Born and raised in Seattle, I attended Roosevelt High School and then the University of Washington as an “Art,Textiles and Clothing”major. I met and married my husband, Clyde, at the end of our college careers. He was an ROTC cadet and soon aer graduation and our wedding went on to serve in Korea. He eventually rose to Major General. I kept the home fires burning raising three girls, Diana, Teri and Claudia. In those days I was sewing up a storm – these days mostly shortening and repairing clothes for my granddaughters Alex and Natalia.
I have always enjoyed entertaining and try to make it special with a theme. Thus, my art background comes into play. I began to have fun working with silk flowers, cones, pods and shells. Later this led to “totems” (gluing fun pieces together) creating unique decorative pieces and later serving dishes. As I have a huge collection of seashells, I occasionally return to shell wreaths and mirrors and still make an occasional cone wreath.
Photography is another interest (quite untrained – more point and shoot) and I use my pictures for cards. I’ve been a MIVAL member for some years. I’ve made many friends there and appreciate it as a wonderful outlet for my creativity.