I started lampworking as a hobby to bring some color to my stressful professional life. After retirement and moving to a small town on a peninsula, my husband built me a small handy studio in our house in 2005. I started making lampwork beads and jewelry as a present to my friends. After a while I needed to sell my beads and jewelry, because it had become a very expensive hobby. I decided to sell them on line, but did not know how to do it effectively at min. cost. Then a friend mentioned " etsy "...

As my beads are jewels to me, I always use supplies that are worthy of them.

After a while I started enameling my own jewelry components and metal beads, making ceramic beads in my son's studio, enameling them with glass and using all in my jewelry. I am very lucky for being able to make them all myself and mixing them all to make one of a kind jewelry. It is very important for me to have simple designs and always have my handmade jewelry supplies in focus...

I have a second shop where I sell my handmade glass and enamel beads;
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CandanLampworkBeads

I live in a very beautiful environment in the middle of nature which inspires me a lot...

I love to have my shop at etsy, getting to know many people from abroad, meeting people with the same interests and helping each other. For me it's a creative community...