Who we are

Come gather round and let me tell ya how we started this whole thing. Here goes! 

So, it's two of us over here at Jelli Bead, (Well actually, it's 3, but our dog doesn't really do much except bark and fart) Abbi and Zach.

That's us! And Ruby, the lil' stinky girl. Useless, not very helpful, but very cute and sweet. So anyways, story goes like this:

In the Summer of 2023 we went to a music festival where we rented a beach house with 18 other people we more or less barely knew.

We aren't very social people usually, but we decided to take a chance to save some money on the festival. Abbi had just started making Kandi bracelets as a hobby and brought all her beads to the beach house.

On the first night we brought the beads out and all that social anxiety went away immediately. Every single person in that house and every guest that came over took a turn sitting around the table making kandi for each other and trading it all around the house. That was when we really saw the magic behind what a hobby like this can do. Breaking down those barriers and sharing creativity with strangers is so magical, so we knew there was something there that we wanted to have a bigger part in.

Then came the research. We googled and googled and googled some more until we taught ourselves how to make all the beads you see on our site now. Zach handles design and production, and Abbi takes care of fulfillment, customer care, and overall vibes. Our mission is to make beads that help you express yourself and share that expression with others. Beads you wouldn't expect, beads you've never seen before, and beads that stand out on the bracelets or whatever projects they eventually become a part of.

We hope some of our beads catch your eye and that you can use it to give them a try!

If you have any questions for us, please feel free to reach out to our email. We are just a couple of real people who love our community and are so happy you chose to join it!

 --Abbi & Zach