Patricia Liles Designs is a small, home based business formerly located in Spring, Texas (just north of Houston).  It now continues, on a limited basis, in my current home in Jacksonville, Florida.

Started in 1999, I began to design and make original and quality beaded jewelry for shops, boutiques and galleries.  It was not long before growth brought other local women to help me keep up with demand.

The designs always start with a treasure hunt for beautiful pearls, stones, glass, crystals and high quality metals from around the world.  Once in my home studio, I design the original and then, while I was in Texas, I turned to one of three assistants to help complete the small editions.  Since the assistants also worked from their homes, this became a truly modern version of a cottage industry.  After completion, all the pieces were sent out to various shops for sale, or sold at a limited number of local shows. Many of our group became lifelong friends. Now there is the real treasure!

I’m in Florida now, and I occasionally open my  Etsy shop:  Water Poppies

What exactly is 'Water Poppies' and why? 

The Etsy shop is named Water Poppies for several reasons. First, Etsy seemed to like that name better than Patricia Liles! I’ll try not to take that personally. But, it also became harder and harder to find the petite green ribbon for the bows which had become my signature. So, to this day, some earrings are on my original earring card with the cute bow, and some come on the brighter, Water Poppies earring card.