Who We Are
Erika Jurney
Palo Alto, CA, US
Erika is the founder of Try Handmade and is on a mission to get people to move away from shopping at big box stores, and back to the more intimate and personal world of Handmade. »more…
Weekly Columnists
Sarah Simpson
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Sarah is an industrial jewelry artist with a passion for creativity and handmade art. She spends her free time exploring local flea markets and antique shops to create one-of-a-kind jewelry for her shop, Renew Studios (also on Facebook). »more…
Helen Hobden
Somerset, UK
Recently moved to a gorgeous village near Glastonbury in Somerset, she’s spending her free time renovating her falling apart 400 year old house. She also makes cool alternative clothing, mainly from recycled fabrics. »more…
Jesika Wolff
Northern New Jersey, USA
Jesika is a UI/UX front-end developer for Sigma Group. Handmade elements are a big part of her life, from the shoes she wears to the furniture in her home. Jesika is currently in the process of teaching herself to make furniture. »more…
Cara Quinn
Falkirk, Scotland, UK
Cara studied Creative Writing at London Met University. She then went on to get married, have a baby and now works at home for North Highland Publishing. In her spare time she loves blogging about life’s little melodramas on her blog. »more…
Contributors
Diana Prichard
Mid-Michigan, US
Diana is a freelance writer and wanna-be homesteader living in rural Michigan with her husband, two daughters, two dogs, three horses, a small flock of chickens and an ever-changing menagerie of other farm animals large and small. She writes about life and work at dianaprichard.com. »more…
Rebecca Hadfield
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Rebecca constantly finds beauty in that which is often overlooked. She combines found objects with decorative papers, ephemera, vintage images and text to form the basis for her collage pieces, magnets, and pins, which she sells online and at local craft shows in her home town of Winnipeg, Canada. »more…
Beverly Rustica
St. Simons Island, GA, US
Beverly, aka BeachyRustica, is a supporter of the handmade movement and an advocate for artisans of handmade goods. Her Practical Art for Beach & Cabin can be found at www.beachyrustica.com. »more…
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