I started kimmiles.com in the spring of 2000, back when I was a beadmaker in Seattle. Since then I've lived and worked in Taos, New Mexico, Portland, Oregon, and now (hooray!) the Oregon Coast. I've moved through beadmaking to jewelry making, vegan cooking and blogging, hand-drawing coloring pages (see Books), and a tasty little book on vegan sauces. I'm spending my time now hand-making accessories and beachy home decor, as well as playing host to dozens of guests each year at the Mermaid's Nest on Airbnb.
Those are the basics of my resume as a self employed creative person. Before that... Well, I was a waitress more than once. I bagged alfalfa sprouts with freakish 4-ounce accuracy. I harvested baby trees for the Forest Service. I spent too many years in a casino as a velvet-and-rhinestone clad cocktail waitress. And I've also operated a printing press (fun), built circuit boards (boring), and worked as a dental assistant (gross and fun).
When Rick and I moved to Seattle and started our own family business, Honeymoon Pizza, I realized I'd never want to go back to working for someone else. And now, after all these years, I'm quite unemployable. What a ride, to find my way here, to what I really wanted to do all along.
Hi, I'm Kim, and I Make Stuff.
Those are the basics of my resume as a self employed creative person. Before that... Well, I was a waitress more than once. I bagged alfalfa sprouts with freakish 4-ounce accuracy. I harvested baby trees for the Forest Service. I spent too many years in a casino as a velvet-and-rhinestone clad cocktail waitress. And I've also operated a printing press (fun), built circuit boards (boring), and worked as a dental assistant (gross and fun).
When Rick and I moved to Seattle and started our own family business, Honeymoon Pizza, I realized I'd never want to go back to working for someone else. And now, after all these years, I'm quite unemployable. What a ride, to find my way here, to what I really wanted to do all along.
Hi, I'm Kim, and I Make Stuff.
