Lori on November 27, 2008 | Comments Off

Here are some special offers from Cleveland Handmade members for your holiday shopping pleasure, available through their Etsy shops. These offers are good Friday 11/28/2008 through Monday 12/1/2008 unless otherwise noted. Just click the name to be taken to the shop.
Lori Paximadis is offering free standard U.S. and Canada shipping. Additionally, if you order a custom charm necklace, you'll rece...
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Lori on November 24, 2008 | 15 Comments

Jane Pierce is our featured artisan this week. Her artist and shop name is zJayne. Early on Jane wanted to be found easily online so she added the "z" in front and the "y" in the middle because when she Googled "zJayne," not a single name came up, and she thought that would make her easier to find. You'll also find her using "artzJayne." artzJayne came about when she realized that "z" meant she wa...
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Lori on November 17, 2008 | 8 Comments

Tell us your name, your Etsy shop name, and what city you live in.
My name is Stacie Pate. My jewelry shop name on Etsy is staciepate.etsy.com & my supplies de-stash shop name is stargazersupplies.etsy.com. I live on the west side of Cleveland with my husband and two dogs, Daisy and Dewey.
What is your first memory of making jewelry? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own?
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Lori on November 10, 2008 | 11 Comments

Valerie Tyler of Valerie Tyler Designs lives in Sagamore Hills.
What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own?
I dabbled in everything artistic growing up, as my mother was pretty artsy. I then took a jewelry class in college and loved it. Graduate school pretty much kept me from too much art for awhile, and then I picked design back up a few year...
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Lori on November 3, 2008 | 6 Comments

Margaret is known as minimeg on Etsy. She makes cute stuff out of yarn, ties, buttons, and other things. She lives in Midland, Michigan, but goes to school in the Cleveland area most of the year.
What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own?
Um . . . I remember making a pinch pot out of clay in Kindergarten. Since then I have always loved being...
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