Tammy Terwelp
Smashing Cars Creations
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What is your mafia nickname?
Due to my short attention span and need for variety, I've been dubbed "The Dabbler"

What is your craft?
I started off with two button-makers, some E6000 cancer-causing glue and a few vintage comic books. I now travel to bead shows for my classy semi-precious stone jewelry and recently inherited a sewing machine. Wallets, totes, Coffee Cardigans, Stick-Stashes (tampon cases) are all in the works this year. If it isn't nailed down, I'll craft with it. Now where's my welding shield?

Why do you do your craft?
My meds failed.

What are your sources of inspiration?
An idea will get stuck in my head like some bad Justin Timberlake lyric. I gotta craft it to get it out.

What is your favorite Chicago haunt?
I am partial to The Grind coffee shop in Lincoln Square...just never the seats with my back to the door.

What is your favorite beverage?
Cherry Coke Zero, baby!

Where do you buy your favorite beverage?
Wherever there's a guy with a few loose dollars in his pocket looking to artificially sweeten a gal...

How did you come up with your business name?

Let's just say you don't want to be in the same lane of traffic as me...

What is it's significance?
Accidents can be beautiful. Often the best things in life are unplanned.

What is your weapon of choice?
Lately, it's been the magnetic snap.

What would you be doing otherwise?
Time my friend, cold hard time

Do you have any advice for other crafters?
Make what you want to make, don't get stuck in a rut or feel that because you spent $500 on jewelry making supplies, you have to only make jewelry.

 

 

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