Hey there, twitter folks!

Thanks for clicking on my link and taking this opportunity to learn a bit more about me, my life, and art.

I recently turned 30, live on Florida’s Gulfcoast, and love making stuff–from sewing skirts to brewing my own beer, making my own paper to all the other myriads of projects I share on this site and Flickr.

In April 2008, I joined my local gallery as an artist member (you can read more about that on my blog), and I participated in my first members’ exhibit in June of the same year. I am excited to expand my creativity onto canvases and into art spaces…though I haven’t quite come to grips with myself as an artiste.

Outside of that, I am co-parenting my twelve-year-old brother, a ridiculous-looking terrier and three stray cats with my husband of six years. I also work full-time as a consultant to non-profit groups and am in the process of remodeling our home.

It’s overwhelming and lovely, sometimes all at once. I’m delighted to share it all with you and would love it if you left a comment on any of my blog posts, photographs or gave me a ping via Twitter. Getting to know more and more creative, funny, inspiring people from all around the nation and the globe is part of what motivates this whole thing, after all.

If you’re interested in seeing more in what my blog has to offer, I recommend starting with my two weekly features:

• modus operandi on Tuesdays — techniques and thoughts about how I do what I do, plus shared inspiration
• Friday 5 — starting in July, I’ve been taking five photographs of my studio space, sharing peaks at my stash and works in progress

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you!