Meet Sarah Kelley (thebeadedlily)

Bead Art Originals welcomes Sarah Kelley! Sarah is the artist behind the Etsy shop called thebeadedlily, and the creator of eclectic jewelry for eclectic people.

Sarah describes herself as a self-taught southern gal with a needle, a pair of pliers and an intense love for art, beads and jewelry. She's been beading for almost 15 years but beadweaving for less than two years. Sarah loves to work with different materials, learn new techniques, and give free reign to her imagination. Her simpler items are as unique as the beads in them, so no two are exactly alike; and anything more complex is likely one of a kind.

From Sarah: "I believe that uniformity and conformity are overrated, that less is less, in the value of the unique, individual, ornamental and simple, and in the humanity of art."

Sarah doesn't have a website (yet!), but be sure to check out thebeadedlily blog and Sarah's flickr photostream.

Here's just a sampling of some of the beautiful work you can find in Sarah's Etsy shop, thebeadedlily: