About The Artist...

Kara Laughlin uses generations-old techniques to make work that is decidedly modern and unapologetically pretty. Whether it's a beautiful brooch for your lapel, a delicate Christmas ornament, or an intricate shrine for your bedside table, you will find a wide variety of heirloom-quality pieces that often seek to add a spiritual dimension to the ins and outs of daily life.

Although she's been an embroiderer from the age of six, Kara began herlife as a professional fiber artist when she answered a want ad for a studio assistant to a rug maker. What began as a day job to support her writing habit quickly became the thing that made her jump out of bed in the morning. A move halfway across the country found her back at an office job, and missing the creative energy of the studio, so she picked up a needle and began embroidering pins to sell at the local farmers market.

A writer by training, Kara has published articles in FiberArts magazine, The CraftsReport, and Crafts Business magazine. She recently finished two books of craft projects for tweens: Beautiful Bags for the Crafty Fashionista and Hip Hair Accessories for the Crafty Fashionista will be available from Compass Point Books in early 2012.