Last Updated: 26 July 2010

I started organising events as a teenager while I was a member of Kettering Rotaract Club, during the 1990s I organised party plan evenings. A needle worker since childhood, I started beading in 1995 to create a range of unusual earrings for my own use, however I was bitten by the beading bug and created enough to fill a Christmas craft stall!

Crafting is still a favourite past time and I still celebrate traditional crafts which kept me fascinated as a child - watching my mother and grandmother working at embroidery, smocking, dress making and pillow lace.

My sister's employment at a local jeweller's initiated an interest in gemstones, which has grown throughout the years to include other rocks and minerals.

The seeds of my business were sown when I was unable to travel to the major bead fairs at Harrow in October or Harrogate in March, so I decided to organise one on my own doorstep, planning for the event began in early 2004 for the original bead fair in the north west of England. A new venue was chosen for the 2006 event ... and there are more events planned in the future.

OUR MISSION
We bring suppliers, materials and handmade articles to the local craft worker and gift buyer.
We keep our admission at just £1, so that visitors have more to spend on the stalls inside!
We try to give the crafter the chance to meet the elusive mail order and Internet bead suppliers who are often hidden behind their web sites and catalogues