For Nicole McLaughlin, the Pun Is Always Intended

What's the recipe behind Nicole McLaughlin's creative process? Self-expression, sustainability, and good old-fashioned fun, to name a few ingredients. "I think my work and my personality are very similar," she says. "The thoughts in my brain ... I'm able to take them out and turn them into something. If someone wanted to get to know me and they saw my work -- that's my personality." McLaughlin's output is, in a word, expansive. One day, she may be making a GORE-TEX cactus (yes, a cactus) out of ...