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about chicken scratch studio:
the studio + the family + the designer

how it all started...
ChicKen ScRatch Studio is solely owned and operated by Laura (Jane) Craig, previous owner of ChicKen ScRatch Slings. CSStudio came about after a rather complicated twist of events. To spare you all of the "Young and the Restless"-style details, (and I am terribly long winded) I really will try to keep the story short and sweet... I needed to redesign my website so I hired out and was taken for a ride on the looney bin express. My designer bailed on me and took my graphics and site with her. I was left with nothing of my online retail store. I was basically forced to make a decision: close down a business that I had worked my tail off on (and 2 years) to build ,or figure out a way to get my online store up and running immediately while Anita, my graphic designer, had jumped ship and was out sipping cocktails in Barbados. (names and locations have been changed to protect the identities, although don't fear, she is no longer allowed to go within 2 feet of a computer, legally.)

So, I cried. I wrote my husband long emails (poor thing was deployed at the time) about how this was going to be crazy and I didn't know what I was doing but I had prayed about it and God was going to provide and I was going to learn how to design my own website. How hard could it be?! Uh.... did you know that photoshop doesn't come with an instruction manual? I mean, everything comes with an instruction manual. My MICROWAVE comes with an instruction manual and everyone knows how to use a microwave. NO ONE knows how to use photoshop! Anyway, while I was slaving away trying to figure this crazy stupid program out, Barbara or Anita or whatever, was drinking her mojoitos and probably out surfing or something. Of course, God had His plan it all worked out and His timing was perfect. I went back to my old host, Michelle at Creo Communico, and explained the whole situ. She was more than helpful and got me back up and running like lightening fast!

I just continued working on the graphics and some of the code on my site as a side hobby just to tinker and figure things out. Before long, friends and colleagues were asking for my help with their graphics. I was grateful for the experience. Word of mouth got out and the snowball effect just happened. Eventually, the time came where I was again forced to make a decision. My time between the 2 businesses were taking over everything. I decided to sell the sling business and do this full time. It has been a great blessing to be able to just create and of course, be able to tell people that I color for a living.

about the designer and her fam:
So.... I am Laura Jane, the owner and designer of ChicKen ScRatch Studio. I am also a mother of 3 and wife to a loving and supportive husband, AKA "Stud". My and I family recently transferred to Fort Worth, TX where my husband is stationed. When I'm not working, I spend my days painting, dancing and singing with my girls, playing Suzie homemaker in my pearls and heels (let's get real... usually barefoot and looking for sock monkeys or homework), shuffling kids to and from school, soccer and football games, church, lunch dates and then eventually, I get to settle in for some snuggle time on the couch with Stud... for all of about 5 minutes before the snoring starts. (out of respect, I won't say who is snoring.)

It really has been a gift to stay at home with my children and do what I love. Whether the job for the day is designing logos, sick websites, designing a new paint scheme for my Toms or even if it is designing a tattoo of "Toothless" (the dragon) for my 6 year old son... I am always designing. Always. It is a part of who I am. Creativity runs through my veins, not blood. I never forget where I came from and I don't ever forget to thank The Big Man upstairs for all that I have.