Fabulous Friday... The Interview ~ Lazy Daisy Glass

This week's Fabulous Friday crafter is... Kathryn from Lazy Daisy Glass. Kathryn wrote a fantastic guest blog for us a last week about glass fusing ~ now read about Kathryn and see a few of her gorgeous creations.How did you get started in your particular craft and how long have you been doing it?I first started working with glass about 6 years ago - first working with stained glass. My background has been administration/working in an office, so...

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Guest Blogger ~ Maisielu

Our guest blogger today is Amanda from Maisielu.Why I Blog?When thinking of a subject for the Misi blog I thought it it would be interesting to discuss why we blog at all. What use are these internet diaries that people talk about?When I first considered doing my hobby as a job, it was happening upon craft blogs that give me the courage to go for it. I started blogging at the same time as putting my items on Misi, but found it difficult at first...

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Fabulous Friday... The Interview ~ Jewels of Isis

This week's Misi crafter is Marianne... Jewels of Isis...How did you get started in your particular craft and how long have you been doing it?When I was giving up the 9 to 5 eighteen months ago, I was persuaded by friends who are antiquities dealers to buy ancient Egyptian and Roman beads from them to make into jewellery. This meant learning HOW to make jewellery and how to run a web shop, neither of which I had considered before. I loved it so...

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Guest Blogger ~ Lazy Daisy Glass

As a guest speaker, I thought I would talk about my craft of Glass Fusing.What is Glass Fusing? (Part 1)Glass fusing is a glass fabrication technique used to heat glass in a kiln until it reaches a soft point, which allows the user to manipulate the glass in a variety of ways. This method for working with glass is sometimes known as kiln-forming or warm glass. Warm glass operates at lower temperatures than glassblowing (which can be referred to...

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Fabulous Friday... The Interview ~ Samigail

This week's crafter is Fiona from Samigail's Handmade Gifts.How did you get started in your particular craft and how long have you been doing it?I started learning pyrography just before Christmas 2007. My husband wanted some ideas for what to buy me for Christmas and I decided I’d like to learn a new craft. So I stumbled onto pyrography and thought it sounded interesting. I got quite excited and impatient to start learning my new chosen craft so...

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Fabulous Friday... The Interview ~ Just K jewellery

This week's Misi crafter... talented Karen from Just K jewellery... Karen works with resin and creates the most lovely, unique pendants.How did you get started in your particular craft and how long have you been doing it?I’ve been making jewellery for about 3 years. I gave up full time work in order to have more ME-time and had always wanted to make jewellery. I got some books out of the library, started teaching myself and became totally addicted...

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Happy New Year!

Best wishes for 2010. I'm looking for volunteers to be interviewed for the Misi Fabulous Fridays, please pm me through Misi if you are interested and I will send you a list of questions.I'm also looking for guest bloggers ~ you must be a Misi member and willing to do at least one blog per month. Thanks,Helen...

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