My earliest memories of design....

My earliest memories of design stem back to all the arts and crafts projects we had to do in grade school. This was always a favorite time of class for me, because it meant that I could let my imagination run wild. I remember my kindergarten or first grade teacher being shocked that I had made her a card depicting a scene from a book that we had read. The book was about the caterpillars transformation, and to show the caterpillar I cut out a long piece of paper and folded it accordion style and then added eyes and had a whole scene going with the moon and a tree in the background. It was not a required assignment, but I had so much fun playing with my construction paper, glue, and scissors at home I wanted her to have it. With my supplies I felt invincible with my never ending imagination at hand. My mom and grandma always looked at me with amazement, because I could be left alone for hours with my supplies creating and designing whatever my hearts desired.