Kate O Lynch

This blog has been a creative outlet for me while I’ve been in the financial world and has given me the opportunity to write about things I love: reading, wine, Dallas and travel.  Through this blog my love of writing is constantly reinforced and continues to push me to purse my dream of being a published author.

I was born and raised in Dallas, TX. Barely a child of the 70’s as in I was only alive the last 4 months of the decade. I attended Trinity Christian Academy; and before you ask me, no I don’t know Chase Crawford, although I could show you his yearbook photos up to sixth grade.I attended Texas A&M University in College Station, TX where I was a proud member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2001! (Whoop!)

After graduating from college I started working full time for a local scrapbook store, Scrappy’s. During my senior year a second location had been opened and I took on the role of assistant manager. I was in heaven, surrounded by scrapbook supplies. It was a blast meeting so many fun women, teaching scrapbooking classes and having first dibs on new products.

Magic Scraps was launched from the back offices of Scrappy’s in late 2001, early 2002. Magic Scraps was a leading embellishment company that initially offered glitter and a few other products.Over the next few years the product offering evolved to include paper, stickers, transparencies, rub-ons, designer flair and so on.

In the summer of 2002, after Magic Scraps had been launched, I went to work as the Director Special Programs; managing Magic Scraps’ monthly club. After several years of traveling the country manning a booth at consumer shows and trade shows I started helping design new products. In all reality I rarely felt like I was working, mostly it felt like being crafty with friends. In my four years at Magic Scraps I went to 15 states plus Vancouver and on a Caribbean cruise.

While at Magic Scraps I had the opportunity to indulge in several of my favorite things: scrapbooking, traveling, hanging with friends and reading. In fact it was on an airplane to a convention, taking a break from reading that a few of us came up with the idea of a book based on a scrapbooker. At the time it was an idea anyone of us could pursue, but for me it, it took me back to my childhood. I can remember sitting in church, “listening” to the sermon all the while fast at work on my first novel. Mind you, my first novel, second novel and so on were composed on sections of those square notepads that are bound with a waxy binding up one side of the cube. It was the closest thing to an actual book that, I could come up with as a second grader that I could conceal in my purse.

Needless to say, I was inspired and started writing a book. It is loosely based on situations and people that I have encountered. It’s been a few yeras now since I have finished the book, I went through the process of trying to get it published but to no avail. Who doesn’t need a good dose of rejection right?  After receiving a Kindle at the end of 2011 I had an apiphany, I could self publish and that is what I am now doing.

Over the last few years I have discovered the power of social media and it’s ability to connect anyone, anywhere am using that to transition back into the creative world of marketing and design.  You check out more about it on my company site: KateOGroup

I am also back to with two amazing ladies and dear friends from Magic Scraps, Ashley Smith and Emily Adams, be sure to check out Beachsmith.

Please be sure to come back and see what’s going on with me, Kate O Lynch. . .