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Cindy Smith
When Cindy and her family moved back to Denver in the early 80’s she went to work in the corporate world. Throughout the years she worked as an IT Manager and Customer Service Manager to name a few jobs and although these jobs kept her more than busy, in the back of her head there was nagging feeling that she missed the creative part of her life. In the late 90’s during a family vacation to Santa Fe, Cindy fell in love with some beadwoven bracelets she spotted in a gallery. In usually Cindy fashion she said “I can make those.” So, fifteen years and a room of beads later, she really can make those. An early retirement has given Cindy time to pursue what she has found to be her true calling -- weaving tiny little shiny seed beads into beautiful jewelry. Each one of a kind little treasure takes many hours of work and is her passion. These days when she’s not beading she’s teaching beading classes in Colorado and in Mesa, Arizona where she and her husband now live part of the year. |
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Cindy was born in Denver, Colorado and still calls Colorado home for most of the year. As a young high school graduate she was prompted by her father to go to school to be either a secretary, nurse, or teacher—the accepted career choices for a young woman in the 60’s. It was suggested that she should at least get her MRS degree if she went to college. So, in the fall of 1965 she went off to Colorado State University and much to her father’s surprise, eventually earned a degree in Business, Data Processing and also met her future husband George. She and George lived in Summit County, Colorado for eight years and had an adorable baby girl. As a stay-at-home mom, Cindy dabbled in all sorts of creative endeavors from, quilting, macramé, leather work, toile painting, stained glass, crocheting and knitting and most of all throwing pots. While her daughter was in preschool she spent many hours at the pottery studio at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge. She also spent many hours at craft shows selling her work.