I’m a Crafter at Heart {and I’m living my passions}

Happy Friday!

Those of you that follow along on my blog my or may not know that I have a vast professional background. As a little girl I was totally in love with fashion and knew that I wanted to do something in that field as a profession. After winning the title of best dressed in high school and getting a fashion and interior design degree from college I took my first job as a department manager for a regional department store in Seattle. I quickly made my way to the position of assistant buyer where I bought jewelry and fashion accessories.

The bulk of my fashion career was spent at Eddie Bauer.  I started as an assistant buyer in women’s and over the course of 11 years I  the buyer for various product categories and eventually the general merchandise manager for the non-apparel products for both the catalog and retail division of the company  (Gear, Luggage, Footwear, Accessories, Watches, Sunglasses etc).

After leaving Eddie Bauer and moving to Atlanta, I tapped into one of my other loves, interior design.  For 8 years I owned and operated my own home decor and gift store and after closing it in 2011, I opened my boutique interior design business which is what I do now.  Throughout my retail, fashion and interior design career I’ve also had a side passion that’s  kept me busy…Crafting!  Just like fashion and design, crafting is part of my DNA and I love to create things.  Over the years I’d crafted in every medium you can think of but there is one area that I have a slight obsession with, rubber stamping!

I am an admitted rubber stamp addict {as represented by the more than 1000 rubber stamps I own} and am really excited about a new opportunity that has come my way.

I was recently contacted by a rubber stamp manufacturer here in Georgia to create rubber stamp projects using their stamps.  Craffiti Direct is in the initial stage of launching their own rubber stamp line and are building their line-up of stamp artist.  One of the missions of the company is to give their customers with creative ideas for using their stamps, beyond scrapbooking and traditional card making.  That’s where I come in.

The Floral Background stamp designed by Elena Guzinska

I’ll be creating unique projects for them that  show people different ways they can use rubber stamps.  It’s such fun to combine gift wrapping, holiday decorating, decor and my love of paper with rubber stamps.

Here’s a look at a few projects I’ve created so far…

 A fun holiday ornament

 Stamped Ribbon

Cards

And gift tags!

 

If you like to craft with rubber stamps, I hope I’ll inspire you in new ways. if you’ve never tried stamping before I hope I can encourage you to give it a try.  Either way I’ll be sharing the projects I create for Craffiti here on the blog.

I’m so grateful that throughout my life I’ve been able to live my passions and I’m so glad you stop by the blog every day and let me share them with you. Thank You!

To see all the stamps available from Craffiti, head here!