About my shop: Stay tuned, I'm shiny and new! About me: I am a life-long crafter with a background in theatre and burlesque. Randomness inspires me and makes me laugh. I grew up crafting with my grandmother, making everything from simple Christmas ornaments from pine cones and popsicle sticks to elaborate bouquets of flowers made from seeds. From a very young age I learned the fundamentals of crafting: imagination and a glue gun. From childhood and into adolescence, it was costumes, accessories, trimmings and sequins. Lots and lots of sequins. (I was a figure skater. In the 80s. Did I mention sequins?) My mother was primarily a woodworker, which explains my tomboyish love affair with my husband's cordless drill. Unfortunately, for the moment I lack the space and tools for large-scale woodworking, but one day... I have been working with the same burlesque troupe for almost 10 years. Since the early days I have been inspired by their requests for odd props, costumes and pasties (all on a shoe-string budget, of course. Starving artists and all that). There's a good reason they call me the "Dollar Store Diva". I can go in with a vague idea and come out with a fully formulated plan and the things to make it with. There is nothing more satisfying for me than to be able to bring a vision (my own, or yours!) to vibrant, detailed life.