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! 💕

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You can either laugh about or relate to some of these fun facts about myself.

Fun Facts About Me

  • I’m a huge Michigan football fan. Go Blue! For pros, I’m a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Those might be my teams, but I love football period. I watch any team every chance I can get. When watching TV, I can’t just sit & watch, so I do my cross-stitching! (I’ve been doing cross-stitching since I was a little girl!)
  • I hoard beauty products, but I’m obsessed with lip gloss. I should take a picture of my drawer full of glosses!
  • Chocolate is my favorite food! I have been trying to lose some of my weight the last couple of months so I haven’t been eating it. Very proud of myself that I could actually do it! I did go through withdrawals though! Those were not fun!
  • I’m addicted to paper & planners. Any paper I come across I have to feel it (the feeling part is actually for materials too). I’m telling my age here, but my all-time favorite paper was the old fax paper – when faxing had just become a thing. And planners; when I shop for planners at the end of the year, I’ll end up with at least 3 planners. But before that I probably purchase 10 – 15 per year. I return the ones I don’t like, but there are some I just can’t return because I love them so much. I usually give out the ones I end up not needing.
  • Speaking of watching football, the only other thing I really watch is my soap opera, Young & the Restless & Bold & the Beautiful. I’ve been watching Y&R since I was approx. 13 or 14 years old!
  • I absolutely hate flying, but I LOVE going on vacation. It doesn’t jive real well together, does it? There are some places I’d love to go, but they’re not drivable. I don’t know what to do!
  • I am not shy. I can talk to almost anyone. I’ll strike up a conversation with someone I don’t even know, say at the store. But…put me in front of a camera to do a video & I become extremely shy, self conscious, embarrassed. That is the reason you haven’t seen me do many videos.
  • Amazon is probably my favorite place to shop. How could you not shop there when they have everything!

These are all stores, brands & products that I use for crafting. My craft room used to be a bedroom until I took it over! Then we re-did the whole room. My husband re-did the whole room! I just told him what I wanted & he made it happen! Love my hubby! He painted, new carpet, reconfigured the closet, & then started building things; like my work station & peg board. I really do love my craft room. But, doesn’t it always seem like you still run out of room for things? It doesn’t matter how big a craft room is; we always need more room! For now, everything has its own place, which I like making neat at the end of the day – for the most part – unless I’m in the middle of a project.

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