As the youngest of three sisters, I am my father's "only son." Far more interested in power tools and wood shop than in makeup and Barbies, it was natural for me to continue to add skills as I grew up. Somewhere in elementary school, I learned to sew and crochet. Then in high school, I added papier mache and painting. College brought embroidery, wheel-thrown ceramics, and kitting into my world (I actually don't knit well, but I do knot well.) In my 20's I stumbled into the world of beads and wire.... to which I have since added sheet metal forming, polymer clay work, PMC, anvil skills, and a little bit of lampwork and cold connections. I hope to take a true farrier (metalsmithing) class soon and would love to own a ceramics kiln.

I opened my store in Etsy when friends insisted on paying me for the many earring sets I would make, and kept saying I could sell them if I wanted to. It's been fun and I make more than enough to keep my bead habit going.

I doodle non stop, dabble in many art forms, and feel confident in my ability to learn what is needed for whatever is broken or imperfect. Today I am the go-to woman among my friends when any cloth item needs hemming or alterations, or the pencil sharpener stops working, or a new dress needs that perfect piece of jewelry, or the statue they bought at an auction got dropped and the hand fell off into shards. I can hem the pants, fix the small appliance, design the necklace, and resculpt a perfect hand to glue on that statue. And I love doing it all.