About Christine
Christine grew up on the East coast and mader her way to California permanently in 1995 when she started Swirly greeting cards. She began with a small line of about a dozen handmade cards, but quickly grew her business into a recognized brand with numerous licensed products, an illustrated gift book, and retail partners that include Target, Borders, Kinkos, and Amazon among many others.

Today, her work as an artist extends far beyond that of greeting cards and product design with writing, collaging, and painting as some of the many ways she expresses herself and shares her talent. Her first book of illustration and inspirational verse, Ordinary Sparkling Moments, will be released in September of this year.

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Christine's passion for being creative and making dreams real has led her down a lovely, strange and twisty path. For many years, she considered her most important mission as an artist to encourage people to follow their dreams. She still considers this a philosophy worth fighting for, but through all of her experiences, she has learned that while dreams can, indeed, be made real and more delightful than we imagine, they take a lot of work, a lot of patience and a lot of persistence. If there is one thing above all else she wants everyone to know, it is that dreams take work, but it is the greatest work we can do for ourselves and the world.. - from swirlygirl.com

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Ordinary Sparkling Moments, September 2008 xxxxxProduct design for Swirly Girl


What is your greatest fear?
A life without love.

What is your current state of mind?
open, free and creative

What is your favorite way of spending time?
Doing anything creative - drawing, painting, writing

What historical figure do you identify with?
Ayn Rand, because of the passion she had for her beliefs, standards and
convictions.

Which living person do you most admire?
My Grandma.

Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Dagny Taggart ("Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand).

Who are you're real-life heroes?
My grandma, my mom, my friends, and LED.

What is your most treasured posession?
My grandparents' wedding rings.

When and where are you happiest?
I am happiest in my home, with friends and family, sharing a beautiful
meal and laughing our heads off.

What is your most obvious characteristic?
Creative & artistic.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Moodiness.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Rudeness.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Eating out as often as I do.

What is your favorite journey?
Anywhere I've never been.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I wish I had fuller lips.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience.

On what occasion do you lie?
To avoid hurting someone's feelings.

Which words or phrases do you overuse the most?
Amazing!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I weren't quite so emotional.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Building and sustaining my career as an artist for almost a decade.

Where would you like to live?
Where I am right now - living between Venice, CA and Santa Ynez, CA

What is the quality you most admire in a man?
Confidence and determination.

What is the quality you most admire in a woman?
Passion and strength.

What is it you most dislike?
Rude people and loud noises.

What is it you most value in friends?
All the unique and creative ways they live their lives and refuse to
settle for less than a life they truly love.

How would you like to die?
In the arms of the man I love.

If you could choose and object to come back as, what would you choose?
A violin.

What is your motto (words that you live by or a mean a lot to you)?
Live to the point of tears.

Who has been the greatest influence on you?
My mom.

Questionnaire by Marcel Proust, a French writer who believed that people must know and understand themselves before they could know or understand others. He developed a list of subjective questions that he felt would help reveal to people their true selves and the inner personalities of those around them.

For more about Christine Miller you can visit her website at Swirlygirl.com or ChristineMasonMiller.com

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