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Catawba Handmade
Catawba Valley Region, NC
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Meet our local members and shop directly from their Etsy storefronts or website. Each member listed below are real people making real products by hand. Support your local handmade community!
Handcrafted from the finest metals and stones, this jewelry is not only beautiful, but unique. Stephanie has been making jewelry for a few years and is 15 years old. Her designs are sophisticated and feminine with great attention to detail and quality.
Visit her website - www.jewelrydesignbystephanie.com
I love working with glass in new ways. I also do collage art or assembly art. In my shop there is no telling what you may find. I am currently listing jewelry sets. If you are interested in a specific size or color I will be glad to take custom orders.
Along with crafting functional pieces that can be used in our everyday life with the flavors of the past, items of great beauty to calm the soul can also be crafted from the various clays available. Sometimes the old ways can bring us back in touch with Mother Earth and back in touch with ourselves. In creating a piece of pottery, I put some of myself and the joy I feel while working with the clay in every piece, making it special and unique.
Visit website - www.DirtyAnklePottery.com
Stephanie designs and creates handbags, tote bags and diaper bags as well as accessories like headbands, artist brush rolls, nursing aprons, pillows and much more.
Visit my Etsy shop - LaMiaDesigns
Visit my website - www.lamiadesigns.com
Nature is the inspiration for my gourd art. I'm constantly looking for new ideas and animals are my favorite subject. I like doing portraits for that special pet of yours and I try to capture those little quirks of animals to provide the viewer with a feeling of the true personality of the animal. Many of my gourds take hundreds of hours to create due to the intricacy and detail.
La Toya is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York City and has a unending passion for handbags. Miss Pretty Perfect handbags are made with the finest quality upholstery fabrics and supple upholstery leather. Similar themed colors and various textures are patchworked together to create fun and stylish handbags.
Visit my Etsy shop - isewstuff
Visit my website - www.missprettyperfect.com
Mouthwatering soap scents are sure to please your senses. Shine Your Hiney Soap also has adorable molded soaps in the shape of sheep, racecars, trucks, hearts and more. Goes perfectly with Patti's other creations of monster bath mitts found on her original site, koltons.etsy.com.
Drawing and painting are the traditional forms of art I love. But I also embrace photography and digital art. I started making jewelry for fun and loved it too. I just like to create! Any medium at any time. Whatever means that will express my message is what I use.
Visit my Etsy shop - stargazer29609
Visit my blog - stargazer29609studio.blogspot.com
I really can't remember when I started creating. I know have had my obsession with color since I was very young. Bright and bold were always better. I'm a firm believer that art and the making of it can be a therapeutic tool.
My inspiration is, of course...COLOR! And also, the colorful people who are in my life. Family, friends, even the children I work with (Who mostly think all of my necklaces are made out of candy and/or erasers).
Knitting is my passion but I'm adding new items. Check out my new line of ring slings. A great way to keep your little ones close! I have been knitting since I was 13 but didn't really dive in till about two years ago and I've been knitting pretty much non-stop since then. My husband and children dread hearing me say "Just let me finish this row".
Visit my Etsy shop - knitsational
Visit my blog - knitsational.typepad.com
Specializing in hand-crafted invitations and announcements, rae ink uses color, pattern, textiles and layout to create unique, high-quality designs. I begin my designs by searching for inspiring papers and embellishments, and then assemble them creatively and meticulously. My desire is to offer unique, high-quality invitations at affordable prices, so everyone can have access to beautiful design.
Visit my website for my complete line - www.raeink.net
Visit my Etsy shop - raeink
Crocheted headcoverings, scarves and hats. Custom handmade pillowcases for your loved one. To the right is Sarah, inspired by the sheep Jennifer tends to at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia. All proceeds from the sale of the amigurumi Sarah will go to provide hay for the real Sarah.
Featuring purses, bags, and seasonal items made with the finest upholstery fabrics available. Each product is finished off with a hand stitched rendition of two sisters in honor of my girls and sisters the world over.
Practically Purses are unique, whimsical purses made from recycled book covers. Each one is individually designed and attention is given to the smallest detail. There is one to fit every style and personality.
Cold-processed handmade soap, aromatherapy products, solid lotion bars, natural heat therapy pillows, and wonderful gifts for the home and body. Dorothy has been making soap for over 6 years out of her Newton home and workshop. You may see her or her husband, Jim, at the Hickory Farmer's Market on Saturdays as well as the Charlotte Farmer's Market. Truly a family business, her daughter Jennifer (jennydee) is involved with the business by designing both the packaging and website.
Visit website - www.omysoap.com
I'm 20 years old, and I love anything to do with nature and the outdoors. Most of my paintings have a nature inspired theme. There are so many beautiful things around us at all times, it is hard not to incorporate that into my art.
Also I would considered exchanging my art for other items I love to collect other artists work or jewelry, feel free to ask.
Catawba Handmade is committed to spreading the habit of buying handmade products and shopping locally. Want to be listed on this page? Email us at join@catawbahandmade.com
What buyers are saying
"I received your purses over the weekend. They are absolutely gorgeous! I hope we can do more business with you in the future." - lilspikesmom, purchase from Practically Purses
"Very cute bag and very nice seller- easy to work with and talented too. Thanks so much!!" - sparkleymom23, purchase from Sister and Me
"Wow. The quality of these cards is fantastic. Great attention to detail." - simplekelly, purchase from raeink
"Wow! This pillowcase is stitched PERFECTLY. I'm in awe; I could never sew like this in a million years. :) Seller went above and beyond. Even the packaging was top-notch! I highly recommend this seller/crafter to everyone!" - CapturingLife, purchase from sailorfigment
"Top quality mitts. I love them! Super soft and comfy. Thank you so so so much! This will definitely help with my poor circulation." - ButterflyEnchantress, purchase from Knitsational
"a beautiful little piece of art! thank you!." - artbycandice, purchase from SewUpscale
"super-duper cutie-patootie earrings! perfectly lightweight, swingy and dangly. thank you thank you!" - ctscurka, purchase from spiralstephie
Catawba Handmade
Catawba Valley Region, NC
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