Dirty girl creative’s goal is to create handcrafted art and homegrown flower arrangements at a reasonable price. Each arrangement and piece of art is handcrafted and made with a commitment to use at least 80% recycled and natural materials. For example, all vases used in flower arrangements are sourced from local recycling centers and resale stores. All glass frames used in artwork are sourced from secondhand stores or local swap shops. All additions to the multimedia art are sourced from either found natural product or recycled product such as corks, bottle caps, paper towel tubes, etc.

Cindy Dodds found her love for art and nature at a young age. As an only child, she grew up helping her father with his gardens and entertaining herself by drawing and painting. Her parents always referred to her as the "dirty girl" in her love for art and all things messy in the garden.

After obtaining a fine art degree from the University of New Hampshire, she pursued a career as a graphic designer and founder of Graphic Details in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

In 2005, and the height of her career at age 41, Cindy was diagnosed with star-guards disease, a degenerative, non-treatable form of macular degeneration, and was told she would likely go legally blind within  within 3 to 5 years. Cindy made the difficult decision to sell her business.  Ironically, Graphic Details was known for its attention to detail in illustrations and other graphic arts representations, the primary trait that Cindy was now losing.

Graphic Details is alive and thriving today, thanks to Brenda Riddell, a longtime employee who purchased the business in 2007 and has grown the business ever since.

Thankfully, Cindys vision, while not perfect, has plateaued and stayed stable. While reading handwriting, painting in the detail she used to enjoy, and driving at night in rainy conditions are some limitations, Cindy is committed to pursing the passions of gardening and art that she has loved throughout her life.

In 2025, while spending time escaping winter in Florida, Cindy decided to start making some simple Christmas ornaments to give as gifts, something she had often done each year, using a variety of different materials.

While she had experimented briefly with epoxy resin in 2021, this time, she finally found that it was the perfect fit for her artistically. Resin art is free flowing, somewhat unpredictable, can be created on a large or small scale, and is flexible to be used incorporating a variety of different materials. This new media has proven to be very fun to work with.

Thank you for visiting this website, supporting local art, and local farming, and bringing smiles to those around you through small gifts and kind words always!