Kristen Rask opened a small store in Seattle, WA called Schmancy in 2004 after many years of making stuff and selling her work to boutiques around the country. At the shop she works with hundreds of vendors a year selling on consignment and wholesale. Every October Schmancy hosts Plush You!, the largest plush show in the US. Since the opening of Schmancy she has become the President of Seattle's largest indie craft show, Urban Craft Uprising, has written 8 craft books and continues to work at her shop many hours a week. In her small windows of spare time, she also enjoys making her own work and selling it at the shop and at Urban Craft Uprising.