Kelly Stacey

SparKelly Jewelry

Beadweaving, Jewelry, Whimsies, Tapestries

 

503-309-7872
kellystacey1961@gmail.com
 

Kelly specializes in bead weaving. She enjoys making an assortment of jewelry pieces, including bracelets, pendants and earrings, and also creates various items she calls “whimsies.” These include tapestries and other wall hangings, decorative boxes, and a variety of holiday pieces.

For many years, Kelly has practiced a variety of art forms that she considers more craft-oriented, embroidery being a favorite example. She explained that, “after a major depressive disorder episode,” she started beading as a form of therapy.

Today, after 17 years, her single needle bead weaving art spans many motifs. Her work ranges from beautifully complex and meticulously assembled jewelry, including some mixed media pieces, all the way to pop culture images such as yin-yang and dancing bear tapestries. Of course, as an Ocean Shores resident, she occasionally finds inspiration in beach themes, and enjoys beach-combing for shells, agates and rocks that may become parts of some future projects.

Three years ago, Kelly made her first foray in selling her jewelry. She tried the new Market By the Sea that ran during the summer outdoors at the Lions Club on Ocean Shores Blvd., as well as the AAOS Arts & Crafts Festival Labor Day weekend and the Thanksgiving weekend Winter FantaSea event, both at the Ocean Shores Convention Center. This year marks her third year with Art Splash, and she plans to show at the Winter FantaSea.

Kelly, her husband, Wes, and a rescued terrier/chihuahua mix she said is appropriately named “Stinky,” moved here four years ago from Portland, OR, where she was born and raised. She enjoyed the fortunate timing of retiring from a public health job with the State of Oregon just before the pandemic began. After finding Oregon Coast property too pricey, they began looking up this way and quickly fell in love with a home on the Grand Canal.

“I love living in Ocean Shores,” she enthused. “This is the best move I ever made!” While the change from big city to small town has occasionally involved a bit of culture shock, she’s found it easy to make new friends and get involved in new groups, such as Associated Arts of Ocean Shores.

Kelly can be reached through her Facebook page, her website sparkellyjewelry.net and at her email address, kellystacey1961@gmail.com