Each piece is shaped like a body or body part to symbolize someone’s story - details can be found on my website. I have been doing bead embroidery since 2010. Currently I have a multitude of pieces that vary in colors and styles. My pieces range from 2 to 40 hours of assembly, depending on size, type, and complexity. I have my work featured in Craft Alliance Gallery in the Loop in St. I have sold
custom pieces for anniversaries, weddings, and holidays. I sell work via Etsy and love to fulfill custom orders as well. Pick a color, object, photo, or design idea and we can collaborate to create the perfect piece for you. If you are interested in any particular piece, contact me for pricing and availability. Many pieces pictured can be reproduced. When I was a kid, I LOVED all things little. This was demonstrated in my vast collection of polly pockets, legos, kitten and puppy figurines, pebbles, and what ever the hell else I found. I would carry them with me in the nearest available container – which often was one of my socks. And, inevitably, I would loose each and every one of them. Fast forward some 20 odd years later, and things haven’t much changed. But now my tiny odds and ends are all beads. That and now I keep them in organized containers rather than stuffed into a baby sock. My addiction to beads started when I turned 16 and went to visit my sister in Colorado. She took me to a bead store in her town of Fort Collins. As soon as we walked in the door, we were swooning over countless trays of vibrant colors and different shapes of beads. I experimented with earrings and necklace assembly, but it wasn’t for a few more years that I would discover the art of bead embroidery. It was a dear friend of mine, Amy Lubbs, that turned into my bead embroidery mentor in 2010 when she introduced me to what would soon become an addiction. I was hooked the moment I laid my eyes on her newest endeavor of a bead embroidery necklace. I stood there entranced with the rows upon rows of perfectly placed beads that joined together to create a mosaic masterpiece. She let me mooch off of her supply for my first couple of projects, but by my it was clear I needed to supply my own materials to feed my impulse to create. Over the next coming years bead embroidery went from a hobby to an investment to a career. In the next few years I would face health issues and other life obstacles, but bead embroidery always allowed me to refocus on the good in my life. The slow, tedious nature of beadwork forced me to live in the moment, completely absorbed by what was in front of me. It shifted my attention to finally notice all that I had and all that I could create. As my health improved, I was able to explore other aspects of my life. No matter what, I would make time to challenge and improve my embroidery skillset. After four years of craft I can tell you that my relationship with bead embroidery evolves. I find myself learning something new about my technique and myself with each piece that I create. I try to incorporate at least one found object or vintage bead into each piece, giving them a new purpose and value. I stand by the durability of my products, and hope that they will be around long after my lifetime. With every piece I create, I have a memory. My hope is that the next owner will make some of their own.
