After spending nearly a decade in aerospace engineering, Adeena quit to live the entrepreneurial dream and open The Pot & Bead, a contemporary Paint Your Own Pottery studio. Just after opening the doors to the store, Adeena quickly found out that there was a lot more to know about running a retail business than what they tell you in the books on how to start the business.

Since one of her other dreams was to write more than the occasional freelance article, she started writing down all the stories about The Pot & Bead as they were happening. Hoping to help and inspire others, she compiled these stories into what is now "Cute Little Store: between the entrepreneurial dream and business reality" and "Cute Little Store 2: what ever happened to that cute little store?"

Adeena loves to read and write about a variety of topics and genres including genealogy and science fiction. She has no formal art training, but is learning more each day she spends at The Pot & Bead.