Charlotte, B.A., aka Chalaedra, lives near Austin, Texas, with her housemate and business partner, Denise and their cats. They also have an older mixed breed dog, named Pirate. Widowed in 1976, Charlotte has a married daughter, two grandchildren and a one-year-old great-granddaughter..
Charlotte began beading in 1987 when her daughter brought home a single beaded earring a friend had given her. Not being the type to wear a single earring, but determined there should be at least one thing her teenaged daughter owned that she (the mom!) actually could borrow from her daughter, Charlotte set out to learn how to make the mate to the earring. She bought some beads and quickly "figured out" the design, but it was almost a year before she could find any beads to match the earring. In that length of time, she had created fifty original designs of her own, complete with necklaces, earrings, bracelets, anklets, head ornaments, rings and brooches (obsession, you say?). Needless to say, the mate to that original earring never did get made, but she has had a wonderful time with her beads ever since. And no, she never did return that borrowed earring, just as many of the things her daughter borrowed never got returned -- justice? She has been designing quality beaded jewelry ever since. To check out her designs, go here: http:www.beadedlegends.com.
Charlotte also enjoys crochet, drawing, painting, flower arranging, embroidery, cross stitch, writing and all kinds of other handcrafts, although she loves beadwork the best.
Among her other interests are travel, bird watching, music, movies, art, antiques, reading, parapsychology and her grandchildren. In addition to more than 200 patterns, Charlotte has authored and co-authored several full length novels, as well as numerous poems and short stories.
Her Actor's Guild series (paranormal mystery/fantasy) is currently available at Gypsy Shadow Publishing (http://www.gypsyshadow.com. Both the first and second books in the series, McCann's Manor: Portal and The Bakery Murders: Challenge, are available in eBook and print, with the third in the series, Whispers From the Past: Vendetta, scheduled to release in 2012.
HERE ARE OTHER PLACES YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CHARLOTTE'S BOOKS:
http://www.authorsden.com/charlotteholley
http://www.myspace.com/chalaedrascorner
http://www.myspace.com/mccannsmanor
http://www.myspace.com/bakerymurders
http://www.myspace.com/whispersfrompast
http://www.myspace.com/gypsyshadowpublish.com
http://www.shelfari.com/Chalaedra
http://www.youtube.com/user/Chalaedra
HER BEADWORK PATTERNS:
http://www.sova-enterprises.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=250
http://www.bead-patterns.com/shop/shop.php?designer=Charlotte Holley - Beaded Legends by Chalaedra
CHARLOTTE'S WEBSITES:
http://www.beadedlegends.com
http://charlotteholley.com/
http://www.gypsyshadow.com
FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/charlotte.holley
http://www.facebook.com/BeadedLegends
http://www.facebook.com/Gypsy.Shadow.Publishing
http://www.facebook.com/C.Holley.Author
TWITTER
https://twitter.com/Chalaedra
https://twitter.com/GypsyShadowPubl
BLOGS
http://chalaedra.wordpress.com/
http://chalaedra.blogspot.com/
http://chalaedra.livejournal.com/
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