Hi! My name is Nicole Weltch and I am a Bead-a-holic. I started lampworking about 9years ago. It has been an on and off habit for me.

So let me tell you a little more about me... I am 32 UGH! (Birthday on December 24th). I have a loving hubby (Jason) of just over 11 years and 2 kids…er… Cats... Black & Furry of course! I have been "into" beads for about 12 years. Starting out by a body piercing (belly button) I got... I didn't like the bead in the captive ring. Soooo I went bead shopping... from that point on I was hooked. Of course made hideous jewelry at first... just as at first I made hideous lampwork beads. Since then I have taken numerous beading classes and 5 lampwork classes to date. My first lampworking class was with Craig Milliron (owner of Arrow Springs) then with Sharon Peters of Smart Ass Glass, Kim Osibin and Alethia Donathan and my most current class was Andrea Gurino.

Thank You for looking!

Nicole

Check out my Website: Black Cat Beads

Getting my very first torch for X-mas from my parents. 12/25/98