About Us

        I was in the United States Army ~ Served five years and have two honorable discharges because I had re-enlisted. I learned how to be a dental assistant. I expanded into a four-handed dental assistant and also was the dental x-ray technician. I also ran the front desk most of the time and later learned how to clean teeth and worked as a dental hygienist while in the Army. I did pursue being a dental assistant when out of the Army for a number of years. Became disillusioned working for someone that was, shall we say "not honest" about the work he did. So left that field and headed over to the greenhouse to work and loved every minute of it. While in the Army they started using the "last four" of one's SS#--I was the one who changed the filling system over to the "last four" for the dental files at Fort Richardson Post in Alaska.

        I have worked in a greenhouse for over five years, taking over the duties of the office and took care of all three long sections of the greenhouse, and waited on customers. I opened and closed the business by myself every day. I have acquired a lot of knowledge about plants over the years. I still love plants and have had my own greenhouses. My house now is like a greenhouse, or so my husband tells me.

        I started my website back in 1997. I have learned HTML by trial and error, now it is almost instant when you work on a page. I knew nothing about computers, so I started to use them and learn. As the years went by and the computers started talking to you, learning becomes even easier and more fun. So I kept right on learning and moving in computers, marvelous machines "now". Learn the computer I did as well as HTML for doing my web site (online one page at a time). I also love making my own backgrounds using PSP along with my Rose Angels. 

        For me, it was the drive of getting my Angels done in embroidery. I knew nothing about embroidery then, other than the fact that I had got a simple Kenmore embroidery machine from Sears and only a 4x4 hoop size. But to me, I was in hog heaven. Learning all I could and sewing all the time. I made several quilts which have all been given away. All of them had lots of embroidery on them. As I could, I moved up to a Viking Epic 2 sewing embroidery machine, still amazed at what all they can do. My Rose Angel artwork is all that I have done over all of these years. There are several things that led me to do my Rose Angels. One of these was my Mother, another was my pet, Rosy. I only wish this all could have been learned much earlier in my life. I would have loved to show and share all this with my Mom. Mom would have just "loved" these new sewing machines and all they can do. I smile as I know Mom is watching from heaven and she is ok. 

UPDATE:  
        Now, that is my home online, off the beaten trail but, still there and selling my designs. Here is the new URL for my presents online:  

~~ http://www.craftyroseangel.com ~~. 

        My sister ( Nita Twardzak ) did hand draw almost all of my angels that I digitize. I can draw some but, when she gets started, she is fast and I can only smile as she turns them out. I am thankful that she wanted to help with the drawing end of things. We are a team effort. 

UPDATE:

My sister Nita T. passed on Dec. 2, 2019, from cancer. My world ended and it has taken me a couple of years to get back to doing the things I love. To get a website up and running once again to share our designs with everyone. I have many hand-drawn designs from Nita yet to be digitized, so that will keep me busy for a long time. 

Thank you for reading, 

Margo