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:

  1. Great blog and fantastic feature!!

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

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  3. How great that you are featuring other artists!

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

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

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

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  7. 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!

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

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

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  10. Really unique interview! Neat items too!

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

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  12. 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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