I grew up loving to read, create and grow things. I can remember sitting on my grandma’s couch for hours (before I started kindergarten), learning how to embroider the little violet embroidery kits that came in her coffee tin. Around the same time, she also taught me how to crochet and I’d make lopsided potholders and crochet chains long enough to stretch all through the house.
I began selling some of my creations in local stores by the time I was 10–with the goal of buying a 10-speed bike with my earnings. My product line grew, as did my goals–financing the things deemed important to my childhood dreaming. Back then I’d sell pom pom animals for a dollar each (and most stores took 10% commission). Those little yarn animals took me about one hour to make. But I didn’t mind. They financed basketball camp as a junior higher and put gas in my car when I was in high school.
Fast forward to adulthood. Life hasn’t changed much since I was a kid except for the kinds of art I create (and the art supplies I use). Nowadays I create mostly in watercolor and digital art. I most often use the art I make to create other products–fabric, wrapping paper, product labels, and more.
When I’m not playing with art supplies, you can find me out with my chickens, working in the garden, taking orders from my tuxedo cat, Truman, or hanging out with those that matter most in my life.
