Children's Books

The Adventures of The Mad Seamstress is the tale of a charming young sewing enthusiast who gets into mischief and mayhem.

Inspired by my life as a young creative, this tale of fashion fun makes me laugh, hold my breath, cheer and more. You’ll love Pinky Shears, she’s the Sheorine of this fun story. Her shenanigans are of course full of fashion as she sports her funky style in everything from platforms, to feathers, upcycled denim from thrift shops and all of her handcrafted creations. Now what you don’t expect but certianly this tale delivers, is a good healthy dose of self-acceptance with a pledge at the end to be true yourself at every turn.

Together We’ll Find It is a fun read with lessons to be learned about the power of human ingenuity. This book truly inspires hope for kids and adults alike.

Rhyme and Design is a collection of imaginative poems that take you on a creative, but always fashionable journey. From Perci Satchel who loves you gessed it, purses, to High Heel Lucille; the antics of each poem are sure to speak to the fashionistas of all generations.

Fashion Resumes That Really Work

Fashion Resumes That Really Work is a tremendous resource for fashion professionals and students alike. It is very specific from how to layout your resume to what key words need to be included in your resume based on specific job descriptions.

This book defines each section of the resume and gives multiple examples of how to write different versions of each section depending on your desired position.

This text contains examples of real life work experiences, and it demonstrates the position of the fashion industry insiders allowing job seekers to gain necessary insight so that they truly can begin to understand how to best enter the workforce and how to manage their expectations.

Fashion Resumes That Really Work is written with the intent of accomplishing one main objective, which is to allow individuals the opportunity to create a resume that gets them the job interview.

Fashion Career Guide

Fashion Career Guide is a thorough workbook style guide created to help students from Fashion School through their professional lives in the Fashion Industry.

This guide helps prepare students to understand what they will be learning in class and what assignments translate directly into portfolio examples. Fashion Career Guide explains the differences between the Creative and Technical sides of the industry and helps individuals identify which is their strongest skill set.

There is a Design Dream section towards the beginning of the text that really clears up what it is that students and professionals see as long term goals from the very beginning, with the premise that you should always begin with the end in mind.

One tremendous benefit of reading this text is that by taking time to identify and verbalize long term Fashion Design dreams, the seemingly impossible and out of reach becomes more attainable with action steps that can be put into place by the end of the text.

This is a workbook style guide that adds value for the fashion student to professional from beginning to end.

The Adventures of the Mad Seamstress

The Adventures of the Mad Seamstress is an illustrated tale of Pinky Shears who absolutely loves all things fashion. She’s super smart, sews up a storm and she’s always having fashion fun.

This book is based on my childhood love of fashion and all things sewing. I have always enjoyed making things with my hands and because I sewed so much as a kid, my dad lovingly named me, The Mad Seamstress. In true Pinky Shears fashion, I grew up and headed straight for a career in fashion. I’ve never looked back and I’ve been goin strong for over 30 years now. I am a Designer, Educator, Illustrator, Author and Business Owner all in the area of Fashion Design and I am truly grateful for every moment of it.

You’ll find that Pinky is full of surprises, so loveable, and the story is full of twists and turns. The journey that the Mad Seamstress takes you on is one incredible ride.

You may be a novice who likes fashion and sewing, or perhaps you’re a savvy fashionista or even a young creative, this book is absolutely for you and sure to bring you joy! Get your copy today, we have it in several different forms. There’s the limited edition handcrafted copy, the paperback and E-book.

I’ll meet you on the pages of the Adventures of the Mad Seamstress. See ya there!

More than just a story

I love a good story, but even more than that, the teacher in me starts to take over and I instinctively look for the lesson in the story.

With that in mind, for each book I create, there is always a set of additional goodies like coloring pages, vocabulary words, activity pages, games and more.

Take a look in the back of any of my children’s books and you will find a treasure trove educational fun stuff to do 🙂

Activity Sheets

Taking the message of each story and creating a fun activity that makes the central message more personal to the reader has been a natural expression of my teaching nature. For example in the Children's Book, "Together We'll Find It," the message centers around getting through Covid-19 with our circle of support. One of the activities is to have each child list the people in their circle. Its simple but powerful. Now is a great time to say that I consider YOU a member of my circle and for that I am grateful. Together, We'll Find It!

The Making of a Book

I created this Illustrated children’s book entitled, Together We’ll Find It, to help kiddos understand how to cope with Covid-19 but honestly I gotta tell you, this book really helped me in the process 🙂 I started with the illustrations and then everything flowed from there.

As you can tell from the cover below, this book is full of imagination and focuses on the power of togetherness and our ability to overcome challenges.

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Team Work makes the Dream Work

Roy discovers that in the midst of a world wide pandemic, he is surrounded by a community of love and support. With the help of his team, he realizes that indeed, he can and will get through this.

An Experience

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Children's Books

Fashion Resumes That Really Work

Fashion Career Guide

The Adventures of the Mad Seamstress

More than just a story

Vocabulary Words

Activity Sheets

Coloring Pages

The Making of a Book

Team Work makes the Dream Work

An Experience

Meet Our Chef

Feel the taste of spain

Local Farm-to-Table

An Experience

Meet Our Chef

Feel the taste of spain

Local Farm-to-Table