Personnel

Nancy Connor - Store Owner and Teacher

At different times in her life (many of them overlapping), Nancy Connor has been a waitress, statistician, computer systems analyst, teacher, computer programmer, documentation specialist, entrepreneur, company executive, nonprofit foundation executive, healer, and crafter. In this particular phase of her life, she is experimenting with being a retail store owner, teacher and artist.

She learned to knit from her grandmother when she was very young, learned how to macramé from books, learned various types of needlework from kits and home economics classes, and generally loves to work with her hands. Her very first exposure to making art formally was in ceramics, via a class that she took in college, and later continued as a hobby in an open ceramics studio, called Mudville, in Massachusetts.

Much later, she started up again with rubber stamping, by taking classes at various stores, watching demonstrations at conventions, and participating in make it/take it sessions. She was also getting tips, techniques, and tricks from her sister, who ran a rubber stamp store in Westminster, MD. In the beginning, she made cards for friends and relatives for birthdays and Christmas, and as she picked up more techniques, she started to teach.

The students in her classes gave her some great feedback about her skills as a teacher, so she expanded the classes she was teaching further into new territory, past what she had previously learned in taking classes herself. Along the way, she branched out into several related media, including getting back into clay via polymer and precious metal clays. She continues to use these additional media to enhance her creativity and expand her craft horizons.

Vicki Luna - Store Manager and Teacher

Phi Beta Kappa graduate, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley, Vicki has worked an an Administrative Manager in Sedona for most of the 10+ years she has resided here. However, crafting has always been one of her favorite forms of relaxation and creative expression.

Over the years, she has worked with a variety of different craft media from stained glass to embroidery, cross-stitch, macramé, candle making, basket weaving, and beading. More recently, she received formal instruction from well-known artists: in watercolor from local artist Andrea Smith, beading from Susan Lenart Kazmer, and bead looming from Don Pierson.

Dedicated and determined to provide our customers with the best customer service possible, please seek out Vicki’s assistance if you ever have any concerns or suggestions on how we can make your shopping experience a better one.

Ashley Luna - Sales Associate and Make It/Take It Designer

Ashley Luna is originally from a small town in Michigan, moving to Sedona at a very young age. She enjoys many different types of crafts, but has a special fondness for scrapbooking. Designing anything and everything is what she enjoys most about her new job here. She also loves retail sales and being helpful to customers, and is looking forward to meeting and working with all of our customers.