Wednesday 11 April 2012

Fuelling the Dream

What made me decide to open my little beading studio?

Trust me it is not something that I ever thought I would do - even once I started on the jewellery making journey. My transition from wire strung pieces, to learning the most basic of stitches for woven jewellery and then moving on to a love of Bead Embroidered pieces has opened up my eyes to a whole host of possibilities.

When I fell in love with stitched jewellery I headed down the wedding jewellery track, which I loved and suited where I was at, at the time. I met many lovely brides (thankfully not one bridezilla) and embraced the opportunity to make something special just for them, from earrings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches and foot jewellery.

Japanese Seed Beads and Swarovski Pearls and Crystals are absolute favourites of mine and I felt an overwhelming desire to be surrounded by all of the colours of these treasures. I began to dream of how I could do this. Once I entered the world of Bead Embroidery the need for all and sundry to be on hand for this medium only fuelled the passion and desire to have all beads. This also came from the many gorgeous creations I was seeing online and the inspiration they give me to create something great.

Pieces like the above stunning necklace from Guzel Bakeeva Design are what has made the need to surround myself with the best beading equipment and beads a reality. And these kind of designs inspire me to be the best beader I can be.

Obviously at this early stage of the game I don't have all of the colours of the beads that I wish for but it is a start and I love the reaction from my new customers when they see the colour starting to fill up the walls and the excitement in their eyes when they realise just what beading can be.

To View what products I do have in store to date go to Serendipity Beads