Sarah England's Author/Creator and Illustrator

The Author and Creator

Treva Jo Kampe

The Illustrator

Julie  Rodriguez Jones

Julie Rodriguez Jones grew up in the 1950s in old Richmond, California after WWII when shipyard workers dotted the area.  She used to play under their avocado tree in her front (!) yard and had many adventures with her dolls and tea sets, having picnics and going "camping" with them. 

Julie always had an interest in art but it was secondary to college, raising a family and her career.  It was her son's vivid imagination that spurred her on to develop her own talents when she was in her 40s.  Julie went on to study art with Gwyneth Welch, Arngunner Yr and Lien Truong at the Berkeley School of the Arts. 

Julie left corporate America after 33 years of working for a government research and development laboratory and started Art from the Soul January 1, 2000.

Julie specializes in a variety of art including liturgical art, astronomical art, flowers and a host of graphic services.  Julie's art can be seen nation wide in churches, on book covers, greeting cards and more.   You can see her award winning art at

www.ArtFromTheSoul.com.  Julie now lives in Sparks, Nevada with her family and is grateful for days filled with creativity.

I was born and raised in a small town surrounded by fields and farms and so many places to wander and explore.  It was heaven to a child, an idyllic environment to just use my imagination and play to my hearts content.

My creative life really began during the early 1940s when there were very few toys in stores and we had to make up our own playthings.  My grandmother taught me how to make a dollhouse out of an orange crate and beds for my dolls out of Quaker Oat boxes and to sew on a little Singer hand operated sewing machine.   So, I sewed everything and anything that my dollies and kitten needed....and boy did they need a lot.  My childhood was so rich with learning to do things and make things for myself.

During college I chose a major that would help me further develop skills in design and textiles.  At that time my children were very small and in my spare time I knitted their sweaters, sewed little rompers and dresses (which my daughter even at three refused to wear). The designing of products began at this time period and for twenty years I had a company designing and selling for stores through the country.

My years of teaching seminars at the Fashion Institute of Technology, helping people learn how to design products and start companies was very rewarding.  I used my summer free time to teach in India and work with non profit organizations helping village woman learn how to make more marketable handmade products.  This is my true love...reaching out to women so that they can be self supporting.

Sharing the world of Sarah England has been a long desired dream and now that I have time to relate her life and adventures I feel fulfilled.

I do hope that you, your daughters and granddaughters love her too.