Country: USA

Design/Expertise-related information

What technique(s) are you particularly focusing on?
Right angle weave, knotting, wire work

Since when have you already been holding workshops?
2008

What fascinates you about using SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS?
The interplay of color and sparkle when various elements and colors are combined and the endless creative possibilities provided by the wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors

What is your favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS color?
Please, don't ask me to choose!!!! They are ALL my favorite.

What is your favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENT?
Swarovski Bead art. 5328 - primarily 3mm, but really, all sizes

What is your favorite design you have ever created with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS?
Crystal Bow Purse, with Swarovski Beads art. 5328 3mm Metallic Blue, Crystal AB and Crystal Golden Shadow. The purse won 1st place in the amateur division of the 2006 CYS Design Contest.

Personal information

What are your hobbies?
Gardening, sewing, home decor and computer games

How would you describe yourself in three words?
"Lovely and Talented" (this is what my husband calls me!)

What would you definitely take with you on a lonely island?
My husband Cliff, my best friend Susan, and ALL my SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS (and my tools and materials to create with them!)

What is the first thing at the day you usually do?
Get coffee.

What is your motto of life?
This water lives in Mombassa. (this is a combination/variation of Live and Let Live and What Will Be, Will Be) It is a quote from the movie "Out of Africa".