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Name: Kristin St. Clair
Job Title: Crafter, TV
Date started at company: July, 2005
First story you worked on: Glittered snowflakes with Marcie
Hometown: Pleasantville, NY
Education: The School of Visual Arts
First Job: Freelance crafter at MSLO
Astrological sign: Aries
Personal crafting/artwork: little bit of this… little bit of that
Things you collect: Dead things, small things, old things, weird things, white things.
FAVORITE . . .
Color: Black
Holiday: Halloween
Pizza topping: No cheese- just tomato sauce & arugula
Kind of Fabric: Liberty prints
Dessert: A fresh Babycakes cupcake
Source: Rummage sales
Martha Stewart Craft: Toadstools
Halloween is around the corner and every season friends ask me for costume crafting help. My “go to” solution for this Halloween is a hoodie. An inexpensive solid color hoodie can be turned into almost anything. With just a few embellishments, a brown hoodie can easily become a wolf, a green hoodie a frog, a …
Hand Dyed Glass Pearls Amy asks: This is a question about a project Martha did on air over a year ago. She had dyed glass pearls and then threaded them alternately on satin ribbon to make a necklace. My question is that if I omit the ribbon and just string the dyed pearls, will the …
Over the summer, Hosanna and I took a trip to MOMA to see the current exhibits. A friend of mine told me I had to see “this crazy installation of a bunch of junk” that reminded him of me [thanks], and I was excited to see what he was talking about. Project 90, by Beijing-based …
On June 25, I was very lucky to be invited to a store opening here in New York City. Besides being super excited to have a good excuse to get dressed up, I was thrilled to finally see the complete collection of Crystallized Swarovski Elements and boy was I impressed! The store (499 Broadway) is …
TV Tuesday post by Kristin, TV Crafter and back seat driver On a recent trip cross country—from southern California back home to New York City—we stopped in many interesting places and saw many different things, obviously… but what I did not expect to visit so many times, or spend so much time at, were your …
TV Tuesday post by Kristin, TV Crafter and one of “The Girls” I am very blessed to have the most amazing group of best friends. Friends I have had since birth — literally. There are six of us (Amanda, Amy, Jackie, Nicki, Melanie, and myself) and our birthdays are scattered throughout the year. Amy’s birthday …
Today’s TV Tuesday post written by Kristin St. Clair, TV Crafter and new bird mommy… On a recent weekend I went to visit our pet expert Marc Morrone at his Long Island store, Parrots of the World, for an early birthday present to myself: a Parrotlet, the world’s smallest parrot! Marc gave me the grand …
Today’s TV Tuesday follow-up post written by Kristin St. Clair, TV Crafter and consumer of vegan scones … The “I Heart Hugs” Day for Kyle’s Birthday was a great success!! As planned, Kyle was completely surprised when he saw all his coworkers wearing the T-shirts. The event put a smile on everyone’s face and brought …
Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts features 225 festive projects, step-by-step instructions, and basic techniques for your year-round celebrations.
