Meet the Face Behind the Business Name: Julie Isaacs
Lifelong Crafter & Public School Art Teacher turned Small Business Potter
Hello! I'm Julie and basically I like to make stuff.
If it's a craft or art I probably have tried it or plan to try it. And out of all those things pottery is the thing that has strongest hold on me.
I am a former public school art teacher and think some part of me will always miss teaching. But for now I am lucky enough to enjoy the flexibility of pottery part time and travel with my husband whose job requires travel around the country .
As far as my art goes I like to call my style modern folk pottery. I usually make what ever idea pops in my head, but some themes stick out like flowers and bugs and bright colors.
The Story Behind the Name
If you have met Julie at an art market, you’ve probably heard the story…
The name "Letter J for Julie" is one from Julie’s childhood.
Forever ago when Julie was in kindergarten, the alphabet was introduced to her with letter people.
It was a big secret which letter would be introduced that week. After lunch, her class would gather on the carpet and Ms. Wright, Julie’s teacher, would play a cassette tape (yeah, that old) that played a jingle describing all the things this letter started with. Then the class would watch a little cartoon that would introduce the letter person.
For example, the letter "I" was Mr. I - Incredible Inventor and Mr. S was Super Socks. The whole week after the class would be learning activities and crafts related to the letter.
Julie was SO excited for the first letter of her name (maybe even more than most 5 year olds would be if she was honest). She would imagine all the things letter J could be...Jazzy Jewelry or Jubilant Jumper. So on the day when the jingle described trash, she had no idea what to do when they said Mr. J - Jumbled Junk!
And just let her tell you, Julie was heartbroken.
Julie went home to tell her mom (and probably cry) how unfair it was that “J” was for junk.
In all honesty its all a little fuzzy from the emotions her younger self with little experience with disappoint was feeling but Julie remembers her mom telling her that the letter was for whatever "J" word she wanted it to be, and that J was always for Julie.