I'm Californian by birth and half-century, lived in Arizona for a little over two years and one day decided I was just unfit to live in hot-spots. I packed car and cat and moved to Illinois in '98 and have been, happily, a snow-bunny ever since.

There's a theory that the creative tendency skips generations. I suspect that is true. My father's mother was an excellent artist; my father didn't exhibit any artistic talent at all, nor did any of his siblings. However, his sister Eva's son was an accomplished architect (sorta half-a-beat for this theory) and HIS son is one of the stellar artists in glass artistry -- Loren Stump. Interesting that two beadmakers would pop up contemporaneously; unfortunately, I haven't seen him for about 43 years...

Now I'm making little Dewdrops which stampers and scrapbookers use like mad! As far as I know, I'm the only one who makes them out of really quality dichroic material, so I'm hearing from people all over the world. Lots of fun!  

 Less than fun, though, is the fact that since I live on Social Security, they (and other items I offer on eBay) are an important part of my monthly income (which is less than $900 most months), so if you're tempted to bid, please do!   I promise you value and service ... my feedback reflects that, too!