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Creative Cafe Members Introductions

It has occured to me that we have nowhere in particular on Creative Cafe for members to introduce themselves to the group and so I hope you will all be able to do that here now.

Just to start things off I am Jill and I live in Brighton in the UK. I started Creative Cafe with a small group of volunteer friends and some donations in 2007 and we opened the site in November. I have a mental health disability and we have made a point of saying 'Don't Let Disability Mean Inequality' but not in pushing disability issues on this site. Mainly I'd like to show that although a high per cent of our members do have disabilities we can hold our own when it comes to creativity in this world. I think this shows up each week in each new Spotlight Slideshow where it is impossible to tell the difference between the photos contributed by members who are disabled and those who are not unless we are featuring a particular member who addresses the subject. To test this have a look at the Spotlight slideshow and see if you can guess which photos are the work of those with disabilities and which are not?
I enjoy being a volunteer organiser for Creative Cafe even though I have found that there is a lot more work behind the scenes to be done than I imagined there would be. At the moment I am learning about promoting and marketing our Creative Cafe Salesrooms on a small budget and am finding that quite time consuming. But I do enjoy seeing the lovely things members are listing in there and like seeing the traffic and sales on the site slowly go up.

Apart from Creative Cafe my interests include reading, patchwork, music,suduko puzzles, drinking a lot of coffee and playing with Dickens the cat!

Bye for Now
Jill

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Permalink Reply by Josephine on March 12, 2008 at 8:15pm: Hi, I'm Josephine. I'm from San Francisco California. I do oil paintings and household crafts made from recycled goods. I am on ning promoting my website, which is dedicated to relieving stress in pregnant women.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tina Donovan on March 13, 2008 at 3:39pm: Hello there!
My name is Tina and I am a freelance artist. I paint in oils and with pastels and make the odd installation projects. Creativity is the best thing in the world. I went to art school to find out about the business side of this trade and to have access to countless art books and art history lectures. Before this I was pretty much self taught. I love libraries, books, 2nd hand book shops, art galleries, sculpture parks, and architectural structures. I have an interest in environmental issues as well as humanitarian and human rights issues.
I am also a big believer that the world should slow down. Unfortunately it is the little people that end up getting caught up in this whirlwind.
I also have 2 wonderful children who I love dearly. They are so funny and make me laugh a lot. And I am proud of them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josephine on March 13, 2008 at 7:18pm: i totally agree, the world does need to slow down.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Princess2008 on March 14, 2008 at 1:25am: Hi all, I did introduce myself before hehe and I think a few people know a bit about me from my where do you come from post but anyhow I am living in Tunisia but was born in England and packed up and moved here just 2 years ago. I am living with my fiance and we get married in May. He is actually the creative one and I just kinda follow behind but I love it and have found something I enjoy doing, we have started a wedding business where we make hand-made tulles, candles etc and are hoping to expand. Otherwise thats about it, I love to read and write - I love writing articles and over the last few months have also been working as a freelance writer as well as being a teacher.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jade on April 16, 2008 at 7:23pm: Hi everyone my name is Jade and I have just signed up to the site. This place looks very interesting so I'm looking forward to looking around and seeing what I can offer to this community.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by VickiCockcroft on April 26, 2008 at 9:02pm: Hello. I'm Vicki. I work with polymer clay to make beads which I set in jewellery fittings. I've got a blog at http://www.vickicockcroft.blogspot.com for those of you who are interested in sheep, chickens, cats and penguins! I hope it's quite entertaining if you like animals and country type things and it's got some pictures which I like to think aren't too bad!!

Talking to the animals is how I make my world slow down!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by WILMA (aka Julia) on April 27, 2008 at 1:58am: Been here a while now but BIG hellow to you all and hopw your enjoying whatever is is that brought you here to this fantastic site!

I make hand crafted greetings cards for any and every occasion, wedding invitations and various items of wedding statioanry, cake toppers and lots lots more......Im totally addicted to crafting....

Im married to David and live with our Daughter Kate whos a little star and very level headed at 14, not to forget my gorgeous puppy Charlie lol

Im currently dependant on my wheelchair for all outdoor trips and use stick and the walls furntiture etc indoors!

Im disabled due to a neurological illness (suspected MS) so now can not work in my previous role as an Ambulance Driver/attendant which I loved!

However, as I love crafting so much Ive set up a little business so its keeps me busy when Im well enough to do anything!!

Had a few weeks of bad days lately so not a lot of crafting been done but heres to healthier good days!!!

So thats me.....Wilmaflinstone....Julia!

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Permalink Reply by LizzyT on April 28, 2008 at 7:05pm: Hi, I'm LizzyT, I am from South Yorkshire in the UK. I am married, work part-time, I have a 7 year old daughter, 2 grown up children and 2 grandchildren. In my spare time (!!!!) I like to make jewellery, I also love to knit and crochet. I sell the things I make in my shop on Etsy - http://lizzyt.etsy.com. Another interest of mine is my blog - http://lizzytdesigns.blogspot.com.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jill on April 28, 2008 at 8:59pm: Hi and a BIG Welcome

to all our great Creative Cafe members in this discussion.

Just wanted to say that you are welcome to start a discussion to promote your own website or project and they go in this category: SEE HERE

We are now getting picked up in the search engines so it is also a good idea to add tags to what you write and to any photos you upload.

Bye for Now
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Permalink Reply by Katherine Haynes on May 13, 2008 at 10:01am: This is begining to feel like some kind of crafters annonymous, but I may as well join in!

Hi,
I'm Katherine, I live and work in Horsham, West Sussex. I work part time in a card/gift shop so that on my days off I can be self employed under the name Popped Bubble Designs.
I graduated in 2005, and initially tried working as a freelance textiles designer but got frustrated as people always wanted cheap imitations of things that already existed rather than things that were interesting for me to design. So I started up Popped Bubble, and am just trying to get my work noticed and sold!
If you want to know what I make, check out the Salesrooms!
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Permalink Reply by Jill on November 22, 2008 at 10:46pm: Hi

Thought I would put this discussion up to feature again and see if some of our many new members will join in introducing themselves and hope we will all get to know each other better.

Bye for Now
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Permalink Reply by Jill on January 3, 2009 at 9:04pm: Hi Gayle

Good to have you join us. I like patchwork as well although I don't get so much time for it these days. I used to spend hours and hours doing patchwork projects. I really like the one you have on your etsy shop at the moment.

Everyone is welcome. The more the merrier around here I hope!

Bye for Now
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