More About the Owner of Beaded Royalty

The Rest of My Family
My husband is Doug and we have been married for 9 years. We dated 5 years before that so we have been together a long time. He is a Network Engineer and has more IT certifications than you can count on both hands.

We have 2 English Springer Spaniels named Maggie and Mindy. Maggie is 10 years old. When I am upset, she is the one who comes over and licks my face to let me know someone cares. Mindy is 7 years old and is the resident nutcase! She give new meaning to the name "Springer" Spaniel as she can spring 5 feet in the air and touch her nose to yours when she is excited. Here is a picture of my "girls".  Maggie is on the left and Mindy is on the right:



My Hobbies
I started skiing again 5 years ago.  I hadn't skied since college, but I went back for exercise and a new challenge and I love it!  My son is 5 and I will be taking him with me this year.  Hopefully he will enjoy it and we can ski together.

Scrapbooking is a new interest of mine. I recently took all my old high school and college mementos and pictures from the "magnetic" pages of yesteryear and created scrapbooks that will last forever. Next I will immortalize my son's first 5 years!

Tennis is fun and I love to run. I can't do either one of them with any regularity having broken my ankle 8 years ago. How did I break my ankle? Climbing a tree. What was I doing in a tree? Nothing that was worth breaking my ankle!

I love flower gardening.  Here is my garden in the early summer:



There you have it - "the rest of the story".  I like to know something about the companies I do business with, so hopefully this helps you feel comfortable buying from me.  I have been in the bracelet-making business for 4 years and can't wait to see what 2010 will bring!

Blessings to you and your family,

Alicia E. Staz
Owner, Beaded Royalty