Timeless Design
My sister is the one who first got me hooked on beading. As a newly-married twenty-something, I enjoyed my occasional weekend escapes, when we’d spend hours sitting on the floor of my sister’s apartment crafting simple strung designs. It was she who took me to the bead store for the first time, where I gazed, starry eyed, at the beautiful stitched cuffs on display. And it was my sister who, when I told her I’d just gotten a job working for Beadwork magazine, held up her April/May 2007 issue, exclaiming “This magazine?!” I can still see that minty green cover in my mind’s eye, and I can still feel my astonishment that I’d soon spend my days in the midst of such remarkable talent and beautiful beaded designs! Now here we…