Since I was young I loved to make things. I come from a long line of family members who lived to create; both my Grandmothers were amazing bakers and cooks, one made dolls and sewed, my mother is a photographer, my dad a woodworker.
As I grew up I tried many different craft mediums; friendship bracelets and macrame, sewing, drawing, photography, glass bead lampworking and finally settling into beadwork as my preferred craft. I worked in bead embroidery making beaded art dolls. My jewelry was intricate and eclectic, incorporating many different elements, such as seashells, driftwood and beautiful handmade glass beads.
A friend introduced me to wool and wet and dry felting became my new obsession, making felted pincushions. About the same time I purchased a kit to paint on silk and was hooked on that also, making silk scarves.
In 2006 the same friend who introduced me to wool, taught me how to make a simple stained glass star. The process of creating stained glass is time consuming but I loved it immediately! For a few years I worked in all these mediums selling my items at arts & crafts fairs.
In 2013 I decided stained glass was the medium I would focus on and created a line of feather ornaments that would be the foundation of my work with 3D forms, buntings and wedding accessories rounding out the line.
In 2014 I began selling my work wholesale to shops around the United States. After the dissolution of Etsy Wholesale in 2019, my focus returned to creating items to sell directly to customers solely through my Etsy shop.
I am proud to be able to make art as my career and hope to be able to continue making new fun handmade items every day!
I often post my work in progress pics to Instagram @sarahbrueckwilliams
Thank you for reading a little about me!