I’ve been making and enjoying art for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a home that encouraged creative expression and understanding through visual arts, music, theatre, dance, and writing. My attention from a young age fell to visual art and fiber-based crafts - painting, drawing, and sculpting in my downtime and falling in love with sewing, knitting, and crocheting (thanks to my grandmas).

You could even say I was destined to be a creative business owner - starting my first venture at age 10, where I created woven jewelry out of 6-strand cotton embroidery floss - the same type of floss I use in thread paintings today!

My formal education has always been focused on the arts, culminating in a degree in Fine Art and Illustration. Throughout high school and university, I began combining my love of art with an equally deep love of travel. Living abroad near Florence after graduating high school, studying oil pastels and plain air sketching in Berlin, and traveling throughout Europe to renowned arts institutions.

After school, my path back to daily creative expression was winding (with twists and turns that include: installing artwork in a major art museum, driving 50ft motor coaches throughout Alaska, managing accounts and branding at an engineering firm), but I made it back!