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  Peggy Bonnington, artist in Clarksville, TN  
 
    Jenni Bowlin  
Jenni Bowlin, JBS Merchantile
 

 

Amber Goode, instructor, Busy Beads & Moore Clarksville, TN
 

Amber started learning the art of making jewelry in 2005. She has been employed at Busy Beads & Moore since 2006. Over the last three years she has enjoyed fine-tuning her wire wrapping skills and learning new techniques. She enjoys all forms of jewelry making with her love for antiques she has developed her personal style in making vintage jewelry.

  Rachel Ison, instructor, Busy Beads & Moore Clarksville, TN  

Rachel started making jewelry in January of 2008. When she found Busy Beads & Moore. She started by taking many of the classes offered at the store and fell in love with the art of beading and wire working. In September 2008 Sylvia Moore asked Rachel if she would like to work at the store part time. She was excited to have such a wonderful opportunity. She has continued to learn new techniques and develop her jewelry making skills. 

       
  Paige King, owner of Hodgepodge & ARTifacts  
 

 

 

 
       
  Kimberly & Randy Jones, co-owners of Serendipity in Henderson, KY  
 

Kim & Randy Jones are co-owners of a fun and eclectic papercrafting store in Henderson, KY called Serendipity. Kim is easily distracted by shiny objects, and loves to incorporate them along with all things tattered, torn, and vintage into her paper crafts. She has been teaching workshops for 6 years and posts all about her creative endeavors on her blog serendipityvintagescraps.blogspot.com
Kim calls Randy the “accidental” crafter, who knows much more about paper, ink, and stamps than he ever dreamed possible since Serendipity opened 2 years ago! Randy has a love for stained glass work, and has been soldering for 30+ years. High school sweethearts, they have been married for 27 years and have a daughter, a corgi, and a cat who keep them busy when they are not crafting!

 
  Michelle Mathey, instructor Serendipity in Henderson, KY  
 

As a former corporate gal, Michelle never dreamed that she would find a career in the world of crafting! She was first introduced to stamping in 2004 by her cousin and her initial reluctance quickly turned to obsession! She started as a demonstrator, joined a design team and for two years has been teaching classes at Serendipity.  A busy wife and mom to two active boys, she finds a wonderful creative outlet in papercrafting and just wishes there were more hours in the day to stamp, stamp, stamp!  You can find Michelle at her blog – Pigment of my Imagination.

 
  Sylvia Moore, owner of Busy Beads & Moore in Clarksville, TN Sylvia Moore  
Sylvia Moore has owned Busy Beads & Moore, a unique and fun bead store for 71/2 years!  She has an eye for design from vintage to modern but it was after Breast Cancer 11 years ago that she fell in love with beads! She found that beading and jewelry making was good therapy!! Sylvia has been designing, teaching and making jewelry for over 15 years!

  Kathy Owen    
 

grandmother,mom,wife.

my loves--family, old hardware, rusty things, cutterquilts, sparkly jewelry,anything I can put a coat of paint on.

   
  Jillian Romano, artist and instructor in Clarksville, TN  
  Jillian earned her Fine Arts degree from Austin Peay University. Her love for hand made paper and books brought her to some of the oldest paper mills and monistaries in Europe. Jillian is currently teaching for the Community School of the Arts at APSU as well as various workshops in the area.  
       
  Kimberly Santiago  

Kimberly Santiago began her career as a graphic designer and was elated to be recognized in HOW design magazine, self-promotion issue. She continue to work in the design field and win other awards, notably, Conquer Paper promotional piece, which traveled to the Tate Gallery in London. From graphic design, she metamorphous into an instructor and later the Department Chair of Graphic Design and Fine Art. She continues teaching art in workshops and private settings.

Always experimenting with new techniques and developing her artwork; her interest is concentrated in collage. The desire to create art, deconstruct it and than reconstruct it again, grips her soul.

She is currently living Clarksville, Tennessee with her husband Luis, the love of her life. She has two beautiful daughters and two wonderful grandchildren.

Her perfect day is to be in her home studio working on art, with her trusty assistant (and cat) Boo Boo Kitty, create until she is exhausted, take a nap and start all over again.

       
  Nicole Schaaf, co-owner of Scrappin' Ever After Clarksville, TN
 
  Nicole Schaaff is the co-owner of Scrappin Ever After here in Clarksville. She has been scrapbooking for 8 years and started teaching around 5 years ago. She also does custom invitations and projects for those not so creatively inclined. She has fallen in love recently with mixed media and collage. Ok, if it involves paper, she will try it!

Outside of scrapbooking, retail, and teaching, she also attempts to dabble in photography. Finally and most importantly, she is mother to three girls, ages 6,7, and 9 and wife of 17 years. Busy but blessed!
 
   

 

 
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