Craft Blogging Central: Craft Blog Focus

Hello everyone my name is Linda Simpson.

What is your favourite Craft?
I love paper craft and I have just started to do altered art and I love it! I have tried all kinds of crafts starting very young with knitting. I have made cross stitch pictures which have been framed and given as gifts and dotted around my own home, embroidery and crochet. Very recently I have started to make some jewellery too.

How long have you been Crafting?
Like a lot of crafters I have been crafting for as long as I can remember. I have been paper crafting now for 13 years and learnt so much in that time.

Do you have a Blog?
Yes I have a blog and the address is http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com

What made you start blogging about your hobby?
A lot of my friends (some are not crafters) kept badgering me into blogging. On the 24th February 2011 I took the plunge and started my blog. I can honestly say that I never thought at first I would get into blogging but WOW these past 2 years have been absolutely amazing and it was the best thing I did!!!!

Who has inspired you in the craft world?
This is a hard one to answer! A lot of people have inspired me. My blogging friends, crafting celebrities, and Pinterest inspire me.

Do you belong to any Craft Group on Social Media?
Yes, I am in quite a few crafting groups on Facebook, as well as social forums, such as DoCrafts and My Craft Studio.

Do you take part in craft challenges or on any design teams?
Yes I blog every day so I do enter quite a few challenges. I am on the design team for Kraftyhands as well as being design team and blog administrator. I am also on the design team for Lacy Sunshine and Crafty-Emblies.

Where do you craft?
I am lucky that we converted one of our spare bedrooms into my craft room about 3 to 4 years ago and this is where I spend all my time crafting.

When do you find time to craft?
I am lucky that there is only my husband and I at home. Crafting is my life, I do take time off when I go away and of course when I travel to Leeds to work at Kraftyhands as their Social Media Manager.

Favourite Stash
Oh my goodness, I have so many favourites but at the moment it has to be my melt pot. It was through playing with the melt pot and spellbinder dies that I made my first you tube video.

If you could nominate one person for a Crafters Bloggers Central Award who would it be?
Crafting celebrity would be Sue Wilson, she is just awesome with the projects she makes using the spellbinders.
Non-crafting celebrity would be Lindsay Jolley (http://craftymonster81.blogspot.com), she makes fabulous creations using all types of materials.

Here are a few photographs of myself and my favourite projects.

My First Canvas