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ABOUT Me

Hello There!

I’m Jessica. I started A Call to Create during the 2020 Corona Virus Pandemic as a “quarantine hobby.” I’ve always had a spark of creativity in me, but until life slowed down (way down), I didn’t feel as if I had the time or energy to explore it. I was the girl who made jewelry to sell as an 8 year old child. One who received art kits for her birthday.. Tie-die, concrete stepping stones, splatter art, beaded projects, pottery.. you get the gist. As the daughter of a (now retired) newspaper editor and writer, I spent countless hours at my Mother’s newspaper office creating my own version of a newspaper while she and her employees constructed their’s. So yes, sparks of creativity of all kinds have popped up all throughout my life. I’ve always felt a call to love people, but feel even more blessed to work with people to create or recreate meaningful portraits of the people they love and cherish most.

I grew up on a ranch in Southern Oklahoma but now call the Tulsa area my home. I married the best guy I’ve ever met 8 years ago and we are parents to 2 sweet boys. The longer I live, the more I have come to know as “home” where my heart is and not really a place. The Lord has been so good to me and my family and on both good days and bad, I humbly seek to serve him and love his people well. Creating for others is one way I feel called to do that.

A few things about me…. I appreciate a good two-stepping song, audiobooks, baking, a McDonald’s Coke (iykyk) and a dressed up coffee. I’m a healthy mix of an introvert and extrovert. “Dining” is my love language and I’m a HOC Spring/Natural Romantic—so if you know anything about that, you know how much fun playing with colors and personal style/fashion is for me. I can beat anyone who challenges me at folding a load of laundry while watching reality TV, but don’t count on me to want to put it all away.. that’s where my husband comes in handy. One of my favorite things about myself is my ability to connect with pretty much anyone. There’s commonality amongst us and I think it’s such a special thing that people can share.

Kick back, stay a while, connect with me—If I could smile and tell you in person how happy I am that you are here, know that I would. Peace and blessings, peeps.

-Jess

“He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.”

— Exodus 35:35

“Some moments really should last forever..”

Lets Create Together.

It’s been my greatest joy to get to know you and your people through creating. I find it truly an honor that people trust me with special, personal, and important things that make their world go ‘round. Marie Kondo (yes, I love binge watching Netflix just like any other person does) asks people on her show about “tidying up” if items “spark joy.” That is exactly what my hope for each and every piece I create is—that it will be something that sparks joy, generates smiles, and warms hearts.

If you are someone who finds joy in giving special things to your people, it would be an honor to help you do that. If you are someone who’s on a mission to fill your home with things that are personal and special to you, I’ve got it covered. Want to remember a special day? A wedding? A graduation? A birth? Let me recreate it. Don’t have a family portrait with everyone in it? Let me piece it together for you so you do. I’m in the market for creating special things for people like you. Let’s chat!