I was growing up in yet another: a mini-train from Les - de Paris; a tiny bottle of gold water a friend gave me in 1964 when Barry Goldwater was running for president; or a one-inch Mexican-made chicken with a bride and groom hiding under each wing; a quarter-inch wide seed pod filled with 12 ivory elephants - to name but a few."

Having no formal training has not stopped this dynamo. Ann approached her craft with a zest for achieving perfection.

"I guess you could loosely label me a Renaissance woman. I do not have a college degree, but I follow my passions and know how to study what I need to know for a particular career. I've been a proposal preparation specialist, a software applications trainer, a software applications courseware designer and developer, a corporate graphics department manager, website designer and developer, and now a doll and dollhouse accessories paper engineer. What a strange path! But when I think about it I use skills acquired from each profession to run Paper Minis."