I currently live in Katy, TX which is
a town not far from Houston.
I was born in NY, moved to NJ at about 16
and always wanted to be a Fashion Designer.
At 4 I was drawing girls and clothes, and at 6 I cut all my newborn baby brothers diapers to make
Barbie clothes, and sold them!
By the time I was 14, I was the oldest of 5 children.
But moving to a different state at 16 was really
hard and my dreams of living in the dorm at
either Pratt Institute or FIT were squashed by
out of state fees. So like a bratty teenager, I
abandoned my wishes and choose a different field.
So I became an Imaging Tech, which used to be known
as an X ray tech. I worked many years in Doctors offices and hospitals.
Recently I worked at a small hospital that did finally go bankrupt, but I saw so much sadness and death that I decided I needed a change.
During all this time I married, had 2 sons, and divorced.
I remarried the love of my life Robert, about 16 years ago. Robert is very supportive of all my dabblings.
We have a little boy who is now 13. He has grown so much this last
year, we just can't believe. He loves basketball, and hopes
to be a NBA player one day.
But something was always missing and I dabbled
in different forms of art...painting, designing jewelry,
t shirt designing, personalized Christmas ornaments,
and I hit the jackpot on scrapbooking. I have such enjoyment from designing photo books that record my life.
I have enough paper to fill a 3000 square foot home, floor to ceiling!.
My Dad died May 30, 2019 and my depression was just
thru the roof. All Summer I just got thru the days. In August,
just as school was starting I found a new passion. I began making flower
arrangement with tiny little flowers that I made with dies.
They are designed by a Susan Tierney Cockburn. This started
to help get my depression in check, and created lots
of layouts for Christmas gifts. But I love these little paper
flowers and pretty much have been dedicated to learning all the flowers
and how to make them.
I taught classes at Michaels. I really enjoy this
and love teaching other people, When a woman
learns to do things on her own, she has such a sense
of accomplishment.
So in my quest to find "me" I went back to school several times. I became a Baby
Planner, became interested in Green Living. Then to go along with Baby Planning, I thought
it would be an enhancement to be able to design Nursery's,
so jumped head into a 4 year degree in Interior Design! I just finished
that and might be doing a little Designing on the side. I did get my degree in all aspects of
Interior Design, not just for the baby.