Hi, my name is Cheri Hahn & I’m the owner of Redbuds and Ribbons. I live in a small town in Indiana, have an incredible husband, two beautiful kids & a 5-lb. dog that actually runs the household – not joking! 

When I used to work outside the home, I was a Human Resources professional.  I loved working with people & helping others. That’s one of the reasons I started this blog.

Crafting has been in my life since I was young. I’ve cross-stitched since I was probably 13… a long time ago! 😁I’ve messed around with doing different types of crafts all my life, but you know what held me back from going “all in” on one particular hobby or craft? I didn’t think I was “creative” enough – I felt I didn’t have ANY creativity. Well, things changed, but I’ll get to that in a minute.

After going through some health issues, both physical & mental, I decided I needed a new hobby to keep my mind off those health issues. One time, I was surfing the web & started looking at crafting blogs, including all this hype over a new cutting machine, yes, the Cricut. So I did a little bit of research & decided to buy my first Cricut.  Everything changed when I hit that ‘on’ button!

After I got my Cricut, I studied & learned everything I could when it came to the Cricut machine & Design Space. Yes, it was frustrating, but I took almost every course I could find. I googled like never before EVERY-day ALL-day. I was so much in love with my Cricut machine that I wanted to share it with everyone! I wanted to connect with people & share our creativity.

Yes, creativity. Back to that… I changed my mindset about not being creative. I’ve learned that you can LEARN creativity. The more you “practice” creativity the better you get at it. Just try & it will come! (Doesn’t that sound like some movie?😊) This is about the time I started thinking about a crafting blog. Now that I’m an “empty nester” I have time on my hands that I can have fun crafting & helping others by sharing. It truly is a blessing that I can do both.   

So I’m just a regular person with a drive to help others, meet new people & craft! Two reasons I started this crafting blog; one, to keep my mind off my health & mental health issues by staying busy crafting things. And two, to help others through crafting. If there’s one person out there who has mental or physical health problems & is willing to give crafting a try to help…this will all be worth it.

I hope you enjoy being here, so please, grab a cup of coffee, mimosa, or whatever your kick is & let’s have some fun learning, making new things & making new friends! 💕