Age:

52

Phosphor in Dreamland / Rikki Ducornet

The Dinner Game –French Version-

Mixed Media, Mailart

"Oooooh! That’s beautiful."

Education:

MA - English

English Teacher

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey

Dead Poets Society

Yoga

Where did you get that?”

“That’s so cool!”

Education:

MFA

Art Professor, jeweler

Favorite author: Jeanette Winterson

French Lieutenants Woman, Moonstruck

Art, jewelry, travel, hiking.

I get compliments EVERY time I wear them

Education:

College

Employed by the Government

"A New Earth", "The Lovely Bones"

Burn After Reading

Collecting Vintage Jewelry
Collecting & Selling Antiques
Bicycling & Walking
Drinking Wine
Rehabbing my Home
Hanging Out with Friends
Creating Healthy Alternatives to Favorite Recipes

"Is the Locket an Antique?"

"That Brooch is so whimsical; can I have it?"

Education:

BA in Liberal Arts from the University of Illinois in Chicago

25 years retired form AT$T in Chicago. Also had 11 years at the YMCA, 3 and a half years with the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago and 18 month stint at a family owned interent company that sells belts, wallets, and travel items.

"Love Among the Butterflies" by Margaret Fountaine
"Look Up for Yes" by Julia Tavalaro & richard Tayson
"A Hummingbird in My house (and also) Rosie: My Rufous Hummingbird" by Heidcamp

"Ben Hur" "It's a Wonderful Life" "Untamed Heart"

Wore my Aphrodite earrings to a wedding in California when I met another gal who had a different Dawn Estrin creation dangling from her ears.  She was so impressed that was wearing Estrin’s earrings.  Had a long conversation about the uniqueness of Dawn’s jewelry line.

Education:

BFA in Graphic Design, University of Illinois – Chicago

Had a housecleaning business from high school through college, then worked in retail (sales and displays), was a nanny, taught kids jewelry making, sold my art and jewelry at boutiques and street fairs, did freelance graphic design, was a management trainee at car rental company, phone rep for a benefit center, data analyst and presently work as a client manager for an HR outsourcing firm. Plan to return to school for either art therapy or to be an ultrasound technician…

Anything by Christopher Moore, Carl Hiassen and Chuck Palahniuk

I love old dramas from the 30’s and 40’s, horror films and juvenile comedies (ie Superbad, Pineapple Express). What can I say, I’m multi-faceted!

Education:

MBA

Sales

"Memoirs of a Geisha"

"The Notebook"

Education:

B.A. – Swarthmore College
M.D. – Dartmouth College

Retired anesthesiologist; Single mother of 7 children

"The Alexandrian Quartet" (Laurence Durrell),
"Destiny" (Sally Beaumont),  
"Lie Down With Lions" (Ken Follett)

Elvira Madigan,  Jules and Jim,  Cool Hand, Luke,  Sophie’s Choice,  Amelie

“What unusual earrings…what IS it?  Absolutely gorgeous;  
I’ve never seen anything like it.  “
“How unique!  I love animals and the pendant is truly exquisite.”
“Those are the most romantic earrings I can remember.  I love the deco quality.”  (in ref. to The Breeze)
“Intricacy and delicacy combined…the frame complements the montage perfectly, and the dangling bead is the final touch.”