Bead Chat Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 93

always enjoyed wearing jewelry, especially earrings. I was going through a stressful period in the mid 1980's and decided that a metalsmithing class might be a fun diversion. I loved it! I learned to set stones and pursued that for several years. I made detours into basketry, floral arranging and silk painting along the way. I wandered into a bead shop in about 1993 and have been hooked ever since.” A new chapter in Linda’s journey this past year was selling at Bead Fest. I asked her about what prompted her to stand on the seller’s side of the booths? And she said “I've hung out at my team members’ booths and covered them for breaks ever since I joined AJE. However this was the first year that I've made ceramic beads and pendants. I haven't been making beads for very long, so my inventory was creativebeadchat.com