White Cottage Designs is a mother / daughter partnership based in the Napa Valley. At the creative heart is Diana Calsoyas, for whom jewelry making is a life-long passion. Throughout various jobs -- fashion model in the 50s, retail buyer and store manager in the 60s and 70s, and then an elementary teacher from the 80s until retirement in 2009 -- she has always found joy in the act of bringing together different parts to make unique pieces of art.