JustRite Stampers Website: http://www.justritestampers.typepad.com
Biography
JustRite Product Development Director & Design Team Coordinator March 2008 - Present.
I have worn all the hats in the paper crafting industry from store owner, sales rep, paper designer, paper manufacturer,conceptual designer,design team coordinator, blogger to JustRite Product Development Director. My passion for design, color, paper crafting and consumer education has been a steadfast force throughout my career in the paper crafting industry. Designing new products for JustRite is a passion and I am so blessed to work with some of the most talented designers in the industry. I reside in Maine with my husband Tony of 7 years and his children Nick and Jack.
Color has always been a passion for me!! And the importance of what color brings into each of our lives has always been a driving force throughout my career. Until I started creating stamp designs with Amy Tedder (JustRite's Illustrator) and began seeing the gorgeous cards designed with those stamps. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing what talented designers and papercrafters create with your designs!! I am inspired daily by the wonderful cards created with JustRite Stamps.
Resume:
March 2008 - Present: JustRite Product Development Director & Design Team Coordinator- responsibilities include stamp design concept development, art director for catalog publications, marketing director, product buyer, design team coordinator, author of JustRite Inspiration Blog.
August 2007- June 2008- New England Sales Rep for Spellbinders Paper Arts & Imagination International (Copic Markers)
Sept 1990- Sept 2007 - President, Owner, Concept Designer for Murdock Country Creations. Manufacturer of wooden miniatures for shadow boxes and decorative painting accents for every season for the home.
July 2003 - June 2007 -Paper Manufacturer - Murdock Country Creations Landscape Papers, Polished Stone Papers for the Paper Crafting Market
Sept 2000 - Present - Handpainted Christmas Ornaments designed for the College Bookstore Market. Designed, Manufactured over 300,00 handpainted Collegiate Ornaments
Oct 2002- Sept 2007 - Murdock Country Creations Papercrafting & Gift Store Owner.
Feb 1986- Sept 1991 - Gift and Home Furnishing Product Manager for Laura Ashley -categories included soft sewn products, desk accessories, luggage, tabletop, nursery bedding, gift collection, stationery, lighting, publications, paint, tile and crafts.
* FTC Declaration: In the spirit of full disclosure, I am currently working as a freelance designer in some capacity for the following companies:
While I am compensated by these companies in some form (either by free products or other forms of compensation), I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of their products. I will never recommend something that I don't personally use and enjoy.
