Anna Jamerson

I like nice things. I like people's creativity and I admire the risks many of them take.

I am from Slovakia and I moved to the USA in 1995. I live in Kensington, MD with my husband John and my son Ondrej.

I made my first necklace after I lost an earring that my future husband gave me. The one that I did not lose ended up on a little necklace I made for myself. Making beads became my hobby about 5 years ago, Everything I know I have taught myself and I still keep learning. I find beading very relaxing and soothing. Most of the time I bead early in the morning before everyone wakes up... just me, my beads and my cat watching. I donate some proceeds from all my jewelry to American Cancer Society to honor my sister in law who died from cancer.

Starry Night Beaded Necklace Project

Starry Night Beaded Necklace

I consider simple necklaces very beautiful. When I made this one I used a combination of dark blue semi-precious sodalite and golden Czech crystal glass beads. The colors remind me of a night sky with golden stars. I made the pendant by wrapping sterling silver wire and a few beads around the main sodalite bead. […]

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Flip Flop Turquoise Beaded Necklace Project

Flip Flop Turquoise Beaded Necklace

I like to recycle everything, including my beads. To make this necklace I re-used turquoise chips from a pair of flip-flops. I worked with two different lengths of bead stringing wire. On the longer part of this necklace I alternated the turquoise chips with glass seed beads. After several different trials I decided to use […]

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Mix and Match Reversible Beaded Necklace Project

Mix and Match Reversible Beaded Necklace

I had a few larger beads and I did not know what to use them for (my necklaces are usually more delicate). One day the inspiration came in a store catalog–the idea of combining one strand of large beads and six strands of small beads. It is wearable top side down or up. It can […]

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Mother Of Pearl Beaded Necklace Project

Mother Of Pearl Beaded Necklace

This three strand necklace is made from an old one that I bought when I traveled. I “recycled” the mother of pearl chips by combining them with some seed beads and this little necklace was born! I placed a unique hand made clay bead on the longest strand to give it some weight. The necklace […]

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