Jamie Marie Chan is the founder of the indie craft show Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco and co-organizer of Bazaar Bizarre Maker Faire (San Mateo & Austin). She is an college educator and fiber artist, native the San Francisco Bay Area. Her penchant for everything handmade stems from being raised by her mom, an award winning textile artist and her dad, who was her childhood "DIY hero". Jamie produces her own line of fiber art and craft kits, teaches crafting through her local community centers, is the current editor of Indie Craft Gossip Blog and was a founding member of the San Francisco Craft Mafia . You can see the fruits of her craftiness at her web shop--Mary Jane's Attic --where she offers handmade yarn, fiber art supplies and art instruction. Her first retail store and public creative space; Urban Fauna Studio is opening in August 2008.