Marlo Miyashiro (a.k.a. IMakeCuteStuff) has been in the retail and wholesale handmade craft industries for over 20 years, creating and selling her work to over 200 stores across the country and abroad. She is a jeweler by trade, crafter of sewn things, teacher of techniques and mentor / arts business consultant for emerging artists. She is also one of the founding members and current organizer of etsyRAIN.com – an active community of over 1200 artists who reside in the Puget Sound region and own independent shops on Etsy. You can find some of her more lighthearted jewelry work on Etsy at http://imakecutestuff.etsy.com and catch up on her consulting blog: http://creativeartsconsulting.com/blog/ and her personal blog: http://imakecutestuff.com