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Creative Camp! Instructors
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 Lesa Berryhill - Berryhill Drapery Design, Round Rock, TX
Creative Camp! Class:
- Social Networking & Marketing for Wholesale & Retail Workrooms: Evening Event Class
With a background in fashion apparel and high-end home furnishings, Lesa brings a unique perspective to the art of window treatment design and fabrication. Her outgoing personality and cutting edge techniques come together to create beautiful custom window treatments and happy clients throughout the greater Austin, Texas area.
Lesa is a member and current president of the Houston Area Custom Drapery Association and has presented a Social Media class to the HACDA group with resounding success.
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 Ann Johnson - AKJ Workroom, Avon Lake, OH
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Arched Pleated Panels: Core Class
Ann owns AKJ Workroom, a retail/wholesale workroom established in 1992. She is the author of "The Professional Workroom Handbook of Swags, Volumes 1 & 2." They are highly acclaimed technical manuals that teach the basic engineering qualities of the swag pattern.
Ann also managed a custom workroom supervising seven sewers and developing written standards and fabrication instructions. She draws on that experience as a very popular industry speaker, giving seminars across the country. She is a member of WCAA, The Workroom Association of America, an instructor for the CHF Academy, a WFCP-Associate and affiliated with DreamDraper.
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 Kenneth D. King - Couture Designer, New York, NY
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Specialty Details and Techniques: Core Class
Kenneth D. King is a New York-based haute couturier, who specializes in evening wear. His work has been exhibited at the San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum, in the permanent collections of the De Young Museum in San Francisco, the L.A. County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
King is the author of "Cool Couture" and teaches in the Haute Couture program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He was a Guest Professor for Haute Couture at Drexel University in Philadelphia in the spring of 2008 and 2009.
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 Jimmy Loyd - JImmy Loyd Photography, Houston, TX
Creative Camp! Class:
- Photography for Workrooms: Core Class
Jimmy Loyd has been a photographer for the past 25 years. He shifted to digital photography during the 1990s and, in 1997 took the entrepreneurial plunge and started his own business, Jimmy Loyd Photography. In addition to his photography business, he freelances for various news media in the greater Houston area, including the Houston Chronicle. Currently he teaches photography for several schools and associations, including the Houston Center for Photography.
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 Missy Martin - Missy Martin's Drapery Workroom, Zachary, LA
Creative Camp! Class:
- Machine Feet and Workroom Tools: Core Class
Missy Martin is the owner of Missy Martin's Drapery Workroom in Zachary, Louisiana. In 1989 Missy opened a small part time sewing shop. 2002 brought a change to concentrate as a full service trade-only workroom. Missy recognizes that a quality product is determined by both the materials and workroom knowledge. She believes that training and education are key to fabricating quality custom drapery and soft furnishings. Missy is a member of WCAA and the local Louisiana Workroom Group.
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 Gillian Wendel - The Wendelworks, Pinehurst, TX
Creative Camp! Class:
- Headboards - Hands-on: Add-on Optional Class
- Embellishments and Fine Details: Core Class
- Inspired Drapery Panel Headings: Core Class
Gillian Wendel, owner of the award winning Wendel Works, began her nationally recognized window fashions business in 1999. Serving clients in the Greater Houston area, Gillian provides window fashion designs, complete bed ensembles, upholstery, fabrication and installation. With a fully stocked library of fabrics, trims and hardware, The Wendel Works can create a one-of-a-kind look that embodies the essence of the world of custom.
Speaker - IWCE 2010 & 2011
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 Michele Williams
Pricing Without Emotion Class (prior to Creative Camp on March 8-9, 2012)
Michele Williams is the Communications Director of the CHF Academy and the Drapery and Design Professional Magazine Editor-In-Chief. She owns The Scarlet Thread, a retail drapery workroom in Alpharetta, Georgia, which she launched in 2000, after a successful career in financial software design. Michele also serves on the WCAA National Board of Directors as Vice President and is a past president of the Atlanta Chapter.
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