Maker Spotlight – Get To Know The Face Behind The Brand.
Meet Samantha from Sammy Jo Design Studio. Samantha resides in Gilbert, AZ. Sammy Jo Design Studio specializes in polymer clay earrings. Samantha happily accepts custom orders and you can DM to purchase anything you see on her IG page.
Here are some words from Samantha :
-How long have you been making?-
“February 2021.”
-What other hobbies do you have?-
“Cooking, baking, singing, makeup, 3d printing, gardening, I’m teaching myself how to sew as well.”
-Do you have favorite things to do while creating?-
“I mostly listen to true crime podcasts. My favorites are Wine and Crime, Morbid Podcast.”
-What inspires you?-
“My Beautiful state Arizona, My Family, Disney, and strong women.”
-What made you want to start creating?-
“I needed a way to express myself and relax my ADHD brain for 5 seconds lol I love art and using my hands and I stumbled upon polymer clay by chance and it has transformed my life.”
-Would you like to share any family info? Pets?-
“I am Married to a wonderful man named Zech we met at church in (galp) 1999! we grew up together and went our separate ways and in 2018 reconnected we have two girls Dyna who is 9 and Stella who is 8 we are a beautifully blended family we also have 3 Dogs Gus (who is mommy’s Angel and my heart dog) he is a corgi German Shepard mix, Millie also a corgi mixed pup (she’s the trouble maker) and the baby Ahsoka she was found on the street at 5 weeks old (now a year old) with her mom and 5 other siblings and my sisters and I took the dogs and they now run our lives with big puppy eyes and little Weiner dog legs.”
-What is your MOST FAVORITE item you have created?-
“I made these AMAZING Frida Kahlo painting earrings that were my favorite thing I have made so far.”
-What makes your shop unique? What is your specialty?-
“Well my enneagram is a 4 so I’m very creative so I offer a huge variety of things I love getting creative and let my brain explore different things, styles and techniques . I would have to say that my specialty is customs. I love making custom pieces for people because my ADHD brain likes the change when I get too bored.”
-What is the story behind your business name?-
“No crazy long story 🙂 its my nickname my grandfather started for me and most of my family on my mom’s side calls me but I haven’t gone by it since my teens.”
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