Kathy Cano-Murillo is a writer, artist, and craft product designer. For the past 20 years, she has sold her handmade "Chicano Pop Art" crafts to hundreds of retailers including Bloomingdales, Target, and Hallmark. She writes a weekly newspaper column, "Crafty Chica", and has authored seven books including Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul and Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing. She is the founder of CraftyChica.com, a wildly popular web site to inspire women to brighten their lives with clever craft ideas. She has a web series on LifetimeTV.com, has been profiled in The New York Times, USA Today and NPR, and now has an extensive Crafty Chica product line through Duncan Enterprises. Look for Kathy's new novel series that debuts in March 2010 with the book, Waking Up in the Land of Glitter (Grand Central Publishing). Her web site receives more than 2 million hits a month. Kathy lives in Phoenix , AZ , with her husband, two kids and five Chihuahuas . Her motto for life is "Crafts, drama and glitter".