I've "been" kimmiles.com since 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, hallelujah, the Oregon Coast. I've moved through beadmaking to jewelry making, vegan cooking and blogging, and hand-drawing coloring pages (see Books), and a tasty little book on vegan sauces. I'm spending my time now gathering offerings from the sea and making them into one of a kind treasures. See the Handmade page for currently available pieces.
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 worked in a casino as a velvet-and-rhinestone clad cocktail waitress. I had two kids while working there, and went back to small town restaurant work when they were little. For a while I worked in a print shop, in the dark room, as well as editing, and most fun of all, running the giant, noisy, messy, inky press. I was plucked from another restaurant gig by a dentist who hired me to be his assistant, which I did for a while. When Rick and I moved to Seattle and started our own little business, Honeymoon Pizza, I realized I'd never want to go back to working for someone else. And here I am now. What a ride.
Oh, and I also sort of play the ukulele.
I have no desire to (and see no reason to) limit myself to just one thing. Creativity is something that wants to flow like water, and unlike water, its infinite abundance is most respectfully tapped into by leaving the faucet wide open.
I've noticed that some people are confused by those of us who do more than one thing. It's OK. There are lots of us. And if you look around, I'll bet you find more of us all the time. Ooohhhh, you might even be one of us!
At any rate, welcome. I invite you to come in and explore beyond the Kim you think you came here to find. Just follow the links above.
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 worked in a casino as a velvet-and-rhinestone clad cocktail waitress. I had two kids while working there, and went back to small town restaurant work when they were little. For a while I worked in a print shop, in the dark room, as well as editing, and most fun of all, running the giant, noisy, messy, inky press. I was plucked from another restaurant gig by a dentist who hired me to be his assistant, which I did for a while. When Rick and I moved to Seattle and started our own little business, Honeymoon Pizza, I realized I'd never want to go back to working for someone else. And here I am now. What a ride.
Oh, and I also sort of play the ukulele.
I have no desire to (and see no reason to) limit myself to just one thing. Creativity is something that wants to flow like water, and unlike water, its infinite abundance is most respectfully tapped into by leaving the faucet wide open.
I've noticed that some people are confused by those of us who do more than one thing. It's OK. There are lots of us. And if you look around, I'll bet you find more of us all the time. Ooohhhh, you might even be one of us!
At any rate, welcome. I invite you to come in and explore beyond the Kim you think you came here to find. Just follow the links above.
