Madcraftin

On April 15th, 2018 I had no plan or idea that my little hobby would turn into what it has today.  Being able to share my art with people all around the country is such an inspirational part of my life and I am beyond proud of where I am now.  Sometimes I will go for a whole month with no sales, or I'll go a few weeks where I spend more money on products and shipping than I make in profits.  I first started with embroidery I knew nothing. When I tell you I had no experience. I mean I had no experience. 

The biggest thing that has kept me sane during the historic times we are currently living through is my art. During these times of isolation, I have taken it into my own hands and done so many projects I can't even count them all anymore. So here I will share some of my favorites that have come out of this monumental time period in our lives. March 17th Wash your f***ing hands pretty self-explanatory March 20th Mini logo embroidery necklace March 23rd Patchwork jeans This was such a difficult project and was done 90% by hand Took me around 12 hour added up March 26th Pride flag bracelets donations went to CourageMKE March 29th Inventory thin rings available here April 1st very simple floral embroidery only took me 2 wish hours April 2nd Mini pride flag embroidery took me about an hour did this super late at night when I couldn't sleep April 4th Single line rose jeans This took me a week or two, very in-depth and I used a...

#normalizenormalbodies Dear Body, I'm sorry I focused on your hips and ignored your working heart  I'm sorry for grabbing your skin and pulling flesh and bone apart  How dare my eyes look and see anything but your art  It's time to have your back, you’ve had mine from the start. Love, me I feel so close to this movement because I have always had a very "in the middle" body, a normal body. I have never had a flat tummy like the models you see on Instagram but I wasn't overweight. I always felt pressure to be one or the other, and seeing this woman's account and the message she is sending out to the world has truly changed how I see myself and my own body. Even if these embroideries and this whole project change the way one person feels about themselves then my job here is done.  Throughout my process, I will post the photos below, and towards the end of this post I will describe more of the crafty and "how-to" aspect of this project

HI, so making this website has become a lot more difficult than I had previously thought. I am going through lots of trials and errors. I have started over on 3 separate occasions, I have had business cards printed with the wrong URL. So if anyone tells you that making a website is easy. It is not easy but it is worth it. For a while, I have been selling my jewelry on Instagram and that got really difficult because people wouldn't send me the correct email or they would leave out their zip codes. So I thought that it would be a lot easier to put my products on a website where that is all required when you go to pay. I used Ecwid to make my shopping cart feature and have an HTML for my products page. It is a very beautiful layout and the software is amazing and so easy to work with. As someone who didn't know what HTML was before opening the blogger site, I have done a pretty good job. This is most definitely a learning process. I give so much credit to the people behind the...