 Join us for 1, 2, or all 3 days of THE CREATIVE CONNECTION EVENT. Space is limited!
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CONFESSIONS OF A PIONEER WOMAN FRONTIER LUNCHEON
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
How many times will you have the chance to have lunch with The Pioneer Woman? This is a very special treat for attendees of THE CREATIVE CONNECTION EVENT. You will be able to listen to Ree and hear first hand the stories she has to tell. Two hours of story time, time for questions you have always wanted to ask, and the “real” answers straight from The Pioneer Woman herself. And not only that, you will be served Ree’s favorite meal at tables that could be set as a part of her everyday country life.
Book-Signing Cocktail Hour & Keynote Dinner
Thursday, September 16th – 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Don’t miss THE CREATIVE CONNECTION’s opening party and dinner! We will begin with a Book Signing Cocktail Party (with a special, signature CREATIVE CONNECTION cocktail!) From 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Come and meet the twelve artist/entrepreneurs featured in the August 2010 issue of Jo Packham’s Where Women Create and have each one sign your copy of the magazine. You will also be able to shop for books by our teachers and vendors, who will be available to inscribe your personal copy.
We move into the Grand Ballroom at 7:00 for dinner and presentations from our three keynote speakers. Marcus E. Leaver, President of Sterling Books, will begin, then followed by Amy Butler and MaryJane Butters. These extraordinary individuals will share their stories and passion about their business and the creative process. Question and Answer to follow. Moderated by Nancy Soriano
 Amy Butler is a creative designer known for her sophisticated yet relaxed modern approach to printed fabrics and products for home, fashion, and craft. With spirited color and confident combinations, her fresh point of view is apparent in all of the products she creates.
As a sewing pattern designer, Amy has brought modern styling to the sewing arts and inspired a new generation of young women to “find their own style.” With millions of hits a month on her Web site and numerous editorial appearances, Amy’s growing brand has become synonymous with creativity, sustainability, quality, and great style.
Amy works from her studio in Central Ohio with her husband, cats, and a small staff of amazing friends. Her fabrics, patterns, handbags, design and project books, and home decor products are sold worldwide. Please visit www.amybutlerdesign.com to find out more.
Former wilderness ranger, environmental activist, and modern-day organic farmer, MaryJane Butters has worn many hats (and aprons) in her day, but none more proudly than editor of her own magazine, MaryJanesFarm, and author published by Random House. In addition, she designs and sells her own line of bedding in 400 department stores (including her own retail stores). Her fabric collections are sold worldwide. On her Web site (www.maryjanesfarm.org) she sells Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) totes, quilts, dolls, and more. She resides in Moscow, Idaho. Read More
 Ree Drummond is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Her beloved blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, receives 4 million unique site visitors and more than 20 million page views per month. The site is a perennial Bloggies winner, named Weblog of the Year and Best-Designed Weblog in both 2009 and 2010. It has also taken home Bloggies for Best Writing of a Weblog (2008 and 2010), Best Photography of a Weblog (2009), Best Food Blog (2008), and Best-Kept Secret Weblog (2007). Along with her own site, Ree created the popular recipe-sharing website Tasty Kitchen, which has a growing database of recipes from home cooks everywhere. She was recently named one of Forbes’ Top 25 Web Celebs, and Time magazine called Confessions of a Pioneer Woman one of 2009’s 25 Best Blogs. Ree has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, QVC, and The View and has been featured in Woman’s Day, People, More, and Southern Living. Her next book, The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels—A Love Story, the story of her unexpected and unlikely romance with her husband, will be published in February 2011. She lives on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma with her husband and four children. Please visit her at www.thepioneerwoman.com
Marcus E. Leaver
Marcus E. Leaver became president of Sterling Publishing in January 2008. He is responsible for the management of the company, both creatively and operationally. Mr. Leaver joined Sterling in 2005 as chief operating officer, bringing focus to and strengthening many operational areas of the business, including operations, finance, book production and manufacturing.
Prior to Sterling, he served as chief executive officer of the Chrysalis Books Group, one of the leading illustrated non-fiction publishing companies in the United Kingdom, from 2002-2004, and corporate development director of Chrysalis Group plc, a London Stock Exchange-listed media company, from 1999-2002.
Mr. Leaver graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in art history and received his MBA from London Business School. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and two children.
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