I am originally from Moscow, Russia, and lived in New York City for 22 years. For about 14 of those years, I worked in web and graphic design field in the corporate world. This forced me to put my fine art making on the back burner. But, I had a short stint of living and working in New England, which awakened something in me. I started sketching nature (something I hadn’t done before).

Until then, I was a full-fledged city girl, obsessed with architecture, cityscapes and straight lines. When I suddenly found myself enjoying all this natural beauty I translated the fascinating botanical wonders onto functional objects for my family and friends to enjoy.

I met my husband at the School of Visual Arts where we were both pursuing our Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. Since then, we have been constantly bouncing creative ideas off each other. So much so, we joined forces and created CCYD Studio and this Etsy Shop.

When this Shop Story was first published I lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with my husband and our badass cat Kai. Since then our family has grown. We now have two amazing boys; Oliver & Fynn and we made the move (Oct.2015) to greener living in gorgeous Austin, Texas!

My hand painted fine artwares have been featured on marthastewart.com, Apartment Therapy, Apartment Therapy's Re-Nest, Green Planet, the Pioneer Woman, Design Sponge, and Etsy's Wedding Event. I truly love what I do!