SoBen Arts

Introduction

I feel as I should have a little "Hello, my name is..." entry to introduce myself. My name is Aimee, I'm 26 years old and mom to two beautiful children - Sophia, who's two, and Benjamin, who's seven months. I am lucky enough to stay at home with them, which also gives me some time to work on my various art projects. While I love doing pretty much anything creative, right now I am focusing on three areas professionally - cards, jewelry, and graphic design. I have always loved making paper projects, including greeting cards, gift tags, envelopes and notecards. I have more recently found a real love for jewelry creation, and have been working on improving my skills and style in that area for the last couple of years. Lastly, I have become addicted to graphic design work. Its something that I wish I'd known more about in college, because I'd have loved to pursue it that way. But instead, I started slowly teaching myself how to use Photoshop and have just fallen in love with it. I love designing photo collages and creating my own illustrations. I am always up for a challenge and have a great time working on new projects. (Which means that custom projects are always welcome - just ask me!) One huge perk to finding a place like etsy to transform my hobbies into paying work is that I can feel like a contributing member of our household in the financial arena - no matter how small that contribution may be, it helps. We sacrifice a great deal to allow me to be at home with the kids, and while it is totally worth it, it has been very nice to have a little extra income.

In any spare time that I have, I enjoy reading, being outdoors, and just hanging out with my fantastic husband and kids. I've got a pretty great thing going, really.