A little bit about me
My name is Paula Caddick and I am probably what is described as being "of a certain age". I spend a lot of time at the gym but you'd never know it to look at me. I love cats. I have one black and white boy cat called Orpheus who is evil and can't be trusted an inch but I love him anyway. I'd have preferred two but there's no way he'd ever let me get another one. I like to crochet and knit and I've got my eye on a few other crafts to start at some point when I can find a few more hours in the day.
I first started making jewellery when I couldn't find anything I liked at a price I wanted to pay. In the beginning it was just a few pieces that I kept for myself or gave away to friends. But soon people started asking to buy items, then suddenly it exploded and now I find myself spending most of my time making jewellery and other decorative items. Then of course people started asking me how to make things so I started writing patterns.
I don't have an office, a studio or a workshop, I work sitting on the sofa in my living room in North West England, with a tray on my lap. The rose in the photo grows in a pot in the back yard of our Victorian terraced parlour house. It is pink in real life. Beads have taken over the house - I kissed goodbye to the dining room long ago and am valiantly fighting a losing battle to keep the spare sofa clear in the living room.
I realise how lucky I am, getting to spend my life doing something that I love. I am surrounded by beautiful things that I put together to create wearable art, and the design possibilities seem limitless. I would love other people to feel this same way which is why I now write pattern using popular and easily available shapes and sizes of beads so you can make your own beadwork that is as unique as you are.
I hope you enjoy making my patterns as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Paula x
