who is creme de la gems [part one]

It's been a while since I wrote anything about me,

the artist behind the clay.

[artist- it seems SO serious, doesn't it]

Sharing my creations... plugging my designs...

that's the easy part!

But when it comes to talking about me, the REAL me...

I have a hard time with that.

But I figure since I have new friends who follow my blog,

I should post a little brush up on who I am.

I'm Tracy. 

A work at home Mom & wife who twirls through life wearing a cheesy grin left over from my days as a professional dancer.  I don't consider myself to be a "pro" when it comes to working with polymer clay, but we do seem to get along very well.  Much better than grammar and I get along [wink-wink].

(me + wig cap = keeping it real)

(giving minnie some love)

As long as I can remember, I've always had a passion to create & design beautiful things. There is nothing better than getting lost in a new creation! Anything from a choreography piece, to graphic design, to painting a set, to designing a new necklace... I am at peace within all that artistic goodness & get swallowed up in it.

(set design = a happy booth at handmade markets)

I'm the luckiest girl to have such a supportive family behind me.  My husband Dirk is a gifted singer with a "my-heart-skips-a-beat" lyric baritone voice, my two sons Justin & Aidan, and my step daughter Taylor.  

(08.19.00)

Both Dirk & I came from marriages which did not work out, for different reasons.

It's a miracle I could ever love or trust again- but Dirk was persistent ;)

When we came together & married, we were ready for each other.

God heals & had plans for us.

and

then

there

were

five

January 14, 2002, Aidan was born

To be continued... HERE :)