I am honored to be Craftziners’ featured artist for May! It is a memorable moment I will cherish forever!
I am in love with the May issue of our magazine! It has been beautifully designed and filled with innovative ideas, great pictures and most important, it’s downloadable. Now I can cherish this magazine and share it with everyone!

I am proud to be a Craftziner!

To thank and of course to celebrate the spotlight, I am offering flat 25% discount on every item in my Etsy shop till Sunday 6th May 2012.

Apply coupon code CZSFEATURED before checkout and 25% will be deducted automatically.

Thank you team Craftziners for having me! Thank you everyone who read my interview on page 20.

Mail me at folkstroke@yahoo.com I would love to hear from you.
Keep smiling! Keep creating!

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I first came across her blog when I was looking for a crochet pattern. I have been a regular follower since then. Her quilting and sewing are something which has inspired me a lot to take up quilting and stitching. Its my pleasure to introduce her to all the Craftziners.

Thanks alot Nima, I must say you have been great in responding to my mail.

Name : Nima Titus
Blog: Made to Treasure
Location: Indian residing in Muscat, Oman
Contact:stitchynight@gmail.com

1.Can you share with us a bit about your passion for Quilting, Crochet and Needlework, your self and how it got started?

I learned to do hand embroidery and cross-stitch from my mom, when I was 8 years old. It was on a handkerchief corner, few simple lazy daisy flowers and leaves. Later I tried hand embroidery on pillows, cushion cover etc. When I was in grade 4, I represented my school for district level craft competition. I got my first sewing machine, a manual singer machine from my dad when I was in grade 6.
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Hi Everyone,

Meet Holly Sutton – an artist by passion and profession. Holly started making hair bows quite accidentally while searching for one for her step daughter. That started off as an interest, which developed into a passion, and later budding into a wonderful business.

In this interview, Holly tells us all about how she started off making hair bows, and also some good pointers to budding businesses.

Holly, thanks a lot for this interview and sharing your views with us.

Name : Holly Sutton
Blog: N/A
Website: Fancy Pants Hair Bows by Holly Facebook Page
Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/fancypantshairbows
Location Bryant, Arkansas
Contact: hollygracesutton@hotmail.com, Etsy or Facebook

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This week I have the pleasure to introduce a very talented artist to all you readers. There could be no better introduction to her than her cards. Just sit back and I would request all you to take some time and read this wonderful interview.

Thanks Shalini for being a part of CZS.
Name : Shalini Aggarwal
Blog: www.craftcurry.com
Website: www.craftcurry.com
Shop: none
Location: New Delhi, India
Contact: shalini.maskara@gmail.com

1.Can you share with us a bit about your art/craft, yourself and how it got started?
Hi, I am Shalini, a C.A. by profession and am card maker by passion.  I actually had to spend a considerable amount of time thinking ‘how did it all begin’… but trust me I still don’t have an answerJ. Somehow, I have been drawn to paper and colors ever since I was a kid. I remember accompanying my Mum to her office, where I would quietly(yes, without disturbing her) spent the entire days sketching and coloring and general messing around my scrap sheet. At the end of the day Mom would put it up and pat my back. So, probably that’s how it began.

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(God’s verdict – This is an abstract painting done with acrylic on paper. Here the central yellowish figure represents a soul praying to God for ‘mukti’ (salvation). God is not accepting the soul as the soul has accepted both ‘punya’ and ‘paap’ depicted in this painting with white and dark colors around the soul. In Hindu dharma it is said that souls without any association with punya and paap gets mukti.)

Its my great pleasure to introduce you to our this week guest and her amazing website.
Name : Meeta Dani
Website: www.kalashilpi.com
Location: Bangalore
Contact: 09980147946, 080-41739193

Can you share with us a bit about your art, your self and how it got started?
Since childhood, whether it be music, potteries, paintings, or any other artistic thing under the Sun, I used to get attracted toward them. My mother encouraged me to join art classes during my summer vacations. As a result I learned to make pottery, candle making, tie-and-dye, bamboo artwork, ceramic painting, etc.
I started my professional career as a software engineer and completed my Masters degree in computers after I got married. After almost 10 years into software I took a career break when my daughter, Jiya, was born in 2008. During this phase I started taking painting classes.

Is Art your Passion or Profession?

My passion for painting gave me immense joy and satisfaction and I decided to quit software industry and make my passion my career.Both, firstly it is my passion and then profession. [Read more...]

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I found Divya’s blog only a few weeks back, but the beauty of her jewelery making just stuck a chord with me. Later I realized she isn’t just into jewelery making, she does a wide range of art and crafts.

This week I bring to you Divya and her blog. Hope all of you will enjoy reading and checking her blogs as i did.

Name:                   Divya N
Blog:                       http://jewelsofsayuri.blogspot.com/
Website:               http://sayuri.hpage.com/
Location:            Chennai
Contact:044-43042790,
guglu2002@yahoo.com or jewelsofsayuri@gmail.com

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