I have been crafting ever since I can remember and always dreamed of being an elementary school art teacher so I could be crafty all day. Life has led me in a different direction with a fine office job instead, so I spend my free time buying and collecting crafty supplies, browsing craft magazines, and occasionally attempting to make a few projects that mess up the kitchen table. My latest crafty obsession is jewelry making. I have thousands of beads, hundreds of strands of semiprecious stones, almost every finding imaginable, and zillions of ideas swimming around in my head...and I occasionally have some time to make things.