About Me:

After leaving college I worked as a secretary, then as a personal assistant, and having attended university later on, as a Personnel Officer which I loved, it came as a shock to be diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis which meant it would be difficult to hold down a 'real' job.

Around that time, I made my own tiara for my wedding, and this created a little flurry of people asking me to make tiaras for theirs; I did some siilversmithing and began making small items of jewellery; soon realising I would rather work hot than burn the house down with torches and chemicals and spent a long time looking for my own ways of working and sourcing materials.

I felt making jewellery and tiaras was more enjoyable than working on anything else, and so 'SLC Designs' was born; most of what I do here is self-taught; the lure of beads and colours is wonderful!

I did some freelance teaching for some large craft organisations which led to my teaching both jewellery making and greetings card design; I believe everyone is creative (even my Mum, which even she admits is stretching things....), its just that some people either don't know it or have been put off expressing their creativity for various reasons.

My decision to work for myself is my 'silver lining' - allowing me to enjoy the passion of creativity in my own time and space; I am now on a fab trial RA drug which has given me relative normality.

Nowadays there is also 'www.Beadaddict.co.uk' which focuses on the supply of beads and jewellery making supplies as well as 'www.slcdesigns.co.uk' which focuses on my handmade jewellery though making jewellery and tiaras is the most enjoyable process of all

The site and my jewellery and tiara making are always a work in progress; it's not a just a nine to five job, but something I truly love doing.

Kind Regards

Stephanie Lewis-Cooper

Above: Merlin and I....

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