Fiskars design team interview: Stacey Kingman
- posted by: Legends
- posted in: Uncategorized, Guest
- on: October 18, 2008
Some Fiskars design team members were kind enough to let me interview them… and now here is Stacey!
Stacey Kingman
http://staceykingman.typepad.com
Fiskars design team member since
Favorite Fiskars tool: I love the Squeeze Punches and the Border Punches…especially Threading water!
The best thing about being on the fiskars DT is getting to use all of the new tools and product as soon as they are released. Fiskars has such fabulous consumable lines and I absolutely love receiving boxes of new product to play with!
Can be found most often crafting at night after everyone else is in bed, although I really work on projects in 5- to15-minute increments of time throughout the entire day.
When I craft I like to drink half-frozen bottles of water. I also love to eat peanut M&Ms when I’m scrapping, but I rarely do because that would be a LOT of candy!
My crafting style is comfortable, meaningful, layered, stitched, and a little unexpected.
I listen to www.ksbj.org when crafting.
I spend 20+ hours a week crafting.
When I’m not crafting I love spending time reading historical fiction, organizing stuff, baking chocolate chip cookies, and taking photos of my kids.
Do you coordinate the papers before they start or just put things together as they go?
I usually start with three or four papers that I want to use and somehow I end up with 10-12 papers on my desk by the time I’m through. I guess I put things together as I go for the most part. I love to mix papers that don’t look like they would obviously coordinate and this requires some trial and error…
How is juggling everyday life and the surprises that come with it….and meeting deadlines for designing?
I am still learning…it really helps to work well ahead of my deadlines so that I have some “wiggle room” in case something comes up, but I don’t always do this.
Do you have any “helpers” when you scrapbook..aka children, cats, dogs, fish?
I have four children who are 13, 10, 6, and 4. We are a homeschooling family, so my kids are home all day with me. My girls love to be crafty, but they have their own projects and don’t usually want to help me much. My four-year-old likes to investigate my tools – especially the squeeze punches – and my six-year-old is very interested in the scissors and paper cutters. I also have a cat who will sit right on top of what I’m working on when she wants to, and my Chocolate Lab, Ben, is often sitting at my right elbow just in case I need to pet him – he is in a constant state of needing to be petted. So…yes, lots of help here!
Do you have any signature things you always do on a project? What are they?
I always use machine stitching on cards and layouts. I really love the way thread makes a project feel like it’s mine. Sometimes I’ll add some hand stitching, too, for the same reason. (My biggest sewing rule: no sewing through people’s heads in photos.) I almost always try to add something hand written on a layout, even if I do stamped, rub-on, or computer journaling.
What do you do to get over “scrapper’s block”?
Oh, man. That can be hard! Sometimes I’ll just look back through my own projects, either online or in my scrapbooks. And it almost always helps to clean my scrap room when I’m feeling “blocked” because nothing makes me feel more motivated and creative than a perfectly clean space.
Can you show us a photo of your crafting space?
I attached some photos. I love my space, but I do wish it had doors. It’s the first room in the house and sometimes it can get messy! I have 18 feet of table space and I use every bit of it.
Michelle 3624 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:44 amIt was great reading up on you felling like I got to know you a little better. . . man I wish I had all that craft room even with out a door! LOL
Patti Smith says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:46 amWow I adore your craft room…thanks for sharing about yourself with us…As I said in the post to Lisa F I hope to one day have more time to craft because it is a great love of mine…
robindiane #2953 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:50 amthanks for sharing..Love your craft room.
Louise #3903 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:53 amI love your crafting space and just drooled over all punches on the shelf so nice!
Karin #4472 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:01 amWow you looks super organized. I’m a bit jealous of your crafting space.
Thank you for giving us some insight on who you are. I loved the helper part…. Labs are too funny.
Amy #3888 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:06 amStacey, You are one of my favorite designers. I love your style and your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing about yourself today.
Peggy #4129 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:09 amThanks for sharing…I love your room I may steal some of your ideas……..Lots of good info……
Blessings
JenB#258 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:12 am18 feet of crafting space?! Boy that would be nice! Thanks for sharing a little about yourself! My 4 year old loves my squeeze punches too.
Karen C. says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:17 amgreat space Stacey, oooing and ahhhing over all your squeeze punches, wow! nice to meet you STacey!
Jennifer #3008 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:17 amThanks for sharing. My room is in the process of getting organized better.
Lydia says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:50 amahhhh…I can’t get over all your squeeze punches..I’m so jealous..LOL.I recognized some of your LO from books and have become my FAV..some I have scraplifted ..:)
Casey 1111 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:55 amCleaning my scraproom gets me motivated too!
Thanks for posting on the Fiskateer blog, it was nice “getting to know you!”
Tina Mayo says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:56 amOMG, look at those punches, I am sooooooo jealous, that gives me hope that you have 4 children homeschool and still have time for crafting, you are hero. love the framed lo you did, they are awesome, I am making a collage of 9 of them I did too.
Lorraine says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:03 pmunbelievable
Lynn #2244 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pmLove your craft space! Thanks for sharing! Wish I could be so organized! :c)
Debby 2852 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pmAlright did you clean just for the photos?!? I love your shelving unit with the punches. So neat.
I love your projects on the wall too. I’ve not see scrapbook frames like that. Could you tell us where you purchased yours?
Also, May, I see my question…cool!
Kriss says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:38 pmNice to meet you Stacey. I love your framed artwork. Your room looks clean and organized to me!
VickiF says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:44 pmWow! You have a great space!! What wonderful help too!!
Christina Solloway says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pmYour punches shelf and craft room looks heavenly!! I can be the same way with papers, I start with a few and end up with a dozen on my desk.
Groovy Deborah says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pmStacey thanks so much for sharing the website! I will definately be tuning in to that one and since we lost our family lab/retriever this past July please give your Ben a big smooch for me,xoxox.
Marla #3291 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pmWOW girl I thought I had a lot of squeeze punches. I love your organization!!!
melita says:
October 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pmWOW! Look at your craft space! Totally drooling here! Thanks so much for sharing with us Stacey! It is so nice to get to know a little bit about you!
Robin # 2982 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pmI wish i could get my craft space to look like that
lorig #554 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pmI love the framed pages as part of your craft space. I have blank walls that I have been wanting to fill, I may just have to pick some favorite pages to display.
betsy #1143 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pmYour space looks so clean, bright and inviting!
Sara R. says:
October 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pmNow I KNOW I need to hand stitch more!
doverdi says:
October 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pmGreat interview Stacey! Its so nice to get to learn a bit more about Fiskars DT. Thanks for taking the time to let us get to know you a bit better and for sharing your scrap space with us.
Marcia #1310 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pmLove your space! And tfs!
Amanda #1485 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pmWOW! that’s a lot of squeeze punches! I totally love how organized the shelf is!
joybear 4434 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pmSo nice to know more about you..love the room!!!
Christine C says:
October 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pmmy that is one super organised space and all those squeeze punches, looks like heaven to me.
Eva says:
October 18th, 2008 at 4:44 pmYour craft space is an absolute dream. It’ incredible!
referring to crafts, I do a LOT of sewing on my layouts and cards. To me it more then not simply completes the project, adds that one last final touch that’s just right.
Tami B. says:
October 18th, 2008 at 6:24 pmSuch a lovely space you have to create. Your framed pieces are so inspiring.
Mardi says:
October 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pmTFS Stacey, loved getting to know you!
Cherrie #1790 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pmHOLY COW - Look at that space - I am envious for sure!! I loved reading more about you Stacey!!
Amy E. says:
October 18th, 2008 at 8:30 pmWhat a fun space!
NancyR #4806 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 8:48 pmYou have a great craft space and so organized. I love shelves. Thanks for sharing with us.
Mardi says:
October 18th, 2008 at 9:22 pmOh my goodness in the first picture is that Fiskars stock room that contains the hand held punches?
NANCY says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:19 pmTHANKS FOR SHARING
Karee Sue says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:43 pmthanks for sharing with us, your craft space looks like a great place to work.
Tamara #437 says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:45 pmI like adding a stich here and there on my projects too. Unfortuantely my machine doesn’t have a space that I can leave it out on, so it mostly ends up with a handstich!
Thanks for sharing a bit about yourself
kimberlee #2494 says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:02 amHi, Stacey!! I’m just getting to all these blog postings. It was a busy week, but I’m so happy you were interviewed.
Looks like we keep missing each other. Hope you have a great week!!