Leopard's Leap, LLC

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My Story

At an early age I learned to crave creating. Mud pies, tree houses, castles in the sand, clothing for my cat and much much more. I won a blue ribbon in 1st grade for an eraser drawing and that was all the encouragement I needed. Nothing else gives me that calm peaceful feeling like creating something from nothing. The outer world just simply disappears and I am in my element. Like a dragon to air and a mermaid to water. I am in my personal heaven. I was middle daughter in a family of makers so I was used to everyone around me making things. It seemed natural to me. Until age 12 I lived on an apiary in the lovely northern part of Wyoming and was a wild child. Free to wander, riding horses ba****ck, making forts and finding adventures on my bike.

As an adult I became a special education teacher for awhile, but after a powerful series of dreams involving various animals I decided to quit. The animals would follow and chase me and then melt into me and we became one. These dreams helped me realize I could be much more and I went back to creating. I started a small business called Leopard’s Leap after the first animal in my dreams. I moved into a small attic apartment and joined a local art community at an old girl’s school called Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, NM. I loved being surrounded by like minded people and my creativity soared to new heights. I toured the nation doing Art Shows, Festivals and Sci-Fi Conventions for many years.

Then one day a lady from Cirque du Soleil called me on the phone and asked if I wanted to be a part of their circus. I worked for clowns for 17 years supplying their retail market. I designed and produced over 55 different wearable masks and ramped up to shipping out about 800 masks a week. Not bad for a little girl from Wyoming who was told she would never make money as an artist.

I am here to tell you there is life after the circus. I retired from Cirque du Soleil and started to recover slowly. I now have a great Etsy site and two stores in New Orleans that I supply. I have created many times for Antonia Sautter who owns the Doge’s Ball in Venice , Italy. Dolce and Gabbana had me create 450 pieces for their party in Venice, Italy. Who knows who will call next. Right?

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