Kathy Cano-Murillo Email & Phone Number

Illustrator and licensed designer of various products such as greeting cards (Designer Greetings), fabric (Riley Blake Designs), craft supplies (Makers Movement), ceramic home goods (Bisque Imports). Ideation, trend research, sketch, final illustration to create exclusive retail lines of Crafty Chica branded merchandise.

A lifestyle site with Latina-flair that focuses on creative living: Crafts, recipes, entertainment, travel plus-size fashion, books. What unites all of these topics is that they are presented through the perspective of Kathy, The Crafty Chica. Aside from the web site, Kathy has many other branches to Crafty Chica: speaking, authoring books, product lines, illustration, brand ambassadorships, consulting, and a strong social media platform.

Kathy has spent the last decade as a keynote speaker, panelist, national storyteller, online host, podcaster, podcast guest, storytelling coach, and more. She shares the nitty-gritty specifics of what worked and what flopped to help people take action to exceed their goals. Speaker reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xj-1I7p0kQ

Fresno, Ca, Us

My position at iLoveToCreate consisted of developing and designing my own "Crafty Chica"​ craft supply product line, based on my web site of the same name. I also served as spokesperson for Aleene's, Tulip and Duncan Ceramics.

I signed on with Grand Central Publishing in July 2007 for the release of my novel, WAKING UP IN THE LAND OF GLITTER. Release date is March 1st, 2010. It is the first book in my "Crafty Chica Novel"​ series. My second book is called MISS SCARLET'S SCHOOL OF PATTERNLESS SEWING and comes out in 2011. Look for a new crafty novel every year from me! I work full-time at my day job and I write my novels at night.

This is a webisodes series for Lifetime Television network based on my Crafty Chica craft column, books and web site. It is called "Crafting With the Chica". This series consists of 4-minutes epsiodes of instructional crafts set to music with a fun, playful setting. I design and make the projects, as well as write the scripts. Produced by Bungalow3 Productions. More than 20 episodes currently in production, the series launched in October.

Phoenix, Az, Us

I write a weekly freelance column called "Crafty Chica" that runs in the Home section of the Republic, and goes out to 100 papers on the Gannett News Wire.

Phoenix, Az, Us

I worked as a features reporter covering movies, TV, pop culture, music, dining, and local events. I still work for The Arizona Republic on a freelance basis, writing my weekly column, "Crafty Chica, which runs in 50 papers around the country on the Gannett News Service wire.