My Mission

To creatively use the gifts that God has given to put a smile on someone else's face

The Story of The Ornamental Lady

Many moons ago when I was a child I developed a passion for arts & crafts. I tried my hand at many things:

Latchhooking

Crosstitch

Knitting

Crocheting

Embroidery

just to name a few.

Then I grew up. I went away to college at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where I earned 2 degrees. One was in accounting and the other was in computer science. I learned alot about business and worked in the garment district in New York City for awhile. Circumstances sent me back home to Bethlehem (I got married). I had jobs in the local computer industry until I decided this just wasn't my bliss.

I worked for Tupperware and Pampered Chef for a while and found that I liked being my own boss - doing things my own way - so I left the conventional job market to pursue my own dreams.

In 1990 I started making my own items and taking them to local craft shows. At first I even had a partner. I made many different items over the next 14 years.

My partner and I parted ways but I kept creating.
In 2004 due to health issues, I needed to change the items I was carrying. The doctor told me I needed to stop carrying around such heavy items.
I started searching for some other way to be creative. I went to many classes in 2006 - glass fusing, mosaicing, stained glass making, metal working, but it was the beadweaving that really sparked my creative side. I used to do beadweaving when I was in my twenties and I had forgotten how much I enjoy it.

2006 - I started beadweaving. I made 100 ornaments to take to my first show - Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem, PA. I did the final week of the show and I was so happy with my results. I am now making jewelry and other items to take to my shows this year and eventually to put on the website.

I enjoy the fact that I can be creative and still be my own boss and make a living from my passion. Of course none of this would be worth anything if it was not for the support of my wonderful husband.

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