Jim and Kate Bruce of Kate's Krafts first become interested in jewelry-making as a hobby for gifts for family and friends. As a members of a local rock-hounding group, they learned about various stones and what they look like when formed and polished. Kathy has taken wire-wrapping classes and has learned how to cut, form, and polish stones and the rest is history.

Diana Harris is a Montana native who grew up in Helena. She has been writing since she was a child. The Coltchuck is an adaptation of a store she wrote in third grade. The book is illustrated by her son Nick. Nick is a college baseball player and artist who did the illustrations "thorough a child's eye."

Maggie Henry is completely self-taught and has been tatting antique lace since the age of ten. She has spent the last several years learning to be as perfect with her tatting as possible.


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