Gender	Female
Industry	Consulting
Occupation	Self-employeed jewelry designer and crafter
Location	Chicago burbs, Illinois, United States
Introduction	I started making jewelry by mistake. I was actually trying to make wine bottle decorations that somehow ended up being a necklace. Now I make everything from bracelets, earrings, wine glass markers, to rosaries. PLus, I recently started taking pottery lessons and am making my own stoneware pendants, charms, etc... It's taken a life of it's own.
Interests	Making jewelry, reading, writing, cross-stitching, hiking, swimming, going to Disney World, camping, playing with the kids, etc....
Favorite movies	Sweet Home Alabama, Star Wars series, Down With Love, Forrest Gump, I Robot, Singing in the Rain, White Christmas, PCU, Porky's 1, 2 and 3, Always, While You Were Sleeping, Always... to name a few.
Favorite music	Anything 80's: Big hair bands, alternative, pop. Examples of my collection are: B-52's, Bon Jovi, Eagles, Warrant, Flock of Seagulls, Toto, The Smiths, The Go-Go's, etc, etc, etc....Also Black Eyed Peas, MVP and a few other newer groups.
Favorite books	Nevada Barr, Catherine Coulter, Cappy Hall Rearick, Bertrice Small, Fanny Flagg, Clive Cussler, Janet Evanovich, Mary Kay Andrews.

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Well, I don't know about you, but when I laugh so hard like that...I pee in my pants. It's from havin' 'dem babies.