Do you ever wonder about the person with whom you trade? I suspect most do, so I’ll share a little about myself.

Basically, I’m just the biggest kid in the sandbox who loves to cut and paste and has a few computer skills. I am NOT an "artist" by training. However, I love color and design, and have some fairly decent photography skills. In March of this year, I came across an article by Seena Frost on an art/transformational process she calls "SoulCollage," and I was immediately drawn to it. In June I attended a weekend workshop at the U of N Ky and changed from SoulCollage to creating little ATCs.

Collage has opened a whole new world for me and I love experimenting with it on the computer. I see my computer’ screen as akin to the lithographer's stone from which prints are pulled, numbered and signed. I usually print 3 of each card I make, keeping one and trading the other two.

I retired from teaching in 1995 after 33 years, and moved to North Carolina 6 years ago from New Jersey where I’d lived most of my life growing up, teaching school, and raising my large family, now all independent and competent adults. I am also the proud Nana of Michael, almost 4, and Andrew, 1, born to daughter Emilie, adopted from Korea at age 3 ½. I am also the resident staff for my three cats---Boyd, Linus, and Lizzie.

I addition to teaching, I also wore many hats in the world of international adoption, started an adoption agency, wrote a couple of books and published a magazine on the topic, and continue to do freelance editing if the project appeals to me.

Thanks for your willingness to share your art and passion with me. You can reach me this way:

Cindy Peck

3614 Cardinal Ridge Drive

Greensboro, NC 27410

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