I’m Sam, which is short for Samantha, and I am a Mechanical Engineering major at Case Western Reserve University in the class of 2012. I am sole proprietor of my sewing business, Fluffyland, a shop filled with handmade cuteness. I am Catholic and I love going to Mass. My home is in Northern Virginia, but I’ve adopted Cleveland as my second home despite its terrible weather and consistently gray skies. I have two younger brothers and a dog named Pepper and the best parents ever.
When I’m not buried in homework, or going on adventures with my friends, I’m usually sewing, because that is what I love to do (see The Sewing Story). I also love fabric shopping and thrifting (which can be rather equivalent, since I usually thrift in order to find garments I can re-create), but I hate shopping at the mall. I’ve been a soccer player my whole life, and though I’m not on a college team, I’m always up for a pickup game. I love playing cards, especially euchre and spades, and I passionately hate Monopoly. I can knit straight lines, so I usually have a scarf going while I watch TV (the Office!). I’ve never figured out how to crochet, but I haven’t tried very hard since I really don’t need another craft.
I really just love making things. I have a Print Gocco that I usually end up singing to because I love it so much. I have also done some screenprinting and find it both extremely stressful and extremely gratifying. I took a ceramics class and greatly enjoyed it because I got to work with my hands in a n entirely new way. I absolutely love photography, both film and digital, and going for walks with my camera keeps me sane. Despite all my crafty endeavors, I can’t really draw. I doodle on occasion, but I’m not a pen-to-paper artist.
I love baking and inventing new food combinations, especially anything involving coconut, or pie. Did you know that the Spanish word empanar means “to wrap in bread or dough”? I think this glorious verb could improve pretty much any food. All of a sudden, anything’s a pie.
random likes:
old things, whales, disneyland, buttons, typewriters, moccasins, lemon bars, cute, swings, disney princesses, cozy hoodies, hello kitty, action movies, summer breezes, peaches, owls, climbing trees, spicy food, kurt vonnegut, pie, pokemon, jeopardy!, vacuuming, airplanes, puddle jumping, driving with windows down
random dislikes:
socks with holes, roast beef, taylor swift and equivalents, sappy romance movies, giant textbooks, most tv shows, wearing sandals, pencils without erasers, chemistry, perfume, sleet
Sam,
My name is Sara Moore and I work as columnist for HandmadeNews.org, an e-newspaper dedicated to news of the handmade world. As part of our featured blogger program, we interview different writers from blogs all over the web. We’d love to have you be one of our featured bloggers. If you would be willing to conduct a brief interview email, please let me know.
Thanks,
Sara Moore
Main Feature Columnist
HandmadeNews.org
Hi Sam! Would love to advertise CraftsAcademy.com
crafts video contest to your readers…can you contact me?
Thanks!!
Jenn
Hi, Sam! I was looking for chewing gum wrapper bracelets we would make as a kid in the 70s (yeah, I’m old). I wanted to show my 16 year old daughter how to make them and I realized…today’s gum HAS NO WRAPPERS! Or at least I haven’t found any yet. Maybe an environmental thing? I dunno…but anyway.
We are a crafty family, and one thing I think you don’t do is polymer clay. (Admittedly, I haven’t combed over your site completely, but, you know). I wanted to recommend you try it, you’d be great!
Have a great one,
George in Cali (my dad is from Akron, Ohio).
I love your blog. Tons of really cute stuff.
Hi Sam! I have a small sewing invitation to you and would love to explain it. Would you mind dropping me a line?
Thanks!
Hi Sam!
Hello and greetings from All Things Labels! We stumbled upon your blog and wanted to reach out to you.
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All Things Labels
Hi Sam,
I would like to use the images of one of your tutorials: the ‘Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial’ in my ICT GCSE project and I require your permission.
It will be a short video and will not be uploaded onto any sites.
Thank you in advance.
Nice blog by the way :)