Etsy

The Star Box is named after an actual box that has been in my family for many years. When I was a child my mother drew a large star on the lid of a plain square cardboard box with a black marker. Over the years The Star Box was home to many varied things such as buttons, paperclips, batteries, thread, old photos, and whatever else needed a temporary storage until it could be of use to someone. I chose to name my shop The Star Box because I have many interests and do not specialize in just one thing, and just as that cardboard box was home to lonely items with nothing in common but their need to be of use someday, The Star Box shop is home to a wide variety of items just waiting for someone to find a purpose for them in their own homes.

I have always enjoyed papercrafts and altered art and that was the inspiration for creating my own hand carved rubber stamps. I also knit and spin and so I have developed a love of natural fibers and am branching out into hand dyeing my own fiber, hand making felt sheets, spinning embroidery threads of wool, silk, linen, and cotton. I am always on the look out for new materials and new ideas. I have opened 2 new Etsy shoppes at www.michiganspinning.etsy.com where I sell handspun yarns, fibers, and carded batts, and also www.sewsimplyvintage.etsy.com where I will not only sell sewn items with a vintage flair but also vintage glass items, hand embroidered linens, and various vintage trinkets and treasures.