Scrapbooks, Stamps and Crafts - OH MY!

Mixed Media, Fabric Art and Accent Albums

Our first guest is Traci Bautista creative director of treiC Designs, a mixed media artist, designer, entrepreneur and author. Traci travels internationally to offer workshops on mixed media, painting, collage and artist books. Her artwork has been featured in various magazines, books and on HGTV & DIY. Traci is the author of, Collage Unleashed, and writes a column called Creativity Unleashed in Somerset Studio Magazine. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Traci Bautista held jobs as a graphic designer, event planner, marketing director, professional cheerleader, elementary art history teacher, fashion designer, Web designer, and tradeshow manager just to name a few. Traci has a Bachelor of Science degree from Woodbury University, with a major in Graphic Design and Marketing.

Our second guest today is  Bailey Earith a professional fiber artist.  Her international business, Bailey Fiber Art Studio, is located in Knoxville, TN.  She creates contemporary fabric pieces for upscale homes and corporations.  She also has a line of custom art pieces designed and packaged for corporate gift giving.  She has exhibited in shows across the country.  Bailey teaches often throughout the year as an Artist-in-Residence.  Her specialty is working in the special ed classroom.   She has been published extensively in magazines and books for both her studio work and special education projects.

Our third guest today is Sherril Harlow the owner of Accent Albums a four year old company that primarily designs custom scrapbook and photo album covers.  The business started as a desire to have a custom album cover created for her son's school memories. After coming up with a simple idea, the plan to then market it to other schools and individuals was soon to follow.  She loves to help her clients create the perfect album for themselves or their loved ones. Accent Albums is now branching out with custom designed papers that they promote at various sporting events.

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Partial Guest List: Heidi Swapp - Owner, Heidi Swap Designs; Curtis Platte - Founder, Craft Locker and Crop-In-Style; Dee Gruenig - Owner, Posh Impressions & HGTV Celeb; Suze Weinberg - Owner, Weinberg Design Studio & HGTV Celeb; Stacy Julian - Founding Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Judi Watanabe – Owner, Judikins,  Jeanette Lynton – Founder, Close to My Heart,  Karan Smith - Owner, Magic Mesh; Renee Pearson - Digital Scrapbooks, Simple Scrapbooks; Lisa Bearnson - founding editor of Creating Keepsakes; Becky Higgins - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Sandi Genovese - DIY Scrapbooking host; Kristi McFadden – Editor, Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine, Ali Edwards - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Michelle Hill - Creative Director, Li’l Davis Designs; Tera Leigh - Award-winning designer and author; Stacy Croninger, Editor-in-Chief, Paper Crafts Magazine; Thena Smith, Author, "Where's Thena..."; Jan Mollet Evans - Editor of "Scrap Your Stuff"; Wendy Smedley - Creative Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Dawn Heath - Publisher, SS Reflections Vicky Breslin - Founder, Cut-It-Up; Linda LaTourelle, CEO, Bluegrass Publishing Inc.; Ana Cabrera – Designer for Purple Cows.

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