04/21/2015
Good afternoon everyone!
I'm sure a lot of you here know me (or a little bit about me) but for those who don't, I wanted to introduce myself. :)
*If you actually read all of this, thank you. If not, I totally understand -- it's pretty long.* lol
First things first! my name is Cassie and I currently reside in Illinois, originally from San Diego (Florida if you want to get technical but my life truly began in California) I haven't been designing very long, a few years at most. I am completely self taught and can find inspiration in just about everything. This journey of mine started out with an addicting (and expensive) hobby of digital scrap booking that evolved into what you now see here. I LOVE doing what I do. I love that it gives me time for myself to do something I truly enjoy as well as the opportunity to help support my family. I have 3 sons, one of which is still young and home with me during the day. Jace is almost 10, Sawyer is 5, and Jackson will be 4 in July. Being able to work from home is truly a blessing for a busy mom like myself. My husband is in the military -- 8+ years of service in the United States Marine Corp and now Active duty in the United States Air Force. I couldn't be more proud of him for his service and all that he does for our family and the endless support he has and continues to give me as I've expanded my once obsessive hobby into my now blossoming business. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in March but have been together for 9 years. I'm about to get totally sappy here, and I'm sorry, but he truly is the love of my life. ;)
You can usually find me sitting in front of my computer designing the day away in between playing superheroes and monsters with my youngest boys, or helping my oldest with his homework. More often than not my youngest son is in my lap offering me his creative input on my projects while I work, however, all of my boys are creative little geniuses (maybe I'm biased?) but they definitely get their creativity from their mom! ;)
As you can see from the photos I posted, I am pretty close to becoming a crazy cat lady. lol We have two fur babies, Mavis and Mercy. Mercy girl is the one in the photo. Mavis isn't much for pictures. If it were up to me we would have about 17 more cats but my husband isn't too keen on the idea. I've always been a cat person, even as a little girl. I love my kitties and felt that I needed you all to know that, too.