I grew up in California until the age of 9 and loved going to the beach, swimming in the neighbor's pool, wishing I was a mermaid. As an adult, I moved to Florida 35 years ago and have never left. I live in paradise! I am 2 miles from the sugar sand beaches and turquoise water!
Twenty years ago when E-commerce started getting very popular, I started two online jewelry businesses, one called "Tropical Bracelets, Inc." and the other called "School Spirit Beads." With Tropical Bracelets, I sold my handmade bracelets online and at a high end gift shop located in the Fort Myers International Airport. After a couple of years, sales for School Spirit Beads was doing better so I decided to focus solely on that business. School Spirit Beads consists of bracelets created with colors representing school colors. I sold them for fundraisers, cheerleaders and schools sold them, and, I had international orders, the largest coming from Ireland for 1,000 bracelets! One year American Cheerleader magazine contacted me and wanted to put a quarter page ad for my bracelets in their national magazine. The following year a teen magazine editor contacted me from "M" magazine (Movies, Music & More), and wanted to include my bracelets in their magazine. That was exciting! After years of 15 hour days stringing bracelets, my neck developed degenerative arthritis so I had to stop
My husband and I then sold our properties and bought a national pest control franchise and moved from south Florida to NW Florida to build it. We've been here ever since and continue to run the business. I was missing creating art and one day a few years ago I noticed fluid art and resin art on YouTube. I dove right into it and have been a fluid artist ever since! Now I combine my love of the beach with my art and wish to share it with others. Enjoy!