Diane Dennis is a self-taught seed-bead jewelry artist, beading since 1999 and teaching her beadwork designs since 2003. Diane teaches locally in the Washington, DC area, for bead societies’ and for bead shops as a guest instructor, as well as teaching nationally. Diane has been featured in Fire Mountain Gems and Beads advertising and was the first contest winner; she has been published in Beadwork, Bead & Button Magazines, Artisan Jewelry Times and Perlen Poesie. Her piece Star Light Star Bright appears in the Lark publication Showcase 500 Necklaces! Diane lives with her husband Bill in the Northern Virginia area in a small town called Nokesville, which is outside of Manassas, VA.