What a jewel! Neurosurgeon gets her mind off work. (Personal Passions).

As the starlets rocked the stage for the VH1 Divas Las Vegas concert, Dr M. Deborrah Hyde sat anxiously in her living room looking for diva in particular. "Be sure you watch Cher," her girlfriend urged. The instant Cher appeared on stage, Hyde knew why her girlfriend insisted she watch. "I screamed, `That's my necklace!' It was a piece I had sold to Linda Stokes, a local clothing designer, and now Cher was wearing it." It was a highlight of her jewelry making hobby that has "snowballed" within the past two years she says.

Originally from Laurel, Mississippi, Hyde, 53, is a neurosurgeon in West Hills, California, who has been in private practice for 16 years. "All my …