Well thanks so much everyone! I enjoyed reading your comments (thanks for all of the welcomes and kind words). It is time to decide what's for dinner over here so I need to go (thinking breakfast for dinner tonight)! Have a wonderful week and thanks again for coming on to chat with me - Jenni

megamay - my littlest is very creative. My challenge right now is video games. They suck a child's creativity, in my opinion. We do control their time playing them, but I miss the days that he would sit for hours with cars and trains and dream. He is almost 10 now so he has lost interest in the cars...

lana bisson - I think, in my humble opinion, vintage will always be around in some shape or form. I have been doing this long enough to see it stick! I don't think it's going anywhere, just transforming year to year. As long as I'm around, it won't be going away - ha!

glo85cam - I am blessed to have a design team with immense talent and I admire them all! They are my favorites! It is so cool to create product and see how different people interpret it.

debamas - I do have a studio in my house. Very blessed to have that. I try really hard to keep anything non- creative out of there (hence my computer is somewhere else)! It is my haven. As far as balance, I wish I could tell you that I have it all figured out but I don't. It is difficult, I think, t...

deerewife - that is a good question! Our industry is definitely changing. While I can't speak for other companies, I know that for Jared and I, operating independently has been the best choice for us. That is one of the reasons I have loved licensing so much. I get to work with some wonderful compan...

cbee - pressures, what pressures? Ha! There is always alot of pressure. It is very personal. My husband always tries to remind me that it isn't, but if something fails it feels like someone is telling me my baby is ugly, you know? Year after year, with every show, it is very stressful. But. . . also...

craftyk - good questions! My favorite line that I have designed is our black/red line (the latest extension just hit the shelves here at ACOT)! I have felt from the beginning that there are just some color schemes/products that are classic and never go out of style. It is a shame that sometimes in o...

craftyk - my favorite holiday to design for is Christmas! I LOVE Christmas - I am hoping to do a "12 ornaments of Christmas" event in late November. Still trying to get it together. Wish there were more hours in the day!

Hi Sandi! As far as how long I've been doing this - a long time! I started scrapbooking when my first son, who is now 13 (yikes!) was born. By the time my second one came along I started teaching at a local store, which lead to me meeting Tricia, who at the time had just started Li'l Davis Designs. ...

Wow Pezkat - that was 3 in 1! First of all, I am most deeply inspired by old things, history. Everything I do creatively seems to come from something old I have seen or touched - a piece of lace, an old button, etc. That's why I have so many open containers in my studio so I can see everything, all ...

Hello all! I'm here - thanks so much for having me - I am honored that you would ask me to join you! Just shoot some questions or comments whenever you are ready (and just an FYI that my spelling may not be perfect - my brain is faster than my fingers)!