I grew up in a family of artists where everything we did was DIY, so it felt natural to me to create a company that focuses on living a handcrafted lifestyle. My career path is rooted in design, but I am a teacher at heart. I believe that everyone can be creative, and my true passion is designing projects and teaching skills that are accessible for crafters at any level. After starting this website in 2013, it has only become more clear to me that this is exactly where I’m supposed be.

Learn more about Lia’s story here.

Emily has graced this site with her smile in craft project photos since 2013. With a background in illustration and hair design, Emily joins our team not only with her creativity but to ensure the best member experience as they find their own artistic voice. Living a creative life, Emily loves to paint and draw daily, cook delicious meals from her and her partner’s garden and snuggle with their two fluffy corgies.

Meagan loves making beautiful things every day and sharing them for you guys to enjoy. She credits her painter mom with inspiring her to pursue a creative career path; as a child, she was always trying to get out of school to help her mom with retail displays and installations. Outside of designing and making, travel is what makes Meagan’s heart skip a beat. When not traveling she enjoys remodeling her vintage home with her partner and their border collie.

Jefferson joins us from the world of high-tech but is truly a unicorn with his creative sensibility while developing and transforming our site to top-notch. When away from his computer, Jefferson loves to go on Portland walkabouts and still holds the team record for mid-day planks. He is also known to encourage the team to join him in his weekly Taco Bell run.

Known for his extensive Enya playlist, Matthew’s innate sense for the details and his love for music adds a refined touch to our video library. After spending a year as a video editor in New York, working with well-known clients (no name dropping here), Matthew circled back to his editing roots and rejoined our team, along with his New Yorker cat, P.J., here in Oregon. We do have a feeling that someday he will be known for his avant-garde music videos with footage he films while roaming the outdoors.

Krista has a passion for the cuter things in life and lucky for us she can always be called upon to design the most adorable characters for an upcoming project. She loves any opportunity to create a mixed media project that can engage a variety of craft techniques. A self-proclaimed cat lady, blush pink is her power color and polka dots & stripes are her go-to, just in case you were wondering.

With a degree in Home Product Development and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, Anna has both creative and business experience. She is as comfortable developing our product lines as she is styling a photoshoot, which makes her a brilliant addition to our dynamic team. Anna always has the prettiest hands, so she is the perfect hand model for our project photos!

Every office needs a furry friend – Enzo is ours. He likes burrowing, barking and bacon. In his free time, he likes to seek out pockets of sunlight on the studio floor and sunbathe – we’re not envious at all…..