The CraftSanity Podcast

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood

CraftSanity is a place to escape the daily grind and renew your creative spirit through interviews with creative people.... more

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The podcast currently has 320 episodes available.

The CraftSanity Podcast episodes:

February 15, 2015 CraftSanity #155: 2.15.15 Erica Lang
Erica Lang has always known she is an artist at heart. But she was worried she would never find a job, so she pursed several other careers.
"I actually purposely avoided (art classes in high school) and took math and science because I was so worried about not being able to get a job," Lang said.
Check out the podcast to find out what convinced her to follow her heart and start a printmaking business called Woosah.
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1h
February 08, 2015 CraftSanity #154: 2.8.15 Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher
Born a day apart, Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher crossed paths for the first time in the Butterworth Hospital nursery in June of 1988, completely oblivious to each other.
It would be 23 years before the two Geminis would actually meet when they reported for their first day of work at the Buckle at Woodland Mall. He was the freight guy and she was the seamstress. And when they were introduced, the manager suggested they talk because they both made leather bags.
They ended up inspiring each other to greatness, but not without a few twists in the story.
Check out their sites:

• Harbinger Leather Design on Etsy

• Littlewings Designs

• Parliament The Boutique
• And my latest column about them

• And I also wrote about Elyse in 2013.
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47min
January 31, 2015 CraftSanity #153: 1.30.15 Anne-Marie Faiola
If inspiration to take your handmade business to the next level is what you seek, tune in for my conversation with Anne-Marie Faiola, CEO and founder of Bramble Berry, the Bellingham, Washington-based online soap-making supply company and creator of the new Handmade Beauty Box, a monthly DIY project subscription service.
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1h 16min
January 30, 2015 CraftSanity #153: 1.30.15 Anne-Marie Faiola
If inspiration to take your handmade business to the next level is what you seek, tune in for my conversation with Anne-Marie Faiola, CEO and founder of Bramble Berry, the Bellingham, Washington-based online soap-making supply company and creator of the new Handmade Beauty Box, a monthly DIY project subscription service.
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1h 16min
January 13, 2015 CraftSanity #152: 1.13.15 Marcy Davy
As a screen printer and designer, Marcy Davy, of Ypsilanti, knows the joy of printmaking and repeats the process daily as a professional artist producing prints for her All Things Grow product line.
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53min
December 28, 2014 CraftSanity #151: 12.28.14 Wei Shyuan “Stone” Peng
There is beauty all around us, but when we’re busy rushing from here to there and checking our phones we miss a lot. This is where Wei Shyuan Peng comes in. By day he’s a hydrogeologist who adopted the nickname “Stone” while enrolled as a graduate student at Western Michigan University, and when he’s off the clock he’s a photographer armed with the Nikon D300 he been using for years because “that is good enough for me.” Peng, 53, of Grand Rapids, likes to compose minimalist photos and is willing to spend hours waiting to capture just the right image.
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42min
December 17, 2014 CraftSanity #150: 12.16.14 Megan Roach
For years Grand Rapids fiber artist Megan Roach has been experimenting with natural dyes and crocheting and knitting. She was having fun with her creative work, but struggling to tie it all together. And then she started weaving about a year ago.
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38min
December 16, 2014 CraftSanity #150: 12.16.14 Megan Roach
For years Grand Rapids fiber artist Megan Roach has been experimenting with natural dyes and crocheting and knitting. She was having fun with her creative work, but struggling to tie it all together. And then she started weaving about a year ago.
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38min
December 03, 2014 CraftSanity #149: 12.2.14 Megan Eckman
With deliberate lines and tiny stitches, Megan Eckman is a fine artist and a creative writer behind Studio MME who became an embroidery designer soon after realizing craft stores were still selling the same patterns she stitched with her grandmother.
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51min
December 02, 2014 CraftSanity #149: 12.2.14 Megan Eckman
With deliberate lines and tiny stitches, Megan Eckman is a fine artist and a creative writer behind Studio MME who became an embroidery designer soon after realizing craft stores were still selling the same patterns she stitched with her grandmother.
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51min

FAQs about The CraftSanity Podcast:

How many episodes does The CraftSanity Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 320 episodes available.