Hi! I’m Kuky of Kuky Ideas. Is that my real name? Why yes! My parents are weird.

No. Just kidding. Kuky is a nickname. I got it ages ago from my childhood friend, Olinda. And when thinking of a name for my website I decided to use it. I thought it would give me a little bit more privacy since Kuky as a name is more common than my real first name. If I email you, you’ll see my real first name so if you really want to know, email me.

So, a little bit about me and my website. This started as a knitting blog but it has evolved into what you see now. You’ll see a lot on Isabelle. That’s my daughter, the mischievous monkey. She joined us in September 2005. Then there’s Alan, my wonderful husband. We’re high school sweethearts that got married back in 1991.

We live in California in the Bay Area. I’m an artist stay at home mom and Alan drives semi trucks. Wow let me just say writing that word “artist” was so hard. It’s taken me years to be comfortable with my creativity. But yes that’s what I am. I create. I make. I am an artist. I have a Bachelor degree in Art but yes I had a hard time with the word artist. Well anyhoo back to what I was saying.

What else is on here? My ramblings and scattered interests. You can see me hopping from project to project and buying supplies for things that you won’t ever see me use. You’ll also see sewing, my latest obsession. But mostly it’ll be about the family and my illustrations because oh yeah didn’t I already mention, I’m an artist? See, I’m embracing the word.