Lisa Jameson aka Pepstar was born in Montreal, Canada in the 1960's. Her parents & siblings were from England. The family migrated to San Jose, California in the early 1970's. Lisa now resides in Prescott Valley, AZ.

Lisa's family has strong artistic skills. She was blessed to have been born with an active imagination and began drawing in the fourth grade and continued through High School.  At that time the doll collecting took a back seat to the art. She was taking three art classes a day, drawing portraits in pencil and ink. Lisa continued to draw as she got older, mostly as a hobby and gifts for others. In the 1980's she moved to the Los Angeles area and lived in Venice for 6 years. She dabbled in painting denim vests and jackets, mainly animated characters.

Dolls were a big part of Lisa's life as a child. She collected mainly Barbies throughout the years. She began collecting Barbie dolls again while living in Venice, keeping them boxed and displaying them new.

Lisa moved back to San Jose in the early 1990's. Everything took a back seat at that time, while she looked for work. She discovered Abode Photoshop, creating some interesting computer graphics and photo manipulations.  It wasn't until late 1998 that she began doll collecting again and this is when she discovered the Tonner Fashion Dolls and began her doll painting project. Goodbye Barbie dolls.

In 2005 she discovered the world of Ball Joint Dolls. Again. After she received her first one, she was blown away. They became her new canvas and Lisa hasn't looked back. The rest is history as they say.