It is with great pleasure that my little scam/plan has been working out so smoothly for 'on the download'. Last week we had Wild Olive and the 'Baker's Best Friends', next week we will have Kitty and Dots and this week I have delighted even myself with the score--Miss Andrea of Kits & Caboodle. As mentioned previously I know there is a whole contingent out there that doesn't read the blahg but partakes in the freebies and I am happy to be able to have convinced some folks to create some cool things for your freebie loving pleasure. It is with great gusto (I've been trying to squeeze that word into the blahg for some time..) that I introduce Guest Designer Andrea Thurber of Kits & Caboodle:
"I'm Andrea Thurber, a girl from the south, a bit of a loudmouth, and a happy momma to two amazing kids. I make a terrible wife to a wonderful man who was my high school sweetheart and tells me everything I make is *pretty*, even when its not, and never fails to kiss me before he goes out the door. One day he is going to realize that other wives cook and clean and then, boy am I in trouble!
I have a hard time calling myself an *artist*, when there are so many amazing people out there creating awe inspiring things, but I've always felt more alive, more connected when my hands are creating something and my brain is in creative mode. My little girl thinks momma can make anything and that, to me, make me feel pretty darn accomplished. (Though a trophy would be cool, do artists get trophies?!)
Since opening Kits & Caboodles, I've been lucky enough to have been the featured designer on a few really great blogs, been published in 3 different magazines, and had my Button Stack Caboodles go digital in a commercial kit. I never imagined that it would become what it has.
I'm grateful everyday that I am able to live creatively and share that with others. If I am at all qualified to give advice (a questionable notion) then it would have to be to find your own voice and follow it to the ends of the earth. It will only take you good places..."
Follow Andrea's voice to her shop and buy up--kitsandcaboodle.etsy.com
And here's the lovely download..
