Hi friends,
We are introducing you to members of our crafting community during National Craft Month. Today we are so happy to feature Maria Irizarry in Puerto Rico! Maria is one of the most creative people we know. She said that she is honored to be featured this week, and that she has been a client of ours for as long as we have been in the business!
Maria shared that she lives in the Caribbean now, but has also lived in Ireland and Belgium; most of her family is in Spain. She has been happily married for 46 years to a wonderful man! They have 2 daughters, one granddaughter (who will be a wonderful woman who loves antiques and very beautiful places) and a four year old grandson!
Her favorite hobbies are traveling, reading, making cards, photography, fine dining and fashion! She is an interior designer with over 40 years of experience, and has remodeled 400+ years old homes. She said that interiors and antiques are a passion for her. Maria said that she likes and is involved in diplomatic relations.
1. When were you first introduced to Anna Griffin?
I have been a client for as long as she has been in the business.
2. How long have you been crafting?
As a very creative person I have been crafting since I was a child!
3. What is your favorite occasion to create for?
My favorite occasions to create all of them but, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Easter, Christmas has to be my absolute favorite!! Valentine is a special occasion for my loved ones and my dear friends!
4. How does crafting help you reach out to others?
I have been blessed to have all of Anna’s papers and kits and have a wonderful time sharing with my friends and family and always get a call back thanking me for such wonderful beautiful works of art! My 16 year old granddaughter asked if I could make some art to frame and her friends all of her wall art.
5. What is your favorite Anna Griffin product?
My absolute favorite has to be all of it! Her papers, the Empress, her dies, and I adore her card kits so. On a rainy weekend I have a blast and have a lot of fun watching her Finishing School and completing a kit!
Maria loves to make beautiful gift tags with our dies!
This is her favorite Christmas Wishes card that she created.
Maria loves that you can make an entire card kit during a rainy afternoon!
Here is another of her Christmas cards.
We got to meet in person last January when I was in Puerto Rico the for the EO Atlanta Chapter Retreat.
I enjoyed the Fiesta de los Reyes Magos ... Along with Christmas and New Year's, the Epiphany on January 6th is also celebrated as part of the holiday season in Puerto Rico.
We love that Maria is always cheering us on from San Juan, and we appreciate all of the beautiful and creative things that she has filled her life with!
We hope you are enjoying getting to know our crafters this month as much as we are!
Love,
32 comments
OH MY!!! What a sweet tead from Maria, and WOW!! Zowie!!! What a great crafter! Thank you ANNA for sharing Maria ‘s gorgeous crafting with us! 💖
How awesome! Her family is beautiful along with her creations.
What a beautiful family! I love your idea of using AG dies to make gift tags!
Hi Maria and Griffinites. What a lovely story. It is a wonderful world in crafting. I have only been crafting for 10 years now but it is heaven for me. I was looking for different ways in which to inspire my personnel in the Army and found that when I made a hand birthday card, they went nuts!! They were so happy and delighted and it helped me by taking me to a magical world. Since then, my crafting has evolved and Iam learning and enjoying it. I lived in Germany for six years and over there I was floored when watching a crafting show, they mentioned Anna G by name and how she was a big deal in the U.S. Boy oh boy, I was jumping up and down besides myself! Well, keep on crafting everyone.
I am Maria’s youngest daughter Natalia. My mother is an amazing paper artist. She has helped me creating beautiful paper goods for my business and friends. There is always a wow factor involved in receiving a card from my beautiful mother. I am so happy she gets to be a part of this community and to see her creativity developing more and more. Ever since I was I child I have seen my mother create with her beautiful hands and she has always inspired me.