I was first introduced into the world of glass in college where I made my first stained glass sun- catcher during a "Make It and Take It" class at the campus "Craft Center". I have been doing stained glass work on and off (life permitting!) ever since. Many years ago while visiting my college roomy in California, she introduced me to her new hobby… making glass beads. I was really impressed. She sent me off with a bunch of scrap "Wasser Glass" that she didn’t really like for her bead work, but thought that I might be able to use in my glass work. I never quite found a use for those thin pieces of glass but every time I stumbled across them in my workshop I thought about my friend’s bead making and how much fun it looked like it would be. Unfortunately, over the years, I haven’t noticed many opportunities to learn bead making. In the fall of 2002 while browsing in the local library I stumbled upon Cindy Jenkins book.. WOW… all those beautiful pictures really piqued my interest. After seeing me read that book constantly for about 6 weeks, my husband, who of course knew nothing about beads or glass, used the internet to procure me a beginner glass bead making kit for Christmas. I became hooked on beadmaking rather quickly, and soon aquired new and exciting equipment, including a kiln. Of course having a kiln makes you want to try fusing so know I have a third glass hobby. I think there are worse things to be obsessed with, and like they say, it's cheaper than therapy!