Posts under ‘featured artist’

Tell us your name, your Etsy shop name, and what city you live in. Colleen Fitzpatrick is my “real name,” and my Etsy shop is collfitzpatrick.etsy.com. I still need to work on thinking of something more creative but descriptive — I defaulted to using my name so I could get my shop up. I reside [...]

Tell us your name, your Etsy shop name, and what city you live in. Gina DeSantis. My etsy shop is http://GinaDeSantis.etsy.com. Clever, huh? I live in Lakewood. What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? I was always making something. As an only child [...]

Miss Erika Laine Hansen resides in Lakewood, Ohio, with the famous artist playnature and their six pets. She sells her work under the name erika originals. What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? My mother worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, and [...]

Tell us your name, your Etsy shop name, and what city you live in. My name is Rob Merwarth and I am the CEO of Playnature Productions™. Our corporate headquarters is in Lakewood, Ohio, with many satellite locations across the globe. The history of the name playnature is a bit uncertain, but definitely classified anyway. [...]

This week’s featured artist is Lori Paximadis, who sells on Etsy as virtuallori. Which is your favorite tool? Why? Oh, it’s so hard to pick a favorite. I’m such a tool girl, and there are probably at least a dozen I’d be lost without. My current favorite is probably my torch. I’ve been playing with [...]

Kathy Patton, who sells under the name smashing, lives in an undisclosed location (i.e., “hideout”) in the western suburbs of Cleveland. Her striking designs are a perennial favorite among Etsy Treasury makers and people with discriminating taste. She is one of the leaders of Cleveland Handmade. What is your first memory of your craft? Did [...]

Jodie of la petite libellule hand knits lives in Euclid, Ohio. What is your first memory of working with yarn? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? I have a fuzzy (no pun intended . . . well maybe) memory of my mom trying to teach me to crochet, which never [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]