‘Ello, nice to meet ya! I started this site on January 1st, 2009. It’s really more a creative journal for me than anything else, but I love the interaction that it has brought me with the internet community. I enjoy comments and emails so dont be shy – my email is calynn ((at)) thecrafties ((dot)) com.

Demographically, I am a midwestern girl born in 1981. I tend to be pretty open minded except for when it comes to close minded people. Personally, I am an introvert and (mostly) easy going. My home life includes a significant other (who prefers to only be known as Boy), two darling javanese cats, Maya and Sasha, and a housemate, Chris/Tofer. As far as career goes, I have a good job at a bank where I dream about doing crafty artsy things and experiencing the world., I gave mine up to pursue graduate school just shy of my 30th birthday.

Educationally, I am trained as an anthropologist. I dig more of the biological science aspect – human evolution, osetology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, and such but I love all the subfields. I also have an art history background, fine arts training, and I know some French. I hope to pursue graduate school and land my dream job of being a scientist. I am now enrolled at a university studying bioarchaeology! If you would like to follow my academic blog, email me!

Artistically, I think I am all over the place. I’ve painted and drawn. I’ve done ceramics and woodwork. I’ve photographed and photoshopped. I’ve scrapbooked and made collages. I’ve stitched and crocheted.  I am a Jane of all trades and a master of none…and I’m completely okay with that. :D

-CaLynn