Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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Here’s something I have come to know about myself over time… I need recognition. I hate to admit it to myself, but it’s the truth. On my first jobs out of college, and then, out of Business School, I got plenty of recognition from all of my bosses, and bosses’ bosses. Life was great and [...]
My playgroup friends had to explain it all to me… You see, where I come from, Easter is not called “Easter”. It’s “Semana Santa” (Holly Week), a time to reflect on Christ’s sacrifice and perhaps do some sacrifices of our own. Not a time to be running wild and crazy, looking for eggs filled with [...]
Dear Elves, First it was the red ball. Then the green spider. Today I went ballistic twice looking all over the house for the hammer, and then looking all over again for the green ball, thinking that they too had mysteriously disappeared in our home’s Bermuda Triangle. Thankfully I found them, but I’m still very [...]
So you are an independent designer/artisan who’s perfected her craft over several years. You’ve documented your creative process through your blog and online photos, and have been blessed with achieving a lot of recognition for your beautiful handmade products. And one day you realize that a large company has “borrowed” one of your original designs, [...]