I am an award-winning author (under the pen name Juliann Troi) and owner/artisan of Indiependence Press and Juliann's Treasures on Etsy. I have been writing and crafting as a business since 2005. I like to focus on the vintage, hard-to-find and unique, often using international products and techniques. I make cards, jewelry, bed dolls and other novelty crocheted items, as well as cross-stitch, quilting and other threadwork treasures using techniques like kumihimo.