Ok, here we are. You've figured out from the title that this is about papercrafting. And that I'm probably some kind of science geek. So now I can go back to fiddling around with the widgets in the footer, right? No? Ok, then, I guess I'll keep going.
If I were writing about myself in the third person like they do on book jackets, I can't claim that I've "always been an artist" or even that I did a lot of crafts growing up. Sure, I took the required art class in elementary school, and made those plasticky woven keychains at summer camp.
But mostly, I was a nerd. I focused on academics. I did science fair projects and plotted my acceptance into the engineering school of my dreams. I pretty much accepted that I wasn't an artist, and that I didn't have any creative talent, because I figured a person could only really be good at one thing. So I got my biology and chemistry degrees, became a software consultant, and eventually got my dream job at a large software company in the Seattle area.
Something was missing, though. My husband insisted that I needed a hobby other than work (and other than bugging him to go out and do stuff all the time, presumably). I had no idea what that was supposed to be, other than spending even more time at work. I got a motorcycle, rode for a couple of years, and sold it. Nope, that wasn't it.
On a weekend trip to Ashland, OR I happened to wander into a bead shop. And THAT was the beginning of my crafty life.
