About Amy

I have always had a fascination with botanics, and paired with my interest in beadwork it seems natural to make beaded flowers. Several years ago I bought my first book on beaded flowers and have been hooked ever since. I primarily use the French beaded technique but have mixed in some corralling or peyote stitching as well.

No two flowers are exactly the same. I don’t write down patterns and rarely count beads. Each individual bead is strung by hand in order to create unique shading and contrast. Different styles and sizes of tiny seed beads open the doors to even more possibilities of sparkle and detail. I use high quality seed beads in all my flowers and foliage. Accent beads are glass, stone, or metal.

As a kid one of my favorite books was the Secret Garden. I loved the idea of having a place of my own filled with overgrown plants and colorful flowers. I’ve been making beaded flowers for several years and just realized that I have created my own secret garden. If you wish to purchase a piece from my garden, for details.