Johns Creek artist paying it forward

Eileen Sirica Cardillo was having one of those moments when nothing seemed right.

She was nearing 50 and working in a part-time job that offered her no creative outlet, her three kids were getting older, and a dear friend was in the midst of a battle against cancer.

“It was a difficult time emotionally,” Cardillo said recently. “I was struggling with what my purpose was, what I could still do to help my family financially but also do something that might tie into my creative dream and somehow touch people’s lives.”