Beth makes supercool plushies like Astro-NOTs and Mummsies! I am eyeing her mustache pins for potential stocking stuffers!





1. What do you make and do you have a website?

I mostly make stuffed monsters, but I also try to paint my monsters. But I like it better when I can hug them. I have a shop on Etsy which is magpiedc.etsy.com and a blog at magpiedc.blogspot.com where i try to post pictures of things in process.



2. Why do you make things?
I have to be doing something. All the time. I had a roommate tell me once "I hate how you watch movies" because I'd be watching and knitting, or watching & doing the cross word. i can't sit still.



3. When did you start making things?
I was lucky to grow up in a crafty family, my dad was a potter and still paints, my mom is a quilter, both my grampas were wood workers. Pretty much everyone in my family used their basement as a "work room"



4. Why buy handmade?

It's more fun to have a one-of-a-kind item, i
think. And the fact that you can also meet the source/artist from which it came and validate their art and possibly give them the chance to make a living not sitting behind a desk and a computer is fantastic!

5. What craft supplies would you take to a deserted island?

Hm...there's no limit to this? I could go on then. Well, definitely a sewing machine...although not practical for a sandy island 'tho. Yarn, knitting needles. Good, fine tipped black pens, a sketch book. needle, thread...i'd better stop there.



6. What crafters or artists do you love?

I love my Craft Mutiny crew. I like the variation we have amongst everyone. I love people like Susie G. from Boygirlparty. I think her illustrations are the TOPS!

7. What new craft/skill do you want to learn?

when i was little, my dad had 2 potting wheels. One kick and one electric. I'd like to throw pots again. I'd also like to try printmaking. I took a lithography class in grad school which was
pretty awesome. I have a lot of respect for such process-driven work. My stuff is a lot of slamming stuff together.



8. Tell us something funny about yourself.

I had a choir teacher tell me to stop singing in front of my entire choir in 7th grade. I can't sing in front of other people now.