BohoGiftsForWomen

I love working with fibers and colors and my customers love playing with different ways to wear my pieces.

Many of the colors I use are inspired from the stunning natural beauty of the Southwest where I came to learn weaving.

It was not my idea to become a weaver. A sufi teacher told me to learn the craft and make a business from it.

I resisted at first, but then took a leap of faith and moved to his meditation retreat center in New Mexico to learn to make a living by my own hands.

I should have guessed that he saw something in it for me I could not. I came to experience an energizing love for work that was more like pure play. One has to be present in the moment to weave and so it became a meditative practice as well as a livelihood.

Weaving changed my thought processes and perceptions. Colors came alive – wherever I looked, I saw them standing out from every object. I began seeing how to connect things in life where there was no apparent connection before.

Somewhere along the way, a yearning was born to make stuff so rich with colors that customers would love wearing them. I know my work is not for everyone. But those who are drawn to my pieces, feel and connect with the love I put into them.

Over the years, my work has been accepted into some of the top juried shows in the country, like Tempe Festival of the Arts, Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Fair, and the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair. My pieces are also found in shops. and for awhile, in my own gallery in Madrid, New Mexico. Currently, my line of handmade skinny scarves is available worldwide through my Etsy tore: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BohoGiftsForWomen

I’ve also written a number of books and offer resources that help creative types market themselves better. Because of my books, I was a featured guest on the Caroll Duvall Show on HGTV. I’ve been written about in The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, The Chicago Tribune, Bottom Line Personal, Family Circle, Working Mothers, Country Almanac, and many more. My craft business resources are available from my other Etsy shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/craftbusinesscoach/