Hello there.
Where to start? Well, let's see. I've been sewing, drawing, and glueing popsicle sticks from a pretty young age. I grew up watching my mom tole paint and my grandmother paint, draw, and make miniature furniture from balsa wood. My other grandmother tatted like nobodies business. And once, a great aunt crocheted an entire ballerina outfit complete with slippers for my barbie dolls.
My mother taught me how to crochet when I was around 10 or so. Or maybe I was younger or older, not really sure. Meanwhile, I built my first birdhouse. Oh yes, I was quite proud of myself, I was the only 10 year that I knew of that knew how to operate a hand saw.
The squirrels loved that old birdhouse. lol
Once I was in my teens, I learned how to use the rest of the powertools thanks to a camp where we fixed up peoples homes. I also took some art classes in school, but was mainly focused on music at the time. But my senior year I decided I wanted to be an art major. So I dropped band, and tried to get into the art classes. Instead I ended up with nutrition and interior design.
Not to be discouraged, I became a studio arts major in college. I received my AA in 1996, with drawing, 2D design, 3D design, and various other art and non-art related courses under my belt. I tried to continue on to my Bachelors, but had to leave school so I could work. That whole tuition thing can be a bit of a drag. However, before I left, I had added ceramics, life drawing, and metalsmithing to my repitoire.
I still try to keep my skills alive and I do hope to get back to school to finish out my degree. But in the meantime, I've been making friends and family gifts varying from clocks to afghans. I recently made a sock monkey for a friend, complete with crocheted hat and scarf. When other people saw it, I ended up with 4 orders for sock monkeys and one order for a beanie. I'm pretty excited. These will be my first money making projects, outside of the lemonade stand as a kid.
I hope to have a gallery up soon so people can see some of the various things I've made. But until then, I'm going to learn how to do a proper afghan stitch.
