About Us
It all started with a bag of beads and a ball of hemp – shop owner’s story
Hemp Beadery is a one stop shop for hemp products, beads, jewelry and craft supplies. Hemp cord, rope and twine can be supplied in bulk for industry and retail.
Shop owners story: After leaving college in Liverpool, England a career job did not interest me but traveling the world did. My mum taught me to macrame at the age of 6 and making hemp jewelry later helped support my world travels for nearly 10 years. In the 1990’s I managed one of the first hemp stores to open in Colorado, USA & travelled the country attending HIA ( Hemp Industry Association) meetings & hemp trade shows.
I started my first business in 2000 after an accident left me unable to work in Australia. All I had at the time was a bag of beads and a ball of hemp and selling hemp jewelry helped pay for a bed at a local youth hostel. I ended up selling so many pieces of jewelry to travellers and local surf shops I opened a stall at Fremantle Markets in Perth and stayed there for two years.
The mountains lured me back to Colorado eventually where i owned and operated two retail stores of my own selling hemp products and accessories. In 2009 a friend suggested i list my handmade jewelry for sale on Etsy.com. At the same time I saw the need for a one stop supply shop for hemp jewelry makers and Hemp Beadery was born. Six months later I was able to close the brick & mortar store i was operating and work full time on internet sales.
