Close up with Anne Shutan

Shutan originally studied creative writing. (She even had a teacher tell her to “forget art.”) But she wanted to work with her hands and ended up learning from a traditional Dutch woodworking master. That’s where she crafted her first door.

Local businesswoman of the year: Claudia Burrows

Knowing that every day is a gift that needs to be celebrated and cherished. Waking up and knowing that I have another day to be productive and possibly help someone that needs it makes everything worthwhile.

Close up: Boulder’s Casttoo makes a canvas out of plaste

Now Smith, along with art and business partner Jessica Prince, designs and ships removable art decals to the broken-boned, worldwide. Boulder-based Casttoo (think cast-tattoo) also designs decals for prosthetic limbs and knee braces. The idea is that a personalized cast, decorated with colorful images, aids the healing process by encouraging happy thoughts.

Close up with Lisa Fraser, owner of Pompadours Salon

I love it when I have a day at home to putz around the house and get caught up, work in my garden weeding and deadheading and then sit in my backyard swing with a good book. I have a sense of accomplishment from getting things done and I can sit back and relax and enjoy how nice everything looks.

Close up with Heidi Ganahl

“You really have to love yourself before you can be in love with someone else or be in love with your career. You have to be really grounded and understand yourself. And that just takes time and going through experiences. So you have to get beat up a lot before you get to that point.”

Close up: Boulder duo brightens up the tennis scene

Fun, affordable and different. These three words are what brought Holly Dennis and Susan Gallo together to start their business, FortyLoveTennis, in 2004.

Close Up with Kelly Shea

We wanted to know more about the face behind the Horizon Organic cheese. So for this month’s Close Up, we asked Kelly Shea 11 questions. Because 10 just wouldn’t have been enough.

Close up with Kim Troy

Kim Troy’s small, athletic presence emerges from the Purl Knit Cafe’s kitchen at Water Street, where she’s making her Bliss Organic Ice Cream. She’s wearing black shorts, a white T-shirt and heels. Throughout the next hour with Women’s Magazine, she’ll graciously take interruptions from customers, many wondering about upcoming knitting events.

Close Up with Nicole DeBoom

The SkirtSports office is much how one would imagine it: pink walls, pink shag throw rugs, fit employees donning the cute wares they peddle. Seated in the front conference room is Nicole DeBoom, a barefoot blonde wearing a hot pink and white HolidayTank and a white and lime green RollerGirl skirt. Resting in the corner is her 10-year-old lab, Annie.

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“Patience” — a name, a life, a vocation — and also a characteristic of Patience Schuetrumpf, founder of the Patience Montessori school in Boulder.

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