Quick Facts
Name:
Alice
Age:
36
Status:
married without children
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ravelry: futuregirl
Flickr:
futuregirl_dot_com
Crafty Accomplishments
Contributor of three projects to the
Anticraft craft book
Contributor of Peacock Paisley Intarsia Chart to
Picture Perfect Knits
Guest in CraftyPod podcast about
Crafty Overload
Designer Bio
(as written for AntiCraft book)
Growing up in the Midwest, I was inspired and encouraged by an industrious and creative family: painters, sewers, wood carvers, potters, knitters, singers, crocheters, and all-around crafters. I've always enjoyed the process of creating and the satisfaction of doing things myself. Now I live in Philadelphia with my husband, a talented photographer, musician, and writer.
Although I've tried just about everything, crochet is my mainstay. I love its rhythm and graceful monotony. The idea that one long string can turn into a handbag seems like magic. No matter how long I've been doing it, crochet always presents me with new challenges.
My newest favorite craft is hand sewing felt stuffies. I have a growing collection of quirky Japanese craft books full of patterns for super-cute animals. It's simple and inexpensive, but the results are completely adorable. It only takes a couple hours to hand sew a stuffie, so it's perfect for crafters like me who have limited time.
I owe my current enthusiasm for crafting to the web. I started my blog at futuregirl.com to connect with all the cool crafters I discovered online. I love having conspirators! There is no better place to find inspiration and share your projects. Thanks to the current popularity of crafting, the old world of staid, traditional craft books and magazines has evolved into a global, collaborative community bursting with inventive, edgy, and highly personal projects.
Futuregirl.com Photos
Many of the photos are taken by my husband Andrew (the good photos ...). He has a personal website featuring his photography at
Blue Panic. He doesn't have a blog, but he does have an
rss feed so you can find out when he posts new sets of photos.
Futuregirl.com Design
I'm using an altered Blogger template. I created all the excellent curly bits using
Jason Gaylor's Worn Photoshop Brushes For High Resolution [Part III]. He has a lot of incredible brush sets available for free on his blog. They are super easy to install. My other favorite set is
Fresh Foliage Photoshop Brushes for High Resolution [Part I] which includes lots of bare-branch trees.
Why Futuregirl.com
Here is the post that explains
why I choose futuregirl.com as my domain.