About Jane
Jane Monzures Clauss is a 3-time EMMY Award winning television host of Creative Living on the Yurview Network and a long-time radio personality most recently gracing the airwaves as the co-host of The Steve Cochran Show on WLS 890AM. Jane is also the producer and host of Craft Room Crash and is a featured correspondent on CBS 2 Chicago. Jane can also be heard on her popular Creative Living podcast.
Jane contributes her sewing and embroidery projects as a BROTHER Sews Ambassador. She is a do-it-yourself maker with contagious enthusiasm, a rip-it-apart and remake-it sense of humor, and a more is more and less is a bore attitude! All on the rocks with a twist and olive!
She also adds her artistic talents as a DIY features expert on television programs including NBC’s TODAY Show, FOX Good Day Chicago, Lifestyle Today, The List, ABC’s Windy City Live, FOX 17 Morning Mix, NOLA Now, Houston Life, We Are Austin, Peachtree TV Atlanta and so many more morning shows across the country.
Jane coined the term “UpCrafting” as her passion to refashion, refurbish, recreate and reuse sweeps the nation. She was repurposing before repurposing was cool. This is no “Plain Jane”; she is the crafty, modern domestic diva who is clever and inventive in all aspects of her life.
Jane started her career in radio so you may recognize her voice the legendary rock station 97.9 The Loop, as afternoon host 100.3fm, or adding her wit and charm to the icon WGN 720. She also graced the radio airwaves in Atlanta as morning-show co-host at 93.3 Dave-fm. Jane was also the decade long host of Living Healthy Chicago, the only health television show in the market, on WGN TV. Jane is a trusted voice when it comes to health, wellness, medicine, and fitness.
Numerous companies and brands turn to Jane to promote, support and endorse their businesses and products. Jane is a spokesperson for major brands in the lifestyle arena including Brother Sewing and has worked with Zico Coconut Water, KAI Scissors, Fairfield World and Xycco Brands.
WIth Jane’s following online and in the media, viewers all over the country trust Jane when it comes to creative lifestyle recommendations.
Jane is dedicated to raising awareness and funding for rare degenerative brain disease research and brain donation.
Jane plunged into the world of couture with her own unique brand of clothing made from repurposed neckties and shares her craftastic talents with her DIY by Jane lifestyle brand.
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If you are still reading, Jane loves to “upcycle” vintage fashion and furniture into new trends, enjoys cooking for anyone who will eat it, and will jump in the ring for a good bout of kickboxing any time! Jane and her husband, Kurt, live in Chicago!