MAKER SPOTLIGHT

Viridiana Flores

April 2025
Meet Viridiana • Maker, Creator, Instructor

915_Creations

El Paso, Texas

Sublimation • Epoxy • Engraving • UV Resin

Give us your big picture intro, a bit about you that helps us get to know you!

I'm a busy Mom of 3 boys and the only girl in our family. I started my crafting journey after the pandemic without knowing anything about how to make tumblers and cups.

When I first started exploring how to make and customize cups, I was just having fun and trying to distract my busy brain. Five years later, I am super happy with how much I've learned and have been able to create a business of making and selling professionally customized cups, tumblers and other goods.

In addition to being a maker, I also really enjoy sharing what I've learned with others, as a crafting instructor, teaching aspiring makers how to create with sublimation, epoxy and laser engraving and sharing what I've learned along the way.

What’s shaking in your crafterverse? What are you crafting the most this year?

This year I'm making a lot of customized tumbler, cups and engraved coasters.

But this year, my goals are a bit different. I really want to keep learning and helping others to become the best Makers they can be. So in 2025, I'm prioritizing my teaching content to help others grow in the Maker community. I always want to bring the best, so I am constantly working on my own tips, tricks and techniques that can help other Makers too.

What got you to where you are now in your crafting journey?

The first thing i started making was tee shirts, that was main goal. When I starting seeing others making cups, I wanted to try making them tumblers myself and fell in love with the process. Now what I love, is to teach what I've learned to others, I have lots of content I share on TikTok making everything from engraved coasters, working with vinyl, making epoxy cups and more.

Tell us about crafting space and what inspires you and your creations

For me, the best thing about crafting and why I enjoy it so much is the time that I get to spend by myself, the mental focus required to make, helps me a lot with my anxiety.

I also love my space, I spent time to make my crafting room a special place for me. I love the power puff girls, so that inspired my branding. When others see something of the power puff they think of me and that for me is also very special.

My favorite MakerFlo products to make are sublimation tumblers, Flopoxy, uv resin, glitter, of course and all the engraving products.

How engaged are you with other crafters in your community or online?

I have made very special friends in this community and that's what I love the most about being a crafter, that you get to meet and connect with a lot of people. The friends I've made from this community have really become more of a crafting family.

Tell us something funny that's happened along your journey...

This happened when I was first getting started.

I didn't know the difference between vinyl and HTV vinyl. So like I said before, the very first thing I was making were shirts, but instead of using HTV vinyl, I used regular vinyl, so now you can imagine what happened.

What have you learned through your crafting journey that you think would be valuable for aspiring or new crafters?

I have learned the best thing to do is to go at your own pace. Don't look back, just keep going and one day you will be doing things you could never have imagined.

If the MakerFlo Fairy could grant you one wish, what would it be?

Just to continue innovating and being part of the MakerFlo Community.