When Pam was growing up in a very small town in Indiana, she really didn't appreciate those 10 years she spent in 4-H learning how to sew and cook. Nor did she appreciate her mother's ability to create acrylic and oil paintings or her father's hobby of making cast iron animals and dinner bells. Now she does because her own creative thread has awakened and refuses to be ignored.

She left her sewing machine at home when she went to college and swore never to sew again. Instead, she focused on getting her degrees in Creative Writing and English. Having accomplished that, she got married and moved to the "Big City" of St. Louis.

A few years later, Pam started a career in broadcasting which lasted nearly 15 years. It was more than time for a change. Longing to work from home, she looked for creative ways to support herself. SoulSeasoning emerged.

SoulSeasoning is a philosophy; a way of looking at life. Just as spices season the food we eat, SoulSeasoning is seasoning for the soul. When you see or touch something that makes you smile inside, that is part of what SoulSeasoning is about.

There are unlimited ways to season the soul and Pam enjoys creating such things. That old 1940's sewing machine she learned to sew on was brought out of the proverbial moth balls and she started sewing fun things like handbags and phone and sunglasses cases and fun little pouches she calls "dooble" cases that hold business cards or hair rubber bands or cash or just anything that needs a special wrapping. Pam decided after looking at these beautiful things that sewing isn't so bad after all! She also realized all those years of agony in pursuit of the perfect seam and impeccable design and construction had paved the way for her artistic spirit to emerge. Her useable textile art shows that.

Each item is constructed and designed individually and that makes them unique. She insists on components that are visually and tactilely stimulating. But there is one thing that Pam adds to each piece that is hard to find in mass produced and store-bought items. That secret ingredient is Love. Pam learned long ago that food prepared with love just tastes better. She applies that same concept to her textile art. It shows.

As an endnote, many people ask about the red circle and X below and on the card included with each SoulSeasoning item. It goes back to those years when Pam was learning to cook and sew. As a girl, her favorite thing to cook was pies - especially pies made with apples from her grandmother's apple tree. When one makes a pie with a crust on top, vents need to be cut to let the steam out. Back then, she started making fanciful designs on the pie crusts instead of mere slits. And always, on every pie she has ever made, she has included a circle with an X in it. It seemed fitting to use it as the logo for SoulSeasoning.