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[24 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 565 views]
Interview Roundup!

We’ve had some really cool people share a bit about themselves over the past few years… Here is a roundup of some of the cool interviews we’ve done on Dabbled.org!

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Click through the pictures above to find links to the interviews, or just use the list below!
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[6 Nov 2008 | One Comment | 2,903 views]
Interview: Jenifer Nakatsu Arntson, Vinyl Designer

More Dabbled Interviews, including Dave Gugel (Halloween), Naomi Henderson (Cupcakes), Cory Godbey (Author/Artist), Shannon Riffe (Silkscreening Entrepreneur), Diana Evans (Artist), & Diane Gilleland (Crafter Extraordinaire)

Today’s Dabbled Interview is with Jenifer Nakatsu Arntson, of JNA Designs – Handbuilt Vinyl Goods for your Beautiful Life. She does some fabulous work in vinyl, and I’ve asked her to share a little about her and her fun vinyl goods!

1. First the quickie background stuff: In three sentences or less.. who are you, what do you do, how long have you been doing it, and do you do it full time?

My name is Jenifer Nakatsu…

Halloween »

[23 Oct 2008 | 8 Comments | 1,914 views]

I don’t normally do interviews of our Halloween Contest entries, but when I saw this entry, I just had to find out more! Talk about inspiration! Dave Gugel, of Davenport FL, has one of the most impressive Halloween decorated houses I’ve seen in a long time. Just check out the BEFORE/AFTER pic below. His website has pictures of the finished product for the past several years, and pictures of the construction process and the behind the scenes of how he puts it together. So I interviewed Dave to find out a little more about his house and his passion for…

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[29 Sep 2008 | 3 Comments | 1,023 views]

You’ve probably seen Naomi Henderson (aka Hello Naomi) and her cupcakes around the web. Fun, creative, and a little geeky too. I can’t link to them all in this post, so check these out. I asked her for an interview to learn a little more about her and those fun and fab cupcakes, and here she is!

Your cake designs are wonderful — so creative and excellently crafted! How did you get started? How long have you been doing it?

thanks!!! I have always loved baking and making cupcakes but I got into decorating them early last year when I did a…

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[7 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 955 views]
Interview – Cory Godbey, Artist


This week’s Dabbled interview is with the very talented Cory Godbey. Cory is an illustrator & author, and is part of Portland Studios. He just released “Ticket”, a story in pictures. Without further ado…

1. Let’s get the standard stuff out of the way first… In three sentences or less.. who are you, what do you do, how long have you been doing it, and do you do it full time?

I’m Cory. I draw things, I’ve been doing it for a while, and it do it all the time.

2. So, Portland Studios.. your profile says you’re in South Carolina! Are y’all…

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[23 Jul 2008 | 2 Comments | 932 views]
The Dabbled Interview Series – Shannon Riffe

–Don’t forget! The Summer Doldrums contest – Art or craft… It’s fun to share your stuff!–

Interview 1: Craftypod * Interview 2: Diana Evans, Artist * All Interviews

For the 3rd Interview in the Dabbled Series, our focus is craft and the business of craft. Today we have Shannon Riffe, who writes the blog Make It – a blog about building a craft business, and is the silkscreening designer/crafter behind Rifferaff. I’ve been enjoying Make It for a while, and Shannon has documented a great deal about her journey to making it in her own craft business. A lot of times we only hear someone…

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[9 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 1,318 views]
Interview with Diane of Craftypod

We’re starting a new interview series here at Dabbled — interesting people in the worlds of arts, crafts, & food — and to start it off, we have Diane from CraftyPod -The blog & podcast all about Making Stuff – www.craftypod.com. I’ve been regularly reading her blog for a while now, and she always has such interesting ideas– lots of great inspiration. So be sure to check it out!

1. OK, easy stuff out of the way first.. In 3 sentences or less, who you are, what you do, and how long have you been doing it?
My name is Diane Gilleland,…