JoAnn began dabbling in jewelry in 2006. She finds crafting jewelry a relaxing and fun activity. She started out only making Christmas jewelry and found people loved her inexpensive, yet festive jingle bell earrings. From there she began to work with charms and Swarovski crystals and continues to learn new techniques and hopes to add more designs and styles to her line of jewelry.

Prior to jewelry design, JoAnn was active in the cat fancy. She bred Maine Coon cats from 1986 until 2006 under the cattery name Taelcat. She has bred and shown grand champions in CFA, ACFA and TICA. She no longer breeds cats, but still can be found attending cat shows in the Mid-Atlantic area. She currently owns four cats, TICA SGCA RW/CFA GP Mainette Jay Silverheels of Taelcat, a four-year-old silver classic tabby Maine Coon, Taelcat Gilda Radner, a six-year-old silver mackerel tabby Maine Coon, TICA DGC/CFA GP/ACFA GR/Inter CH Koonyak Samuel Clemens, a 13-year-old silver classic tabby American Shorthair and Juliet Burke of Taelcat a one-year-old seal tortie point Siamese mix rescue.

JoAnn lives in Baltimore, MD. She works for an independent insurance agency as a commercial insurance specialist. She loves science fiction and is an avid fan of Dr. Who, Torchwood and Star Trek. She also enjoys travel and has lived in or visited many countries including Germany, Panama, Africa, Japan and England.