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Tyler Benjamin Speas was born in Waukesha Wisconsin on October 26th 1984.  He moved to Milwaukee in 2003 where he attended the University of Milwaukee Wisconsin, Peck School of the Arts and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts.  He has been practicing art and living in...

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Colorful, outrageous, unique, and drop dead gorgeous, you can spot a bouquet from Lina Floral a mile away. Her unusual usage of flowers and color create inspiring arrangements making the ordinary twelve stems of roses seem like child's play. We took a minute to pick owner Wendy Melrose's brain about...

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Suna Lock, creative director of Stripe Design Group and one of the owners of Stripe and Stripe MEN, recently repainted and tiled her stairs for a quick facelift of the entryway to her 140 year old Victorian nestled into Downtown Santa Cruz. Since the chatter and excitement about Suna's mini...

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"North American Birds" Janina A. Larenas is a printmaker and book artist who works with a variety of mediums to create narrative imagery. Her pieces range from stickers and posters to science illustration, embroidery to zines, often merging technical crafts with fine art presentation. Her current exhibit, North American Birds is a...

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    Last week we went to visit Santa Cruz Bikes, a local company that we had the pleasure to work with last year. Santa Cruz Bikes went from a homegrown, small company to being internationally recognized so it came quite natural for them to find a new facility that...

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