My love of textiles and images came first, springing out of a childhood spent in the 4-H program. As a 4-H member, I got my first sheep in third grade and a few years later learned to spin and weave the wool from my sheep. My mom taught me to sew in 4-H and I was tailoring by the time I was in junior high school. I have always dabbled in photography, dyeing, and jewelrymaking, doing these activities as whimsy strikes me. Pottery came later when I took my first ceramics class in college. I fell in love with pottery and took as many classes as I could before finishing my English degree. Later in life I had the opportunity to go back to school and complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics. I've been doing ceramics sporadically for more than 25 years now.

While in school, I decided to sell my pottery at the local farmer's market, and Park Place Handcrafted & Professional Services was born in 1999. Why the Professional Services? Somewhere along the way, I started doing freelance editing and graphic design projects, and these were also part of the "me" that I was marketing.

Since that time, I have sold pottery and my other artwork at markets, craft shows, and museum stores, to strangers, friends, and repeat customers. I have travelled the US as a Navy spouse, become a mom, earned Journeyman Level Master Weaver certification in the San Diego Creative Weavers' Guild, and spend my days working on databases for a state agency.

I am now settled on a farm in Monmouth, Oregon, where I'm hoping to expand my inventory, build my family's homestead business, and participate in craft shows as time allows.

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