Monday, March 28, 2011

About Me.

I'm a freelance designer currently able to take on some additional design responsibilities.

I currently design project samples for Little Yellow Bicycle and Karen Foster Design. I also have an e-book series available through Get It Scrapped known as the Beautifully Handmade series. I'm a former member of The Story Matters design team, Daisy D's Paper Co. design team and the editorial team at Scrapsupply where I served for 3 years as a design team member where my main duty was to create online tutorials for the monthly newsletter.

I have 3 books in print; Circle Journals, Pens & Needles, and Go Figure: Scrapbooking with Numbers (the last two were co-authored with Cindy Smith), all published by Pinecone Press.

I love to make things beautifully handmade---making something from nothing. My style is reflective of that, without looking crafty or homespun. My style is fresh and comfortable. Polished and not forced. Technique driven with a strong focus on layering products and making something from nothing. It often exhibits using products in unexpected ways, always with a touch of stitching--most often hand-stitched details. It also follows design principles without looking graphic or linear.