Bead Chat Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 79

What interests do you have outside of creating? I’m a voracious reader of sci-fi/fantasy genre. I’m a perpetual Bible Study student, and Chauffeur for my kids. I love crochet, it’s very relaxing. Never have been able to knit, and can’t paint worth a hoot. I’ve homeschooled for the past 11 years, and taught many craft classes for kids. I love giving them the freedom to express themselves in art. Many of them had never tried crafts, and seeing them choose to take my class time after time was very rewarding. It has taken me a long, long time to get to this point, and I know I need to learn loads about selling, and photographs, and keeping records. It’s rather scary, but I finally decided that creativebeadchat.com