J&O Crafter of the Week: Yvonne Perry & Sock Monkey’s

Each week we receive tons of letters and emails from customers who have made beautiful crafts, reupholstered old furnishings, and designed unique garments all from the fabric they have purchases from our online store. From hot pink vinyl and black suede cloth to children’s novelty cotton and route 66 tapestry, it never ceases to amaze us how creative our customers really are.

Take for instance Ms. Yvonne Perry. Yvonne is a freelance writer, editor, author and owner of ‘Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services’ by day, but by night she is an artist with a unique sense of color and taste who makes wonderful home crafts for friends, family and a few more folks ready to support this Jackie-of-all-trades.

Consumer Savvy Carol: Fun Felt Finger Puppets


Gone are the days of creative thinking and imagination. As the shelves of our local toy stores fill with more and more electronic devises like PSP’s, DS Systems, and the Wee, more and more parents are ditching their ancient arts and crafts supplies and investing in a future of artificial intelligence and mental over-stimulation for their little boys and girls. Some are spending money they don’t have and encouraging a life of immediate gratification void of physical interaction, and wondering why their children seem so desensitized by life. But who says children don’t like hand made toys anymore? And what child doesn’t still get filled with pride and joy at the sight of a fantastically cool game, craft or toy they made all by themselves?

Mary, Marie, Floral Fabric Magnets and J&O Fabrics!

At J&O Fabrics, we are constantly meeting customers much like yourself, who have tapped into their fabulous inner wells of creativity and manifested their unique imaginings into beautiful works of art. From cute and lovable cloth dolls made and sold mostly at craft festivals, to intricate hand-made bags made and purchased by high society elites, our customers are some of the best originators and designers around.