One day I bought a beading magazine at my local craft store. I fell in love with every design and made it my mission to make Christmas gifts that year. A friend and I started beading once a week together and I quickly accumulated so much jewelry that my husband drew the line and said- start selling it or stop! {actually he said, Please for the Love of God!}

I started my Etsy shop and a few months later got my first sale and it all snowballed from there! I get the same rush I got in the beginning when someone purchases one of my designs. I get that same excitement each time I find a handmade bead or pendant from another Etsy seller. The handmade marketplace has been my haven and I can't imagine life without it!

Some might say I have a shopping addiction but I see it as the only way I know how to create- by keeping my bead stash filled with new and exciting beads in stones, glass, polymer, lampwork, ceramics and metal, I am constantly challenged creatively and collaborate sometimes with several different artists in one necklace design.