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Welcome to my creative portfolio
I'm Steph, self-proclaimed creative person with many different artistic pass times. Most of these pass times I have been working on or in for years now. Just recently my husband and I decided to try and make these creative endeavors into a small business so we can share our creations with our local market and the world.
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For the last several years, I have gotten back into making jewelry and recently leather work. Both have infinite possibilities for design, the only thing that can limit that is the materials (lets face it, the really good stuff is pretty expensive right now). Being that supplies are expensive, I have had to think outside the box when it comes to creating anything and everything I've worked on recently.
​I started out drawing and playing music as a kid. My father was an exceptional artist, whether it was a technical drawing or a fanciful request from his daughter for a dog catching a frisbee with musical notes all around, his skills were memorizing. My grandmother's both played music, one piano, the other church organ. Between these 3 amazingly talented souls, I was inspired to be creative and have never looked back since.
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Oddly enough, sometimes I make I see in a dream. Sometimes what I make is me trying to retool or embellish a design or style I've seen on TV, out in public and/or the internet. Sometimes its goofing around with materials and supplies or even organizing! I draw inspiration from everywhere I can.
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While I may use mediums that many others do right now, I try to stay true to my quirky sense of design, and do the best I can to create something that is unique.
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Sometimes what I make, or most times maybe, is not for everyone. I do believe that there is someone out there who will appreciate my work, someone who will say 'that speaks to me'. =0)
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I invite you into my creative brain, by sharing my works below. I hope you enjoy!
These are some of my jewelry designs, leather craft and other physical art pieces. I use many different medias and materials, but focus on jewelry, drawing/painting, scroll saw and some engraving work.
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Wall mounted Jewelry StorageWith my husbands help on making frames, I created this wall hanging jewelry organizer. One in a series of 4 that I created. | Leather CraftHand cut leather pouches, made with a craft cut and one with scrap leather. Intended to be used for pencils, they can be used for reading glasses and makeup brushes too. | Beginning Leather CraftThe beginnings of the first leather purse I made. Using scrap leather and craft cuts, I had to meticulously cut all the pieces with a utility knife, then punch the stitch holes, 2-5 at a time. Detail work! |
Finished Leather CraftThe assembled, finished purse (with an amazon bought strap). | Leather Western Inspired HandbagThe second leather purse I made. I used craft cuts for this one and made my own strap out of bolo tie leather... much better than the Amazon strap. | Many BraceletsOne day, I devoted my time to making bracelet designs that had been floating around in my head for a while. |
Dragons FireMy attempt at fiery fringe to accompany the handmade Peruvian Dragon beads. | Hot Air BallonMy attempt at a Hot Air Balloon, using antiqued brass findings and agate stone. | Just some miscellaneous jewelryMy collection of Summer Beah inspired jewelry. |
Aquamarine and Rose GoldAnother piece from my Summer Beach inspired collection using Rose Gold coated shells and Aquamarine stone beads. | Bohemian FacesThese were created using Tierra cast Connectors, handmade Gold Face beads from Turkey, popular Crystal beads and Czech Glass flowers. | Frog Jump EarringsMade from the inspiration of a semi-local annual celebration up near where we live. The frogs are handmade ceramic beads from Peru. |
Beach WeddingInspired by a friends upcoming wedding, this was made to gift her on their special day at the beach in Florida. | VikingMade for a friend who shared the mutual love of Viking and Norse lore. The Celtic knotwork bead was taken from a broken bracelet the dangles are bead caps, repurposed. | Spring FlowersThese were and experiment with colors - pink and Picasso Seed beads and metal tube beads. I am not sure these came out how I imagined them. LOL |
Summer Concert FringeMade with the inspiration from feeling excited about going to a Summer concert - for me a once in a lifetime show featuring many good bands. They were eventually gifted to a wonderful lady who works on the 2nd floor at Shriners Hospital for Children. | Glass Dragon FlyAn experimental Dragon Fly pendant, inspired from an internet posting. I beaded it up a little more, of course. | Midnight FringeOne of the very first pairs of Fringe Earrings I made, using tube beads instead of all seed beads. The tube are Hummingbird colored when the light hits them. |
Mushroom Forest SpiritsInspired by the mushroom trend that seems to be on the out LOL. My husband made the live edge bowl that my little diorama sits on. | Sun and Moon EngravingOne of the first images I engraved with my Cricut using some of the designs in Design Space. Not as cool as some of the others I've seen out there but I like it. | Scroll Saw McIntosh RoseThis was inspired by my love of Craftsman/Arts and Crafts Design. It was a hand traced template of the famous McIntosh Rose collection that I cut on my first Scroll Saw. I made it into a lightbox that sits on my night stand. Very proud of this one. It took time and patience for sure. |
FBombs!Scroll Saw cut F-Bombs. I made many of these at the suggestion of friends and family as gifts. These are just a few! | JewelryComposition photo to be used on marketing materials. | My Favorite FlowersInspired by my step-daughter's love of skulls. This drawing was done on terrible, cheap drawing paper, but I put the work in none the less. I REALLY loved working with the Prismacolor colored pencils, they had a rich, blend-able pigment that was really enjoyable to use. If you like making gradients with colored pencil, those are the best in my opinion. |
Fimo DragonInspired by the little video clips of a lady making little Dragons out of clay that floated around on social media for a while during the pandemic. | Flyer for Woodturning ClassFlyer made for my husbands local Wood Turning class. | Flyer for Zola Exchange Christmas EventThis flyer was made for the Christmas shopping event at a local creative business that my husband and I participated in - We were in charge of the 'Paint your own Snowman' activity for kids. |
Commercial Business FlyerThis is the front page of a commercial business flyer I designed that is still in use today. | Commercial Business FlyerRetired version, outside tri-fold of a commercial business flyer I designed in 2017. | 2017-GDS-TRIFOLD2_editedRetired version, inside tri-fold of a commercial business flyer I designed in 2017. |
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