These are a few of my earlier works. I created the Empress tea as well as the label; black tea with rose petals, lavender buds, and orange zest, then collaged and mod podged the label onto a Dollar Tree jar, blinged it up and glued beads to the lid. It's not bad tea! I made it because I couldn't justify continuing to buy the tea it was inspired by anymore - small containers on etsy are more expensive than a big container you can refill, and I was not well off at the time. Pov

I follow Emily Morgan of Lovely But Dead on Instagram and consider her collages phenomenal. This woman plays on a field more elevated than my own. I had so many questions for her and wanted to learn from her. And then one day last month, I saw her post that she was teaching a one-off collage class at the McConnel Arts Center and I immediately signed up (manifestation works!). I went and learned the answer to every question I had, learned a few new up-leveling tricks for my o