My husband and I live in the suburbs of Denver. I am the creative and day to day partner and Brian is the technical expert. Together they created OutofThePastPatterns/Desert Rose Gifts/Wild Rose Creations, fulfilling both or our passions.

I was raised in the Denver area. My father was a high school of industrial arts teacher and my mother was a teacher's aid. I have been creating stuff as long as I can remember. My first memories are taking the clothes off of my dolls; taking the scraps that were left over from the doll clothes that my grandmother had made for them and making my own creations.

I studied Art at Phoenix Collage and Arizona State where my love of art was expanded. I found that I loved all creative areas and opened a Hobby Store in Phoenix.

Brian and I met after I moved back to the Denver area. He was raised in Chicago but has lived in Denver longer that I had. He loves this area almost as much as he does all things that have to do with a computer. He said to me you should put your stuff up on Ebay". I said "I don't think so".

We took a trip to Phoenix where he was teaching and I spent the day surfing Ebay. We came home and I said "OK how do we do this?" That was in December 2000. It is now my full time occupation and I am sure some days Brian is sure that it is his.

I have two wonderful sons and two fantastic grandsons. BUT I love to sew doll clothes. I put away my ceramics and paintings and when I am not taking care of Ebay business I am sewing in my design studio creating clothes for American Girl Dolls, Magic Attic, Bitty Baby and various home décor items.

Thank you for visiting my ArtFire gallery and if you would like to see more of my varied creations please visit my Web store www.Wildrosecreations.com. It is a work in progress so please excuse our dust as we get it going. I hope that you find your shopping experience enjoyable and some of my creations bring a smile.

Shirley M