Kathy Cano-Murillo

Kathy Cano-Murillo has made and sold her handmade “Chicano Pop Art ”crafts to hundreds of retailers including Bloomingdale’s, Target, and Hallmark. From 2000-2008, she wrote a weekly syndicated Arizona Republic newspaper column, and has authored seven books including Crafty Chica’s Art de la Soul and Crafty Chica’s Guide to Artful Sewing.

In 2001, Kathy launched CraftyChica.com, a wildly popular web site to inspire women to brighten their lives with clever craft ideas. She has vodcast series on iTunes, a web series on LifetimeTV.com, has been profiled in The New York Times, USA Today and NPR, and now has a Crafty Chica product line.

Kathy’s mission is to promote, celebrate and share in the American craft experience. As a professional crafter, she is impressed that Latinos make up a large part of the $31 billion craft industry. Her goal is to promote and motivate women of all backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities to join in the art and craft movement.  She relays this in  her craft designs, presentations and writing.

When she isn’t creating, she writes novels. Her Crafty Chica Novel series debuted in March 2010 with Waking Up in the Land of Glitter (Grand Central Publishing), followed by Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing in March, 2011. Kathy is currently working on her next two novels, designing a giftware and greeting card line.

Kathy lives in Phoenix, AZ, with her husband, two kids and five Chihuahuas. Her motto for life is “Crafts, drama and glitter”.

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