Never ever thought I’d be at this point in my crafting life…Today
is my first day of blogging about something in which I have a true passion for. My blog
will not be your typical boring blog that you read on some craft websites, that’s
not my personality. I’m bred from a witty family…I remember my friends saying
they loved coming over, because our family was comical. Well that’s what you’re
going to get when you read my blogs...Thinking back as far as I can, I’ve always
had a passion for crafting. I remember
going over my friend Tanya’s house when we were in middle school, and seeing
her sticker collection…yup I said it, sticker collection. Well that was the
beginning of my true craftiness… we always hit up the mall for stickers, and
anywhere I saw stickers I’d buy them. Well my bedroom door turned into a work
of art. (never took pics, wish I would’ve, it was beautiful). Seriously, I
strategically placed them on my door like I was Leonardo Da Vinci painting the
Mona Lisa. So thank you Tanya, for stirring up my soul to make beautiful
things. As the years progressed, I’d make little things here and there (even
tried my hand at going to school for Interior Design)… Yeah, that didn’t work
out well. The professor asked the class to draw and paint…that was a total fail…because
I can’t draw, nor paint…but now when I think back on it, he wasn't trying to
see if I was going to be a famous artist, he was trying to pull our creativity
out of us. Art is in the eye of the beholder…so how you see a leaf and the
colors, I might see it differently and have my own interpretation....I've seen
some crappy art out there, but it has sold for millions. So see…I could’ve been
famous by now, if I would've just listened and did what my professor asked me to do.
I continued to dibble and dabble throughout the years, creating
centerpieces for my wedding, birthday parties/baby showers, etc..but fast
forward to 2002 my CIGNA days. My manager at that time always talked about
creating scrapbooks, (clueless to what those were) so one day she invited a
group of us “cool employees” to her scrapbook party…My friend Angelica and I
went…Why? Why? Why?…that opened a can of VERY EXPENSIVE WORMS...I remember and
STILL have my very expensive purchases from her party. My poor family was then
subjected to my new expensive hobby…scrapbooking/card making. I was addicted,
and how fantastic was this? I was back to purchasing my first love…STICKERS…WOOO
WHOOOO…it couldn’t get any better than this. My really good friend Danielle(stupid
dog), who was also in the beginning stages of creating cards/scrapbooks, turned
me on to a scrapbook store close to CIGNA. I’ll never forget my first time…it
was like HEAVEN’S GATES OPENED UP…Harps were playing and the angels were
singing…She and I would go there during lunch on a daily (oops I mean
weekly basis-just in case our families are reading this…LOL) to purchase new items.
We were in heaven…Every Friday, I packed up my stuff and headed to her house…I
think we did more cocktailing then we did crafting. I’ll never forget one night,
we put our hearts into making what we thought were really great cards. However,
when her husband walked in the house and we asked him what he thought of them,
he said “those are some busted looking cards”…LOL…so maybe we did do too much
cocktailing, but it sure was fun. We continued to invest in our “business”
(that never took off the ground) and I continued to take classes at different
scrapbook stores. I love Danielle, she is one of the brightest people I know in
coming up with “businesses”, but they are only thoughts…lol…and not executed. If you need a concept, reach out to her…LOL. I had invested a lot of money,
so decided to pursue the business realm, while she moved on to making jewelry…(I’ll
never forget her calling me to say I should start making jewelry with her)…NOT…I
told her, you got me hooked on cards/scrapbooking and I’ve invested heavily, so
I’m moving forward with my business…
The name of my business came easily to me; I have two
daughters…and they can be pretty crafty when they want…the youngest more
than the oldest, but she’s great at gluing (LOL)…Since I make unique items, why
not make the name of my company unique…2Gurlz
I’ve always told my two daughters from when they were little;
follow their passion…so that’s what I’m doing now….it’s never too late!
In my upcoming blogs, I’ll add some historical and most
recent pictures of items I’ve made and some context around how I made them,
what inspired me and also what I have in the pipeline…
Stay tuned, and Welcome to 2Gurlz LLC
