My beading journey started when I attended a one-day introductory course in jewellery making at my local bead shop. I was hooked at the outset! I’m now an avid bead-weaver and enjoy incorporating artisan-made components into my work to create unique and colourful pieces. I always try to create pieces that are both wearable and that I would wear myself.

I live near the beautiful cathedral city of Ely in the Cambridgeshire fens. I fit my beading around family commitments and a part-time job with the National Trust’s Holidays team for Eastern England.

Do keep popping back to my shop and my Facebook page (Sally Thake Jewellery), where I quite often show my latest creations and announce lovely coupon codes for my Folksy shop.