Dave plays bass in the Blind King and is a gleaner extraordinaire--collecting antiques from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. He also makes new items out of recycled goods (blender lamps, record bowls, etc.), helps organize the Bazaar Bizarre craft fair, and is always up for a pajama dance party.

Scholarly publishing type by day, musician/animator/playing card designer/knitter/dj by night, Emily is affiliated with: The Quincunx (guitar), and Shepherdess (electric violin for these indie rock bands) ; Compound 440R and Handstand Command (a founding member of these musical collectives) ; and formerly Somerville Arts Council (chairman of the board of this active city agency) and Bazaar Bizarre (a founder of this DIY craft fair).

Leah is a self-proclaimed crafting addict. Much to the chagrin of her parents, her love of making messes from scraps of fabric, glitter and glue began at an early age. Her crafty interests have ebbed and flowed but lately she's thinking that she probably inhaled too much glue along the way because she's attracted to crafts that are ironic or kitschy or irreverent in some way. Leah is a part-time computer programmer and part-time crafter who's striving to make crafting a full-time gig. In August 2003, she started a web community called Craftster.org who's tagline is "no tea cozies without irony." Much to her surprise and delight the community now has thousands of members who like to break the rules of crafting as much as she does.

Dave is a Boston-based illustrator, painter and designer whose commercial clients have included Sesame Street, the Gap, the WWE (née the WWF), and Pearson Learning as well as numerous publications. His greater passion is for handmade goofy hipster T-shirts, snarky greeting cards and finding a way to tell a good joke on a one-inch button. As well as being a co-owner of Magpie, he does a lot of nuts and bolts design of our store (and can be contacted with any questions about advertising art, our website, graphics-like questions, and that sort of thing).

Tina is a life-long arts and crafts lover who found Magpie a perfect fit for her eclectic tastes. She manages the day-to-day operations at Magpie on the weekdays, enjoys crafting and jewelry-making, but finds that she spends most of her time ogling at all the newest additions of crafts and artwork in the shop. Tina loves meeting all of the friendly artists, crafters and art lovers that come through Magpie in Davis Square.