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Seed Bead Bliss

Seed beads fuel my creative energy. My jewelry is all lovingly hand-stitched, one bead at a time, in Lakeville, CT. You can never have enough beads!

Please contact me for prices and availability for the jewelry shown here. I've been working on and off in the jewelry industry for the last twenty years-- in Athens, Greece, Boston and New York. First I trained as a bench jeweler, then worked as a designer for both fine and costume jewelry manufacturers. Subsequently I went back to school to study decorative arts history. I concentrated on silver

and jewelry, wrote my masters thesis on a jewelry topic, and spent a year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My last employer was a renowned antique silver and jewelry dealer in Manhattan. I started working with seed beads in the late 1990s, experimenting and learning stitches. My projects were wildly ambitious, and I would make about one evening bag a year with off-loom stitches. I decided to turn my attention to jewelry in 2009, and I've found it very exciting! Inspiration comes from historic pattern design and from both modern and antique jewelry. I experiment quite a bit with techniques and stitches; I love challenging myself and my abilities! I tend to start my designs with Delica beads; these are a particular kind of cylindrical Japanese seed bead. They come in hundreds of colors and finishes, and they fit beautifully together. I also use other types of seed beads (sizes 8 to 15), square beads, shell, glass, pearls and semi-precious stones. I also adore buckles and buttons and use them whenever possible. I hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I enjoy making it--and making jewelry with tiny beads is one of my greatest pleasures. If this isn't Seed Bead Bliss, I don't know what is!

02/14/2026

💕Happy Valentines Day💕

02/13/2026

Just finished this after completely losing myself down a rabbit hole with these beaded beads!
I love the color in this dreary old winter!🧡💛🩵💙💚💜
What do you think? She needs a name also—open to suggestions!!
🤩🤩

01/28/2026

This kid! 💗🙏🏼
He’s recovering, but this month has been rough. David came down with a mysterious vomiting and low fever illness that came and went for 10 days. 3 visits to the doc, 2 chest X-rays and 2 sets of bloodwork later, he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Of course that’s what we were terrified of, since he was hospitalized 15 months ago for 2 whole weeks with complicated pneumonia.

We stayed on it, and it was caught in time. He is responding well to antibiotics 🙏🏼

All my planning and ideas for my business in the new year have gone out the window with David ill and out of school. I’ve been overwhelmed with caregiving, worry and advocacy for my baby 😵‍💫

This month has shown me that
I’ve made the right decision to do fewer in-person shows closer to home this year as David’s health grows more fragile 🫣

Life is precious, friends💜
I have hesitated posting about this, especially with the cruelty and inhumanity happening in our country right now. Thanks for sticking with me if you have come this far 🙏🏼
Much love, Leslie

12/24/2025

Hi folks!
Wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas 🎄 if you celebrate 💚

I asked chat GPT to create a festive portrait of me 😂

Been quiet on the socials lately as I have felt a bit overwhelmed with my personal responsibilities this fall. I’ve been actively working on lightening my load and deciding what I want to do and what no longer feels good/ serves me 🙏🏼💓 Parenting and caring for a declining and medically fragile 19yo is pretty intense🥺

Got some changes coming in my business as well—leaving my studio and relocating is the first thing. More updates soon!

Happy Holidays and wishing everyone a relaxing, peaceful and joyful season 😌😍🎄💚❤️💚🩷

11/28/2025

Last shows of the year! Always a fun time at The White Hart ❤️🤍💚
See you there tomorrow!

11/15/2025

Special order! I am willing sometimes to make multiple pairs ☺️
They do look sweet all together
🌝🌚🌝🌚💛🖤

10/17/2025

Beaders unite!
What fun meeting at GCT where she was showing her lovely designs 😍
We have kept in touch but never met in person until yesterday 👍

10/10/2025

This weekend!!! Can’t wait to see you there!

10/05/2025

My miracle doesn’t know what posing for a photo means 🤣
David is 19 and living with D-bifunctional protein deficiency, a fatal peroxisomal disorder which usually claims children in early childhood.
He was diagnosed earlier this year after our second round of full-family genomic sequencing.
It is my great honor to be his mama and to care for my happy, joyful sweetheart. All his caregivers over the years have fallen in love with him and his great sense of humor, million-watt smile and infectious chuckle 💓💓
Today is the GFPD’s annual awareness day, so we are participating for the first time 😀😍

09/13/2025

Here I am in my pop up jewelry boutique on the grounds of Lyndhurst Mansion. Gorgeous day☀️ here til 6 with many amazing artists and makers.
Come on out to celebrate and support the creativity and hard work of this amazing community😍😃

Address

89 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
10017

Website

http://lsoneill.com/

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