Welcome to Chit-Chat!

[#1]

Hello everyone! Please take the time to introduce yourself! What you like, what you don't like, (What is my neighbor doing in their yard?!) What your neighbors are like, etc.

I am the team captain, Amelia Thompson. I LOVE Tolkien and Star Wars, with lots and lots of video games under my belt!

[ThanimaEthnicCrafts]

Hello...I am Neha...I just joined this team Now!!
Hello to everyone in this team. Feeling happy to be part of a fun filled team...!

I love jewelry making...and it is my passion and hobby what ever you want to name it...Etsy gave me a platform to try it out for real. I am perfectly happy with what I am doing here ....

I live in California. I am a happy person...And would like to participate in anything that has fun in it !!

Cheers

[Former_Member]

Hi I'm MJ
Just having fun - loving all things vintage.

[Former_Member]

Hey everyone, I'm Katherine. I like science and reading and video games and learning new languages. I don't like getting up early in the morning. My day job is a proofreader for Turkish science journals and it's quite a lot of fun. Nice to meet you all!

[Exotiflora]

Hi. and thanks for inviting me. :-) This looks like a really nice place to just wander into and yap. Like I don't do enough of that on the regular forum. :-) I'm Robyn, I live in south Florida with my husband a a big pile of cats. I love extreme horror movies, video games (when I have time) reading, cooking, and many other things. I crochet stuff out of jute twine, and do everything in my power to keep my carbon footprint as tiny as possible. Oh, and I'm hopelessly addicted to Pinterest and Wanelo. I'm hoping I can find the time to post here regularly. You know how it is, trying to promote all the time. But sometimes we do need to take a break from that...

[HotOffHerHook]

Hello, everyone. My name is Ginny Thompson, and I live in Lutherville, Maryland. I am semi-retired, crochet OFTEN, read and travel - mainly because my grown children (and I now have grandchildren) live in California! I have been participating in craft shows, bazaars and the like for 8-10 years, but only for the last two or three with my current passion. My daughter has a shop on Etsy and last fall opened my shop for me. Due to traveling ALOT last year, I didn't pay too much attention to Etsy until January of this year, and so far, I'm loving it here - the shops, the forums, the teams - I really think it is a wonderful venue for not only sellers but buyers too. I hope to learn and grow more, and more............until I'll know everything :)

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone, I'm Susan {prefer Sue} and I live in Mass. I'm out of work and have been since last September when I was permanently laid off. I have been vending at Pow Wows for about 14 years and Craft Shows before that. I run my business with my 16 yo daughter, Angie. We have a great social media presence thanks to her and a mentor that found us along the way - we are on Etsy - which is relatively new for us - as well as Facebook, Twiiter, Pinterest and now Angie is on Instagram and Vinted. We now display our jewelry in 2 locations locally - a Florist and a Gift Shop and I'm on the lookout for new locations. I'm always up for making Treasuries -- LOVE doing them and am usually away weekends starting in April and going through September.

[NorthernLitesGifts]

Hi I'm Rhonda, I live in Wisconsin. I have been crafting for many years and have done many craft shows. Trying to get away from some of that since it's an incredible amount of work. I work a full-time job as an administrative assistant and have worked at the same place for 34 years. I make wood crafts and scented soy candles any chance I can get. It's been fun so far having a shop on Etsy, meeting new people and learning a lot from them in the forums. I really like looking at what other people are making and also like putting together treasuries! I recently bought my mom her Mother's Day present from a fellow Etsyian. Thanks for inviting me to the team!

[RadicalWorks]

@Susan - Wow! That's a long time to be doing craft shows! Welcome! :D

@Rhonda - That's a long time to be working at the same place! I enjoy making candles myself! :D Welcome to the team!

[Former_Member]

Hello and thank you for inviting me to join the team. I am Sadie and I live in beautiful North Carolina. My husband and I are the proud "parents" of Blaze, a 3 year old shepherd lab mix we rescued 2 years ago.

I am recently retired and keeping busy doing all of the things I neglected when I worked. : )

Again, thank you for the invite.

[RadicalWorks]

@Sadie - You're very welcome! Thank you for joining us!

It's awesome you guys have a rescue animal! And I'm looking forward to retiring, but knowing me, it'll probably just be me growing old and still running Radical Works. Someone can take the business when I'm dead! XD

[RadicalWorks]

To all of our new members:

Please feel free to start threads on ANY topic you see fit! I know my icon is everywhere, but that doesn't mean I'm the only one allowed to start threads! Lol

Welcome to the team everyone!

[Former_Member]

hello everyone! sorry about the late response, i've been finishing up last minute stuff at school!

[RadicalWorks]

Hi Rohana! It's no problem at all! :D

My semester wrapped up last week, so I'm still reeling from finals! Lol

Welcome to the team!

[Former_Member]

Hello! My name is Desiree, I live in North Carolina (born and raised), and love it here. I very much enjoy doing arts & crafts, which is probably why I am a licensed Nail Technician! Cooking and baking are also things I very much enjoy; I especially love to try and recreate dishes from restaurants. I am half Native American and half black, and my boyfriend is Mexican, we're one big rainbow over here! I love to watch Bollywood films and Korean dramas, and have for over 10 years. I have had multiple pets in my life, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, snakes, iguanas... now my family only has a few dogs, but I am looking forward to getting a siamese cat in the future, which are my absolute favorite. :)

Nice to meet you all. :)

[Former_Member]

Hello :)

My name is Ashley and I am from Alabama. Here are a few fun facts about me:
*I love softball and played all 4 years in college
*I love the beach and want to move there ASAP!
*my favorite movies are Saving Private Ryan and RENT, but I'll watch anything except scary!
*i have two dogs (Roxanne and Rondo) and they are quite possibly the funniest and most loving dogs ever
*I started making wreaths last Christmas and fell in love with the creative outlet it provided

Welp nice to meet everyone! Thanks for including me!

[RadicalWorks]

Hello Desiree & Ashley! Welcome to the team! :D

[Former_Member]

Hi all :) I am from Liverpool, England.

I love Video Games mainly World of Warcraft and Tropico atm, my pets (birds, hamsters and a cat), all things that would be labelled and 'geek' and Tattoo's!! just got my 8th last week :o.

I look forward to chatting about anything and everything :D

[RadicalWorks]

@Dani - Hello! Yay for tattoos! :D

Welcome to the team!

[MichelesAManoDesigns]

Hello All!!! So happy to be here :) the things I love, I am typically passionate about...Music is my heartbeat. My tried and true. It moves me, motivates me, lifts me up, energizes me, and most certainly brings me to my knees. From music lyrics, I have learned so much about life.

I also love to read, do puzzles and frame them, paper and pencil puzzles, going to Maine, cooking, baking, coffee, sports, making things, spending time with my family.......

I am blessed to be married to my best friend and we have two boys :)

[RadicalWorks]

@Michele - Music is part of my soul. I play instruments as well as attend concerts and help other musicians as well. It's my one passion that I think I would literally go crazy if I didn't have it for an entire week. Lol

It's so sweet you're married to your best friend. That's great to be very close in a relationship; makes the marriage even better. :D

Welcome to the team!

[EastIdahoCompany]

Hi my name is Pam. I am addicted to Etsy and I currently have a huge number of vintage in my shop. I just ended a stressful marriage so this is how I am coping with the stress. I also have a job that gives me some free time and I can sneak away to the thrift stores and browse, learn and shop.

I currently live with my 17 year old son and my 69 year old mother. Our house is full of inventory and it seems like the work never ends. But I love being on here and learning more and more about the beautiful items around me.

Also this place is great for when you can't sleep you can always find someone to talk in the middle of the night.

Nice to meet everyone.

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone, I'm Angie and I just love knitting. I live in Keighley in West Yorkshire with my hubby Adrian and my youngest daughter along with her partner. Taking up room on knees and sofa's are our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - Frodo and cat - Princess Whiskers.

My daytime job is a wages clerk in a mill - very exciting!

I really enjoy a good natter too, looking firward to getting to chat to people,

[Former_Member]

Hey everyone! My name is Emily and I like singing, Interior design, which is what I am going to be in school for starting in the fall, and I Love kids shows and movies.

[RadicalWorks]

@Emily - Hi Emily! My favourite show to watch while I eat lunch or dinner is Spongebob Squarepants, or Courage the Cowardly Dog. :D

[ZurinaKetolaDesigns]

Hi everyone!

Thank you for the invite, everyone has such great stories.

I live in Chicago with my awesome husband. He is video game programmer, helicopter pilot, DJ, race car driver, and acrobat. He's also a great guy all around. I'm so lucky. We have our nine year wedding anniversary coming up at the end of the month! We've been together for 14 years total. Can hardly believe so much time has passed!

I'm a big TV fan, lately into Longmire and True Blood, but during my binge watching I try to be actively stretching instead of sitting on my butt, since I get to do that all day ;) I study the circus arts, so I need to do what I can to stay flexible. Other than that I spend the rest of my free time playing guitar and singing. New to guitar, have been on it for about nine months, but it's super fun. I get to perform soon, which is exciting and terrifying, all at once!

Looking forward to chit chatting ;)