Hello, my name is Carole Dawn Brinkley.  I go by Carole Dawn (it is a southern thing).  I live in West Virginia, Wild and Wonderful!  I am a polymer clay artist, and an art doll artist.  I have fallen in love with color and textures, and have started making my own beads and jewelry in addition to handmade art dolls.

I have a wonderful family.  Husband Chris, son Andrew (who will be a teenager in October!!!) and daughter Alexa (who is 11).  We live in the mountains (actually the Kanawha Valley, but it looks like mountains to me).  I have a business in which I train teachers, preschools, and nonprofit organization in education, leadership, and administration.  That web site is www.leadingthefutue.com.

In my business and in my art I do a lot of charity work for kids and at-risk families, and for breast cancer awareness.  My mom is a suvivor so I have to fight for her!  I ofter have auctions that raise money for the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I donate a portion of all of my auctions that month to the foundation.  Please check out my auctions.

I teach polymer clay, altered art, and rubber stamping at a local arts and crafts store and at other bead and craft stores.  My beads are carried in a bead store in Nags Head, North Carolina.