Annette, a native of western North Carolina, is primarily a self taught jewelry artist. She holds an Associate degree in Nursing, but now creates jewelry and makes repairs, and teaches classes in basic beading, wire, metal, glass, seed beads, and polymer clay. Annette works and displays her works at A Better Bead and Crafts in Brevard, NC, and she works and designs for Cherry Tree Beads in Asheville, NC. Recently, with the encouragement of family and friends she has begun to design and publish her own designs.