Our Mission?
We're nine independent business owners in Austin,
TX who share similar beginnings in fashion, craft and art. Each lady of
the ACM owns and operates a respected and established business that represents
the DIY spirit and brings her own individual talents to the group. We realized
we could be mutual resources of support, promotion, information sharing
and fun. We strive to be a model of the entrepreneurial spirit to Craft
Mafias™ across the country! The Austin Craft Mafia™ established the Craft Mafia™ site and Web Ring to link and cross promote sister groups in other cities, share web traffic, and provide helpful information to other professional craft designers and groups.
The Craft Mafia™ is an organization of independent business owners who represent multiple creative disciplines in fashion, jewelry, handmade goods, fine art, writing and craft design. The Craft Mafia™ serves as a model for independent business owners to assemble with other entrepreneurs in their own communities to amplify their individual vision through the power of a collective. The Craft Mafia™ offers resources for small businesses through their website, books and television.The Craft Mafia™ website represents and links to all affiliated groups that have adopted the Craft Mafia™ name.
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Meet Our Members:
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All dressed up and Shy
www.alldressedupandshy.com
We've all been there...all dressed
up but too shy to brave the public. Hopefully, you
will not be too coy to adorn All dressed up and
Shy's fun and distinct hand-crafted clothing. Founded
by Susann Keohane, All dressed up and Shy's clothing
are constructed from original designs with many one-of-a-kind
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Hot Pink Pistol
www.hotpinkpistol.com
Hope Perkins creator of Hot Pink Pistol
fuses her love for art and fashion. Her site offers vintage
hand-painted purses, hand-painted clothes and a gallery
of Hope's art. |
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Identity Crisis Clothing (formerly
Kaemmeche)
www.identitycrisisclothing.com
This e-boutique
features one-of-a-kind reconstructed clothing and accessories. Owner/designer
Karly Hand’s art school background shows through
her amazing style. She is most interested in creating
clothing that performs multiple functions or can operate
as more than one piece: the kinetic skirt, for example,
operates like a roman shade providing it’s owner with
several length options from one skirt. Playing around
with basic systems to create dynamic clothing keeps
her motivated as a designer. |
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JNA Designs
www.jnadesigns.com
Coming from a background in
design, metal arts, and leatherwork, Jenifer Nakatsu
Arntson of Arntson Designs makes vinyl handbags and
accessories for your beautiful life. Her materials
are animal friendly and her finished products are stylish
and modern. |
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Naughty Secretary Club
www.naughtysecretaryclub.com
Jennifer Perkins’ Naughty
Secretary Club is known mainly for their kitschy vintage
inspired resin jewelry: rings, necklaces, bracelets
and more with images embedded inside. However,
once shoppers are there they are mesmerized by the
huge selection of vintage barkcloth fabric for purses,
hand painted bags and items for the home like tissue
box covers and magnets. |
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Sublime Stitching
www.sublimestitching.com
Sublime Stitching is the first
craft design company to offer updated needlework patterns
and kits for anyone not turned on by ducks in bonnets.
Launched by embroidery artist Jenny Hart in 2001, Sublime
Stitching caters to beginners and experts alike looking
for new styles in crafting. |
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Tina Sparkles
www.tinasparkles.com
Tina Sparkles is obsessed with fashion, sewing, crafting, drawing, dancing, recycling, and saving the planet! She teaches arty fashion camps and other fun sewing classes at a design studio called First Samples and co-produces an annual fashion show and craft bazaar in downtown Austin called Stitch: Handmade Revolution. She never buys new clothes, but instead recycles old stuff & makes her own clothes. Sometimes she sells clothes & stuff around Austin, but mostly makes custom clothing for individual clients. |
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Vickie Howell
www.vickiehowell.com |
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