We head to the East Bay area of California to meet blurrymind who sees creativity as a form of personal self expression!
Featured Member Interview
How did you find CO+K and why did you join?
I honestly don't remember how i found CO+K but when I did I looked through the different projects and decided I wanted to be a part of the CO+K community.
What projects are you currently working on?
Currently I have no projects in progress but my daughters 1st birthday is coming up in August and I want to make her some things like footless sandals and some dresses, hair clips now that they stay in her hair. Maybe even some beanies for the winter.
Stats
- Joined
- July 14, 2011
- Location
- Alameda, California, United States
- Projects
- 30
- Featured Projects
- 0
- Favorited
- 179 times
What does your craft space look like?
My lovely crafting space is usually the floor or my lap while sitting on the couch or bed. My dream would be to have my own awesome crafting room! With anything and everything I could possibly need to craft!
Which tool or craft supply do you use the most?
I would say my scissors! I use them for pretty much everything!
What do you craft along to?
My favorite and go to band is Avenged Sevenfold. Depending on my mood I'll also listen to Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Disturbed and sometimes My Chemical Romance.
carissa's Most Popular Projects
Favorite Craft
I love making jewelry and clothing. I usually have to do everything by hand whether with a glue gun or needle and thread or iron stitch glue thing, I can't remember what it is called. Another thing I absolutely LOVE doing is beauty DIY's like lip scrubs, shave scrubs and tinted lip balms. Before I really got into crafting, I would always make cards for birthdays and holidays and "just because". I would decorate everything and spent sometimes hours on them. I have a huge list of things I want to do.
carissa's Top Crafts
If you could learn one new craft or make anything, what would it be?
I'm want to learn how to sew like a pro so I can make all these awesome clothes and anything else you can possibly sew! That is something I've been wanting to do/learn since I really got into crafting a few years ago.
Who are your crafting heroes?
I LOVE Threadbanger from YouTube, they do so many awesome projects every week.
blurrymind's Favorite Projects
My favorite projects are the collage handbag, the clutch cycle and how to weave. I learned how to weave and make my own weaving loom which lead to the clutch cycle. Both were fun and easy to do, although it helps if you have the right supplies! Mine kind of failed. When I found the collage handbag tutorial, I fell in love! I had to sew everything by hand so it look as clean but I still loved them! I used my favorite quotes and filled a page up and I even snuck in some quotes from my then boyfriend (now my husband and father to my daughter).
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