About me
I always loved going through my mother's jewelry box as a child, and in my teenage years I used to search the thrift stores of my hometown, Peoria, IL, for vintage costume jewelry to take apart and redesign. It wasn't until I moved to St. Louis that I learned to make jewelry, where my boss at my first restaurant job taught me Native American style peyote stitch. I went to Oregon at 21 and spent 10 years waiting tables and exploring different art forms, including beadwork, painting, crochet, embroidery, and music. I returned back east in 1999, and found a new home in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where I live today. I received an A.D. in jewelry making from the renowned craft program at Haywood Community College in 2002. Encouraged by positive reactions to my jewelry in local markets, I hope to turn the tables, so to speak, and make a career of jewelry and a part-time hobby of restaurant work.

You can purchase Honeybee Handmade Jewelry at Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville,NC, at Sanctuary of Stuff on Weaverville Highway in Woodfin,NC, and at the Art and Soul Marketplace on Main Street in Brevard,NC.

For more information please contact me at beadarella@gmail.com