When, and how, did YOU start beading?

I discovered beads about 15 years ago when I was working at a local fabric store. The store carried just a small selection of Mill Hill seed beads at the time, but the colors were so enchanting, I bought some just to have them. I began to sew them onto things like pillows, scarves, etc. Thus began the addiction. I went through phases - learning to stitch beads onto cloth, then learning to string them. I then learned a few beadweaving stitches, and began to make hair jewelry. After a few years of that, I began to move to bigger beads, crystals and the like, and learned to make bracelets, necklaces and such. Of course, then the internet came around and I learned all about lampwork. RCB members gave me my first lampworking class, and the rest is history.

I am mostly addicted to the sheer myriad of colors that beads come in - and love to mess around with combinations. Funnily enough, I don't wear a lot of jewelry. But I LOVE looking at it. :D