Kathy Davis
Bucilla Needle Crafts
Designer and illustrator Kathy Davis is living her dream.
Growing up she always wanted a career based on creativity,
and since 1990, she has done just that.
After spending 10 years as an art teacher, she was inspired
by her students to test her own creative wings. In 1990 she
launched her own line of greeting cards with Recycled Paper
Greetings, and today she ranks as one of their top artists.
Kathy's designs appear all over the world on a variety of
products, including stationary, posters, stickers, and Plaid's
own Bucilla needlecrafts.
Plaid first met Kathy at the Surtex Artists's Exhibit in
New York many years ago. Since then the relationship has blossomed.
Together Plaid and Kathy have developed "Hearts in Bloom"
a craft painting book full of Kathy's whimsical designs. Her
designs also appear on a variety of Bucilla cross stitch kits.
While Kathy says she thoroughly enjoys the creative freedom
of working for herself and the "luxury" of building her own
dreams, entrepreneurship does present some challenges. "My
biggest challenge is the juggling of my many roles I am facing
as I try to grow my own business," she says. "I'd like to
continue to develop new lines of designs in a variety of styles,
including more surface designs that would be applicable to
textiles, giftwrap, etc."
Kathy's advice to other artists trying to break into the
industry is "Never give up!" "Take satisfaction in every job
you do, however small," she says.
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