Linda Hayes

I am fortunate to have a very creative family. When I was 10 my mother, who is a wonderful seamstress, taught me how to sew. Her mother had taught her to knit and sew. I  had one of the first Barbie dolls and made clothes for her.  Every year at Christmas my mom would dress used dolls for the Salvation Army and I would help her.  Over the years, I started making my own clothes.  I taught myself  embroidery, crewel and cross stitch.

In 1987, on a girls day out,   we went to the bead store in Santa Cruz because my friend wanted to buy beads to make earrings.  I had never been but     2 hours later, I left with a bag of beads, the basic knowledge of how to make a pair of earrings and my mind spinning with possibilities.    I am self taught on the basics,  but I  have taken classes with such wire and metal working artists as Kris Silva, Lisa Niven Kelly and Iris Sandkuhler.

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BeJeweled Mirror

Jewelry Design 101