tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704847311817186192012-02-16T01:51:15.824-08:00Crafting in a Size 14 apron, stringing 14mm beads onto 14 gauge wire while knitting with 14mm needles. Real woman, real curves!Cindy Gimbronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170484731181718619.post-78660639045013772512008-07-09T16:21:00.001-07:002008-07-09T17:07:11.234-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vea8yxkTrOA/SHVIbuATkQI/AAAAAAAABLg/1QZdRH6Y810/s1600-h/CindyHatKnitGrn-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vea8yxkTrOA/SHVIbuATkQI/AAAAAAAABLg/1QZdRH6Y810/s320/CindyHatKnitGrn-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221158984048939266" /></a><br />The blogs I'm writing seem to be growing exponentially, <a href="http://lampworkdiva.blogspot.com"/>Lampwork Diva</a>, <a href="http://beadlit.blogspot.com"/>BeadLit</a>, <a href="http://www.artbeadscene.com"/>The Art Bead Scene</a>, <a href="http://hooksandfire.livejournal.com"/>Hooks and Fire</a> and now The Curvy Crafter. Guess I just got alot to say. <br /><br />Why curvy? Well it's a nice way to say errhh...ummmm...fat. Let's get it right out there on the table. I plan to show what I'm crafting and there's gonna be no way around my plumpness in the photos and videos.<br /><br />So this is the craft equivalent of the <a href="http://www.dove.us/#/cfrb/"/>Dove Real Beauty</a> Campaign.<br /><br />Real women craft, real women on average are a size 14 (which I happen to be). There is no "plus" to a real woman, a woman is a size, not a plus size.<br /><br />Political manifesto over - I want to be who I am and that's who you'll be seeing on the blog. <br /><br />My main art is <a href="http://www.cindygimbronebeads.com"/>glass</a> but I get inspired from crafting cross media so I have lots of crafts I make. The hats I've got on in the pictures are fiber - one is knitted and the other is crocheted. I needle felted the designs on both. I made them when I was on vacation or the studio was too cold to work in or I needed to get out some aggression with the big barbed needles!<br /><br />I'll blog here less often than on <a href="http://lampworkdiva.blogspot.com"/>LampworkDiva</a> once or twice a week to show you the side projects I make. <br /><br />I'm here, I'm curvy and I craft!<br /><br />YEE-HAW!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vea8yxkTrOA/SHVMLeATkRI/AAAAAAAABLo/apMD0nT_DH8/s1600-h/CindyRedHatFull.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vea8yxkTrOA/SHVMLeATkRI/AAAAAAAABLo/apMD0nT_DH8/s320/CindyRedHatFull.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221163102922576146" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/170484731181718619-7866063904501377251?l=thecurvycrafter.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cindy Gimbronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.com5