting, card making, beads, and am building a stash to try felting.

No blog - couldnt work the site!

Have never tried selling (apart from a Xmas fair) - not brave or good enough yet I dont think!

LOL Fusby, we can moan about the good ol' days over a cup of cocoa together then!!

missed this somehow

this is me : JG/AnnieB

location : SE London
age : nearly 39, gulp
occupation : software projects director (and sick to the eye teeth of it thank you very much) for a tiny software company - I work 4 days a week in Covent Garden, central London (that bit is ok, I suppose )
dh : university lecturer
dc's : dd1 is 5, dd2 is 2.5
main crafty interests : anything involving fabric, felt & buttons (like LK!), wool, also drawing, painting, printmaking and photography of late

blog address - overmilkwood.blogspot.com/

sells stuff here - nowhere, but if I ever focussed on one thing for long enough I would like to (thus escaping my tedious day job someday)

opps, sorry, should have saved yer fingers and put a link

[http://overmilkwood.blogspot.com/ my blog]]

sorry laydees

am I tired or what d'you reckon

bloody blog!

right blog addy is dressedps blog

I must have missed this thread initially so here are my vital stats.

this is me : Tillyboo (Laurie)
location : Berkshire
age : 44 (I feel positively ancient saying it but nobody believes me which is very nice & lovely! )
occupation : sahm
dh : project manager for a marketing agency
dd1 is 3.9
main crafty interests : anything involving fabric, painting, photography

address - 23beechhill.blogspot.com/

sells stuff here -
but a bit empty www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5334115

and also word of mouth at the moment

I'm so rubbish tonight - can't seem to type, must get to bed early - here's my blog

and My shop, if a bit empty