About Me

Hello world. I'm Lisa Whipkey and I am addicted to arts, crafts & photography. I'm married, with 4 furry kids (cats) and I am addicted to creating art using many, many mediums.
I live in the Seattle area. I have a full time job in I.T. and I have two .com's that I run.

Photography - www.kamerakat.com
Blog - http://kamerakat.blogspot.com/
Jewelry & Crafts - www.treebysea.com
Blog - http://lisawhipkey.blogspot.com/

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Yay! My art is now part of a corporate art collection!

An insurance company purchased some of my art for their collection and it is now hanging in the IT area, which is appropriate given the subject matter. I am very excited. Corporate art is an area that I am very interested in tapping in to. To the bes...

How to Store Unmounted Rubber Stamps

Get your craft room organized by storing your unmounted rubber art stamps in ways that save space and make the stamps easy to find.

Yippee! My Art is now available at Costco.com!

Costco.com now offers selected artworks with custom framing options on their website Costco.com. I was fortunate enough to have one of my images selected, and it is now available for purchase!

My New Fine Silver Jewelry Store - Tree By Sea - Open for Business

I just opened a new fine silver jewelry store on Etsy.com and my own site, Treebysea.com. My first few days were very successful. I hope this is a sign of nice things to come. Please wish me luck!

Addicted to "Artsy"

I love appreciate and create art of all kinds. I love so many things it's sometimes hard to know what to do first. I have recently began blogging about my passion for photography, bead & metal clay jewelry, rubberstamping, scrapbooking, etc... I thin...

How to Take Better Pictures for Scrapbooking, Part 2

In this lens, Photography and crafter Lisa Whipkey of Kamera Kat Studio and www.lisawhipkey.blogspot.com, share part 2 for her tips to taking better photos that will improve your scrap book pages or look like art in a frame too!

Art to Drool Over - Seattle's Own Creative Cupcakes on Martha Stewart

Seattle's own Trophy Cupcakes was featured on Martha Stewart as part of "Cupcake Week". The owner appeared on the show and baked the yummiest, pretty, grahm cracker & marshmallow cupcakes(s'mores). The following day I went to Trophy and stood in line...

How to Take Better Pictures for Scrapbooking Part 1

Lisa Whipkey of Kamera Kat Studio share some quick tips for improving the quality of photos that will be scrapbooked. Subscribe to her photo blog www.kamerakat.blogspot.com or crafters blog www.lisawhipkey.blogspot.com for more tips like this.

Light is a Crafters Best Friend - The Benefits of Full Spectrum Light for Crafters and Artists

This lens talks about the necessity of good lighting for crafters. In particular, full spectrum lighting which helps artist see true colors. This also gives a resource for a 40% sale on Ott-lights at Joann.