Jo Packham has been a leading innovator in the handmade publishing market for more than 30 years. A successful entrepreneur with her own publishing company, Chapelle, Ltd., she is currently the creator/Editor-in-Chief and partners with Stampington & Company to produce  Where Women Create — Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women and its sister magazine, Where Women Cook.

Jo has personally authored more than 40 titles, including her best selling title: Where Women Create, her newest book Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration, and soon to be released, WHERE WOMEN COOK CELEBRATIONS. Through Chapelle, Ltd., Jo works with designers and artists to create coffee table, instructional, and gift publications on topics ranging from home decorating and gardening to master woodworking and antique needlework.

Between 2000 and 2005, Jo and her daughter Sara embarked on a venture that helped spark the revitalization and renaissance of Historic 25th Street in Ogden, Utah. Working together, they opened and co-owned three upscale boutiques, Ruby & Begonia, The White Fig, and Olive & Dahlia, in the heart of this old commercial district. Their vision and creative entrepreneurship was rewarded with two Gifts & Decorative Accessories Retailer awards, one for visual marketing in 2002 and another for community service in 2003.

Jo’s latest collaboration was partnering with Nancy Soriano to launch the very successful conference, The Creative Connection-a 3-day conference, crafting extravaganza and shopping emporium that brings together artists, mothers, bloggers, cooks, business owners and crafters.

Her life has been a journey that seems as if it were taken straight from the pages of a storybook. She looks forward to the promises of tomorrow and is proud to say that every single day she is blessed to be able to do what she loves, that she is surrounded by family and friends whom she adores and respects, and that she is trusted enough to represent those whose passion is to create with their hands … whether it be food or art. She resides in Ogden Utah.