Oh Johnson Country you are difficult!

This is part of my workspace, where the "magic" happens
I sucks at taking photos.... Where is the boyfriend when you need him? I'd be a good photographer too if i had a camera like that.. yeesh.

One of my more playful pieces. Hello kitty meets craft meets 1950s pearl... CUTE! you cant see if but its a lock and key for a toggle piece.

I've been working on getting my tax ID and buisness lisencing out of the way. Man, Johnson County says nothing online! Thats what I get for living in a small town. When my parents owned their craft buisness in the 90s and 2000's... they knew how to do everything, so they have been trying to give me advice. Nothing is very straightforward at the local level... NOTHING! lol. Field Trip to the court house tomorrow before Spanish class. Reminding me I need to make spanish rice for the Dia los muertos party. too bad i dont any cute skull stuff. I guess I left that behind in the 10th grade. Oh wells.

The product of having itching hands

I've sold to the ladies at work and to family members.. I'm beginning this project with my best foot forward. This is me. This is my work. This is what I love.

I have made things since I was a kid. Growing up in the Mojave Desert of California and the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, I always had a fasination with rocks,nature, native americans, and the earth. When I was a kid I remember taking old t shirts and cutting them up, taking the pink flowers off the bush in the back yard and using it to make dye for the old shirts. I'd cut upart the fabric after it dried in the Arizona summer months... so about 2 minuites? lol. Then i'd sew dresses for barbie.. I always turned her into an indian. I ruined many barbies with war paint made of of oil pastels..(does not wash off!)
I picked up jewelry making when one of my best friends took me to "Beads Galore" in Tempe, AZ. I was amazed at all of the beautiful colors, shapes and textures. She took me to her house and taught me how to crimp the crimp beads, use the memory wire, and the rest is history. I've been hooked ever since :)