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Heather Mann: Founder, Editor-in-Chief

83% of Heather's brain is filled crafts and blogging. She's old enough to remember New Kids on the Block the first time around, to have owned a pair of Doc Martens and a flannel in high school, and to have lived in her college dorm room without a computer. She lives in Oregon and has three sons, aged 5 and under. Top 3 craft supplies: sewing machine, hot glue gun, spray paint.

Our Team

Rhonda Greene: Editor

Rhonda Greene is a lifelong resident of West Michigan. She participated in her first craft show at the age of 10, selling jewelry made from found objects. She lives with her husband, Adam, and two cats, Merlin and Abracadabra. Top 3 supplies: Mod Podge, duct tape, and grommets. Read more from Rhonda.

Melinda Hileman: Staff Writer

Melinda lives in the Jacksonville, FL area with her husband, Ross and rottweiler, Kona. She enjoys "making pretties" either on the computer, or through different types of crafts. She also loves baking and decorating cakes and cookies. Melinda runs Hileman Design (a graphic/web design, desktop publishing and public relations business) and Grounding Stones Jewelry (wire-wrapped stone jewelry). Visit their website at http://www.hilemanholdings.com.

Caroline Sanchez: Crafts Contributor

Caroline Sanchez (Care) has been sewing since her mom taught her the basics at around six years old. She has always been driven to CREATE, even from a very young age. She is mommy to two little boys and one baby girl, and almost every spare moment she has is spent in her sewing room or working on her blog, Obsessively Stitching.
Samantha Baldwin: Fashion and Home Contributor

Samantha Baldwin is an award-winning journalist with aspirational tastes on a dollar store budget. She covers DIY fashion and DIY home design for examiner.com and posts inspiration and tutorials at her personal blog Bromeliad Living. Her favorite craft supplies are thread, hot glue, and anything wrongly discarded by her neighbors.

Mikeasaurus: Man Crafts Contributor

Mike Warren made his own toys as a kid, a few decades later not much has changed. A strong believer in DIY, getting messy and of course the Dollar Store, Mike can be found collecting stuff for his next project around the rainy streets of Vancouver, BC. He has had projects featured on Make, Hack-a-Day, Gizmodo, Betty Crocker,  Lifehacker, and Craftzine. Aside from making Man Crafts he also creates wacky things over at Instructables.com.

The Sisters 4 Say More is More: Fashion and Home Contributors

Sister#1, Selina; Sister#2, Sophie; Sister#3, Olivia; and Sister#4, Elise

We are four real life sisters who share a love of creativity, clothes, and fabulous finds. We are separated by miles and miles (and maybe a couple of states)  We were raised on a meager budget so we learned to make the best of what we had. Thrifting, repurposing and sister swaps helped us make the most of our wardrobes then and we are sticking to it now. We love putting together stylish looks for less and by less we mean less than 5 dollars. Check out our daily blog: The Sisters 4 Say More is More.

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