BIOGRAPHY

About Christina

Fantasy artist and mystical crafter, Christina Davis, was born on January 21, 1976 in Wyandotte, MI.  Christina currently resides in Howell, MI with her loving husband, Jeff and three adorable pets.  She has been in love with fantasy, arts and crafts all of her life.   Starting at an early age, Christina attended art classes at the YMCA on Saturday mornings.  Unicorns, faeries, butterflies, beautiful gardens and anything in the fantasy realm interested her as a child.  In high school, Christina took as many art classes as the curriculum allowed.  She became president of the Art Honor Society for it's very first two years at RHS.  Christina is so grateful for having two inspirational art teachers, Brad Gravelle and Tanya Au, throughout high school.  After high school, Christina attended Wayne State University in their Art program for four years.  She has gained tons of artistic knowledge from WSU as well as learning a lot on her own.

Christina has always had a love for all things magical.  In 1999, Christina became a lot more interested in Goddesses and other spiritual things.  After creating a painting of “Isis and Osiris,” she was commissioned to do several other goddess paintings.  That is when Christina decided to start creating paintings to sell to the public.  Acrylic paints and oils were what she used mostly at that time as well as embellishments that were added as magical touches.

Throughout Christina’s life, she has dabbled in so many different crafts.  In 2001, she decided to try her hand at candles.   Christina loves the soft, enchanting glow of a candle as well as all the beautiful shapes and colors that they come in.  She started off making artistic pillar candles, which were a hit with family and friends.  One day, Kelly, Christina’s roommate at the time, decided to help get Christina started with a business to sell her art and crafted gifts.  Kelly created Christina’s first website and became her agent.  The business started off with the name, Craftin Out Loud. 

A year later, Christina changed the business name to Autumn Moon.  Autumn is Christina’s favorite season of the year and she is completely drawn to the mystical full moon.  Her friend, Rebecca, designed her first logo for Autumn Moon and is still used on banners. 

In September of 2005, Jessica Galbreth and Amy Brown were an inspiration to Christina to start painting with watercolors.  She hadn’t painted a whole lot since the candle business took off and limited her time.  When she started back to painting, her first piece was “Lady of the Lake” and was for an online art show. 

Over the years, Christina has added many new and interesting products, lots of fragrances to choose from and magical art.  The business continues to grow.  Christina's dream is to one day open an enchanted gallery & gift shop to sell her items along with items from her artist friends.  In the meantime, her website, www.autumn-moon.com, is her retail outlet. In Autumn of 2007, Christina started a new product line called Candles Enchanted.  It is a private labeling candle line for artists, photographers and retailers worldwide!

In January 2010, Christina was able to quit her day job to concentrate on the art and candle business.  Many new and exciting things will be happening with Autumn Moon this year!