My happy place is art! I have obsessively created my entire life. I have made birdhouses, made stained glass, decouppaged furniture, embroidered my clothes, quilted wall hangings, poured resin, made cards….but once I started making jewelry, I was in love!
In 2000 I left my job as a registered nurse to pursue this dream. During that time, I was selling my jewelry at craft and trade shows and in 2003 I opened my first brick and mortar store.
I have enjoyed building relationships with other creatives in our community which inspired me to create the Artist Marketplace. I created a place where local artists could share their talents with the community. We now have over 40 different artists featured in the store.
It was an easy compliment to the store to begin teaching art classes and Spark was born. I named it Spark (as in find your creative spark and set your inner artist free!), not Sparkle, because Spark is for boys too. It was through Spark I found my true happy place, bringing the joy of art to others through classes and events. My hope is that through these classes we are able to bring a little bit of joy to the community and others can find their happy place in art too!
