My design career started in Des Moines in a small t-shirt shop. It wasn’t long before I joined the advertising world and worked for Younkers Corporate headquarters in the iconic & lost 7th & Walnut downtown location. It was there that I honed my design skills with fashion, housewares & furniture catalog work. After a quick stop in the agency world working with clients like Jenn Aire & Maytag I joined Meredith Corporation where my love of design, art & gardening finally came together.   At Meredith I managed the Special Interest Publications Garden Department, and then moved on to join Better Homes & Gardens magazine.  At Better Homes I was the content creator, photo director and designer for all garden content. I was also fortunate to be around at the beginning of the tablet revolution and launched and managed BH&G's digital editions for the iPad & Andriod tablets.