Crafter Tanja Maduzia has always been a creator — even as a young child. On her website, she jokes that you'd be hard pressed to find another 8-year-old who "took side walk chalk art and crafting projects during rainy-day recess more serious than me."
That creative side found an outlet in her mother's antique store, where Tanja started working at age 12. There, she had an early introduction to the world of decorative arts and architecture, and learned the dedication to quality, customer relations and work ethic that she says serves her so well running her own business today.
Tanja owns "byTanja" a custom invitation design and crafting business in L.A. At work, she funnels her love of aesthetic elements into the medium of crafting, creating custom work including scrapbooks, bat mitzvah invitations and wedding albums for high-profile clients since 2004. You also can see her featured from time to time crafting on Lifetime Network and Oxygen.