Hi! Im Kristal, your favorite local resin artist here in DUUUUUVAL.

When people ask me how I started my business it always gives me a little anxiety because the truth is, this wasn’t started out of rainbows and sunshine. In early 2018, one of my very best friends, Joel Zuniga passed away which caused a sad time for me and my mental health. I was searching for something, anything to distract me & get me out of the house.

Christmas of 2017 I was gifted a camera by my husband to start my own photography business. It had always been a passion of mine & I will always thank my husband Andrew for this purchase because it totally changed the trajectory of where I was headed. I soon started my account @PhotoGang18 ((If you scroll back far enough on my instagram, this whole era is documented)). Not long after the algo started showing me videos of pour paintings and I immediately had to try it out! Plot Twist…. People actually wanted to buy my pour paintings.
I was shook.

This hobby had become my therapy, the thing I looked forward to doing every single day. I took my first paintings to market in Feb 2019 & my hobby officially became my obsession. I started trying to elevate my paintings by adding a resin layer on top of them which was my first introduction to resin. Eventually my focus went mainly to resin.

The time came for me to get serious about my business and I changed my name to Kristal Creates. I chose the name because I didn’t just create Art…. I created videos, photos, as well as cocktails (that’s a whole other story). It stuck and Kristal Creates was officially born March 7 2019 and has later evolved to Kristal Creates LLC in July 2021.

I am so thankful to everyone who has supported my dream by buying my art, following me on social media, or even just sharing my posts to your timelines or stories. Every little act of support means the entire world to me. Also, I couldn’t be where I am today without the unwavering support of my husband Andrew who always saw something in me, & made me see it in myself. I am the luckiest girl in the world to be living this life.