Craftbaby - Weekend Craft Challenges

You might be wondering just who exactly is behind Craftbaby.

We are two very different, yet very similar ladies.

We live to design, try different foods, make new crafty friends, check out our local art and craft fairs and thrift stores and spend time with our families.

In other words, we're just two normal girls who just so happen to share a similar love for our hobbies and are both geekily passionate about crafting!

Candace, "Candie" to her friends and colleagues, is one super crafty lady, lifelong glue-gun enthusiast and owner of Rock Candie Designs!  She's one part graphic designer, two parts professional party decorator, and the rest?  A ridiculously talented crafter who has an amazing eye for detail and a truly enviably flawless sense of "this goes with that."  Candie is constantly DIY'ing, the kind of gal who sees an aweome project on pinterest and in about fifteen seconds not only has figured out how it was created, but also how to make it even better.  But Candie is so much more than creativity and talent - she is a selfless, glass-half-full, encouraging, inspiring and devoted friend who is never afraid to speak her mind, even just to say "yes, it does need more bling."  Check out her Rock Candie creations and bring a little bit of the pretty home: pillows, picture frames, prints, wreathes, you name it - she DIY's and blogs about it, baby!  Want to get in touch with Candie?  Email candie@craftbaby.com.

Elizabeth, Liz for short, is a web guru by day. By night, she is an innovative, charismatic, passionately hard-working crafter whose mind is bursting with ideas. Not only is she the kind of friend who you can seek years for and only hope to find, the kind of designer who is so inspiring that she empowers you, she is also a loving wife and a hard-working mother. And somehow, she is able to balance all of these things with grace and still be able to come up with amazing ideas for all of us to enjoy over here at Craftbaby! Not only is Liz half the love that is Craftbaby, she also has her own line of Morning Mantras. Morning Mantras are Liz's brilliantly creative way of reminding yourself and loved ones to live a healthy, strong and balanced lifestyle...by way of postcards! Hows that for design on a budget? To see her cute creations and order some Morning Mantras of your very own, check out her shop on Etsy! (www.morningmantras.etsy.com)  Want to get in touch with Liz?  Email liz@craftbaby.com.

Photo in The New Times taken by Christina Mendenhall

Since we're just like you, we too are reading endless fellow crafter's blogs on a daily basis. And guess what...all of us crafter-nerds are all feeding off each others creativity. There are so many wonderful blogs out there its impossible not to be be inspired by each others projects! This is exactly how Craftbaby was born.

Afterall, crafting is all about getting creative and dreaming up different projects, right? So why not do it together, have some fun, make some friends and the best part? YOU CAN WIN SOMETHING AWESOME! So, really there isn't any reason at all why you shouldn't craft with us!