A little bit about me...
I have been fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home mom to my two beautiful daughters for all of their lives.  My
oldest is a recent college graduate, with a degree in therapeutic massage therapy.  My youngest has just started
college, and is working towards a degree in baking and pastry arts.  (She is also my *reluctant* apron model on
my website.)  I have been married to my high school sweetheart Tim, for 23+ years.  We have one crazy cat
named Lola, and one eccentric dog named Phoebe, that we rescued from shelters.  (Check out
Pet Finder to see
what pets are available for adoption from a shelter near you.)  

We are also very busy with our church.  We have such a wonderful church family!  I teach Kindergarten & 1st  
grade Sunday School at the South Whitley UMC with another friend.  I just LOVE this age group!  They're so
enthusiastic about everything!  I could sit and listen to their stories forever...  I just wish I had a fraction of their
energy...

Mid-summer of 2008, my website's catalog of recycled-item creations caught the eye of a growing company
whose sole purpose is creating useful items from the things that usually end up in the trash.  I joined their design
team a few weeks later.   What a fantastic opportunity to do what I have been doing (finding creative and
fashionable ways to recycle), but on a larger scale than I ever dreamed possible!!!  

This change meant that I would no longer have the time to make the various wrapper purses and accessories that
I had been making in the past.  But since I believe so strongly in keeping everything possible OUT of the landfills,
I am now offering PATTERNS for the wrapper purses and accessories that I had previously offered for sale so that
you can make your very own awesome wrapper purse!!!  My patterns include detailed step-by-step instructions
and tons of photos for ease of use.  These are my own
ORIGINAL COPYRIGHTED PATTERNS, you can't buy
these patterns anywhere besides Laurie's Gifts!  

Finally, I just wanted to stress that everything I make is created in a SMOKE-FREE environment.  As an
unreformed perfectionist, I pay extreme attention to detail.  I figure if I'm going to invest the time to
make something, I want it to look better and be of much higher quality than anything that has been
mass produced and sold in the stores!
    

Discontinued styles 40% off
The Hunger Site
I've been a professional seamstress for more
than sixteen years.   (For almost 6 of those 16
years, I sewed for a fabulous children's
clothing  designer-- for her store in Fort
Wayne, IN...  The best "job" I've ever had!  It
was so much fun, it never seemed like work!  
Thanks, Susan!)  In early 2005, as I was
deciding on a name for my new business, I
chose
Laurie's Gifts for two reasons.
Everything for sale on this website is an
example of the things I have been creating as
gifts for friends and family, so the name fits for
that reason.  
Secondly, and more importantly, I have no formal training as a seamstress and pattern maker.  
God has given me a great love and passion for sewing, and the talent and ability to do it very
well.  I give all the credit to Him.  As I was watching a program on PBS one night,  I heard Red
Skelton say something I hadn't heard before and just loved:
"If you have any talent - That's your gift from God. And,    
 if you use that talent - That's your gift to God."
Romans 12:6     We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
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