Dream Maker Creative

Sara Lorien Smith/Owner, Designer, Crafter, Instructor

Welcome to Dream Maker! I'm a lifelong hobby crafter, freelance web designer, and homeschooling mom to two boys who are currently 11 and 13. I love to create and aim to inspire others to do the same. I have WAY too many interests and can't settle on just one creative outlet. I like to experiment with different mediums and then share what I've learned. 

Through the years I've gone through craft phases that included crocheting, stained glass, and sewing. Now days I dabble in lots of projects and desperately want to learn more about metal art. I'm a former techie, having spent 15+ years at companies like Apple and Cisco, small now-defunct tech startups, a high school, and a non-profit. Much of that was spent providing desktop and systems support, project management, and user experience research. Most people expect that a craft shop owner would come from an art background. Not me, I consider myself more of a designer and art appreciator. Through my tech career, I became highly adept at problem solving and improvising on the fly, simplifying processes and instruction for beginners, and designing solutions to solve business needs. I consider these my super powers.