Friday, October 3, 2008

KatieKutthroat

























Name

Katie "Kutthroat" Weeks

Location
Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Business Name
Needles & Pins

Describe what you sell.
I sell anything from needlepoint pieces, framed or purses, etc.. to jewelry..


What is your real life like?
I really enjoy crafts, haha.. They keep me pretty busy. I work in the food industry as a cook.. When I am not there I spend time with my amazing boyfriend, enjoy a craft night with my friends "The Crafty Cunts." Or just enjoy watching a movie, I am a huge fan of comedies and Judd Apatow.


What is your process?
It depends on what I do. If I am doing a cross stitch, I use cross stitch canvas.. thread.. needles.. If it is embroidery, I use fabrics, a lot of felt and usually a cute Sublime Stitching Pattern. If it is jewelry then I have to have my pliers for wire wrapping and cutting, and I usually use sterling silver pieces.

Business Goals and Vision...
My goals long term are just to be able to continue to have a shop on the side. I just had my first custom order and it was so thrilling to be asked to do a piece for someone! I guess I will end up doing something more job wise for a career but I would love to continue doing this on the side. I am not trying to get rich or live off the pieces I do sell, I really just want it to pay for itself so I can continue doing what I love.

How do you market your business?
I am new to the promoting game so I haven't really done a lot of marketing. I try to post pieces on websites that I am involved with such as crafster.org or etsy.com or blogspot.com

What inspires you?
Art, video games, comedy, tattoo flash, etc

Who is your favorite musical artist
I think one of my favorites is Mike Kinsella.. anything he is involved with I love.



Am a fan of these places...
I check etsy.com, craftster.org, myspace.com, blogspot.com, and my gmail.. hehe.

Find seller at...
you can find me at any of the links I included up above and my myspace http://www.myspace.com/katiekutthroat

18 comments:

designsbyone said...

cute feature!

Katie Kutthroat said...

thank you again! :)

Miranda said...

Great feature!

Gabriel's Aunt said...

Nice feature!

MaryMarsh said...

Great blog and fantastic feature!!

jessicajane said...

I love it! I saw an ebroidery on etsy that said "Bitches get shit done." I like it :)

amy@articulations said...

How great that you are featuring other artists!

Rachel said...

she's awesome, a very talented lady! jessicajane-haha, the piece you're referring to is mine!

The Stewart Stuff said...

Nice feature! You have such a fun blog!
-10oneworld on etsy

Sandra Williams said...

what a great shop! Some of the things in her shop are hysterical!

Debbie Gootter said...

Katie- you are welcome and thanks for friending me and adding me all over the web- I love that! Thanks to all of you who have commented on this post and showing Katie some love- I bet she is feeling all warm and fuzzy inside!

Sayo said...

I like it. The "Fate" embroidery is nice.

NewMoonStudio said...

great blog...Nice feature!

LittleStory said...

The Fate one is my favorite too.

needle and nest said...

So cool! Thanks for introducing us to this fab shop! :)

Giftbearer said...

Really unique interview! Neat items too!

Katie Kutthroat said...

i really appreciate you doing this.. seriously.. after much thought i have decided i am closing my shop after the new year.

Katie Kutthroat said...

debbie thank you so much for your kind words.. you totally convinced me to keep on keeping on. i hate it when negative people bring you down with them.. especially when they leave comments on this interview giving me compliments when i know they hate me.. HAHA. drama queens! <3

 

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