In 2008 I moved with my husband from Poland to Switzerland. I had spent my last months in Poland reading and hearing about how difficult it is to find a job in Switzerland if you are not a specialist with a good knowledge of German. Well, I had a degree in literature and my German skills, however existing, where limited to casual conversations. Which meant, I found some new friends in Switzerland but I did not find a job.I could write a book about everything that happened since then. Actually, I already did. I was eight-year-old girl when I started writing a diary and I have never given this up. There's no need to rewrite my life story here. Besides, it is going to be about beads.
I knew some people who made handmade jewelry. I had always been tempted to do something like that, just for a hobby. In Poland I had two jobs, I was studying and had a lot of friends I met on weekends. And I read tons of books. In Switzerland I read tons of books, had some new friends who were not so eager to spend weekends' nights at pubs and had no job.
One day I bought a basic set of beads. They were beautiful, in various shapes, all in brown and orange, autumn shades. I had no idea what to do with them so I just stringed most of them on the thread. It looked nice, but I had had no need any imagination to craft it.I started to buy more and create more intricate items. I started wearing some of them, especially earrings. At some point I discovered that my mother is not the only one who admired my work. I started thinking about promoting my creations in some way and I believe that using Internet is probably the best idea possible.
I'm going to use this blog not only as a place for advertising items I want to sell. I'd like to create a place where I could write about my hobby, what makes me happy about it, what sort of problems do I face… and so on.
Let's see how long a story about beads can be ;-)
