Laura Zupko

I've been crafting for years, and my beaded designs started as custom Christmas ornaments. Eventually, I started to create jewelry pieces when I realized my buyers were hanging them from their necks - but I use the same techniques.

Queen Of The Undead Project

Queen Of The Undead

I created this set to accessorize my costume one year when I attended a Halloween party dressed as a vampire. The set consists of faceted dark blue glass beads used to set off the primary irridescent glass skull beads throughout. The beaded flowers and main pendant are made from wire shaped into flower bases and […]

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Royal Renaissance Necklace Project

Royal Renaissance Necklace

I was an avid fan of HBOs “The Tudors” and never missed an episode. Besides being entertaining (if not 100% historically correct) I loved the costumes and jewelry. I created this piece from wire shaped into small, medium, and large flower bases then added seed and vintage/new beads to each flower. I worked on this […]

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