Amber Kemp-Gerstel has been crafting to her heart’s content for as long as she can remember. From the ugly Christmas sweaters she made as a kid — “No, really. They were hideous.” — to the friendship bracelet business she tried launching when she was little (and even to her pursuit of knitting through graduate school), […]

Amber Kemp-Gerstel has been crafting to her heart’s content for as long as she can remember. From the ugly Christmas sweaters she made as a kid — “No, really. They were hideous.” — to the friendship bracelet business she tried launching when she was little (and even to her pursuit of knitting through graduate school), Amber has never tired of making and creating. It’s a part of who she is. That couldn’t be ignored when Amber came to a crossroads of too much stuff occupying her life: motherhood, her psychology career, and blogging on her crafting blog, Damask Love. She chose to leave her Ph.D.-backed psychologist career behind to pursue blogging full-time, a leap she couldn’t have made without the support of her husband and son.
Her bold, colorful projects on Damask Love soon garnered her an enthusiastic following of makers and the likes of NBC’s new crafting competition show, Making It. The six-episode series debuts tonight (!) at 10/9 Central, and is hosted by executive producers Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman.
We’re so thrilled to talk with Amber today about he...