Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Sally Marts has never considered any career other than design and illustration.

After receiving a BFA at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, she realized rather quickly that a Fine Arts Degree was not enough to gain entry into the commercial art field so she attended Burnley School of Commercial Art. Upon completion, she became an artist for a major department store in Seattle. After she married and had her first child, she opened a home studio and freelanced for the department store for 10 years.

Later in her career, while designing and illustrating for a large toy company, Sally knew she had found her calling. Illustrating for children became her passion and today she lives in Seattle and works out of her own studio which she shares with her dog, two cats and her imagination.

Sally has created our best-selling ABC Poster for young children that has consistantly been selling into the school maket since we released the product in 2004. For more information on this poster and how to purchase it here, check the link to the right.

Duing the fall of 2007, Sally put the finishing touches on our new gift book, Melchior's Gift. We will have more information on our site in August of 2008 about this inspiring new book authored by Marilee Joy Mayfield. You will also be able to purchase this book here on our site at that time. A perfect holiday gift!