Meet Stacey Willey!
The uber-rockin' art director is responsible for all of those gorgeous layouts, super typographical choices and pages full of incredible design that grace each issue of Flea Market Style (including the one for which we are all waiting patiently!)
She's a Macintosh-driving dynamo, and the subject of today's FMS team profile:
HOME BASE: Urbandale, Iowa
FMS JOB: "Graphic Designer, Art Director and haphazard photographer." Find her at staceywilley.com.
"DAY JOB": Full-time mom to two fabulous kiddos and freelance designer for various publishers.
"FROM": Iowa. Corydon, Iowa to be exact.
ALTER EGO: "A nervous, blabbering idiot in uncomfortable situations. (I so dislike the me that shows up when I am nervous.)
DREAM JOB BESIDES THIS ONE: "Owner of a jet ski/surf board/bicycle rental shop on a beach (any beach). The studio/shop will have old reclaimed flooring, turquoise walls and windows on all four sides with long white linen panels that move softly with the breeze that comes in off the water..."
FAMILY: "Husband, Joe. My kiddos, Claire and Brendan."
PETS: Lucy, the beagle; Tinkerbell, the morkie (Maltese/Yorkie mix and an ornery little stinker at that); Sam, the cat; Emmy and Casey, guinea pigs; and Fish #1, #2, #3 and #4."
Worn jeans, boots, and Raygun T's.
"Eating water chestnuts. I hate nothing in this world, with the exception of water chestnuts."
BEDSIDE READING:
" 'Running Away to Home' by Jennifer Wilson
(Ironic that this is about an Iowan enduring a Croatian winter and not a book about the beach.)"
WOULD SAVE IF THE HOUSE WERE ON FIRE:
"Our kiddos and pets. And my laptop."
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: "My memory. I remember things in pictures. Probably not a true photographic memory but still. Procrastination. Dancing. Lil Bren and I dance together at least once everyday."
THE PERFECT DAY: "A day filled with my children's laughter while playing in the woods or on the trail searching for fairies or frogs."
ON HER iPOD:
Dan Arbach
Ok Go
Papercuts
The Head and the Heart
The Black Keys
Mumford & Sons
STARTS HER MORNING:
"With NPR and a frappuccino."
ENDS THE DAY:
"Cuddled up with two kiddos, reading and acting out stories/fairy tales before bedtime. And sometimes falling asleep with two kiddos."
GUILTY PLEASURE: "I like to eat bananas with cheese."
NEVER LEAVES THE HOUSE WITHOUT: "My cell phone."
FAVORITE JUNKING HAUNTS:
Walnut, Iowa in June.
Found Things, Des Moines, Iowa
Architectural Salvage, Des Moines, Iowa
NO ONE WOULD GUESS: "I feel claustrophobic when there is someone behind me in line at the grocery store. I think it's partly the fact that their food is so close to mine. And the magazine racks are so close. It's like a funnel."
BEST ADVICE: "Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, 'I'm Possible!' " -- Audrey Hepburn
Stacey makes beauty and inspiration possible for readers, friends and family each day! Keep counting down until sometime in February, when we'll see the latest creation from her and the FMS team!
Kim
2 comments:
Would Stacey happen to have relation in Nebraska? My maiden name was Willey...you don't see that spelling very often? My grandfather's name was Donald Willey...married to Marjorie Lee. Just wondering:-)
I LOVE your magazine! What a great job to have!
Love your profile, Stacey! But you forgot to mention that your little girl, Claire, will make an appearance in our new Spring 12 issue of Flea Market Style! She's a cutie, just like her mom!
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