I have been a maker for as long as I can remember.

As a girl, I stole my dad's fishing line and started creating seed bead daisy chain bracelets {I still have the fishing line...sorry Dad}. I took watercolor lessons from one grandma and pressed flowers with the other. My mom taught me to cross stitch and I took knitting lessons at the local yarn shop.

Throughout high school and college my focus shifted to my studies and my creativity took a backseat. In the fall of 2008, my husband and I found ourselves unemployed and with a lot of time on our hands. A friend's baby had just been born so I picked up my old cross stitch skills and created a birth record. Another friend had a baby so I taught myself to crochet and made a blanket. I started creating again and I haven't stopped since.

In the summer of 2009 my husband told me that if I wanted to keep creating I needed to start selling the things I made because no more craft supplies could enter the house until finished products went out the door. That August, Craftee McGee's was born. I was working a terrible office job and spent my lunch hour walking to the local antique store for inspiration. My first pieces were created with cast offs from the broken jewelry drawer at that antique store.

Since that summer we have moved to the northwoods of Wisconsin and added a daughter to our little family. My inspiration now comes from the change of seasons. I am inspired by this new season of motherhood: the products I create now bring a little bit of beauty to this crazy season. I have fallen in love with Japanese fabrics that are as beautiful as they are functional and use them to create swaddle blankets, bibs and headbands. I am also inspired by the drastic change of seasons we have here in the northwoods; every fall I have the itch to pick up my yarn and hook to create cozy pieces for the long winter. The spring brings a change to crocheting with wire to create unique jewelry.

Everything in the shop is designed to bring a little bit of beauty to your life as it has to mine. Enjoy!