A Beaded World is the home of Meg Thompson, a Victorian bead artist, designer and instructor who teaches bead embroidery and bead weaving in person and on Zoom.
Meg needed one place to share her beadwork, promote her classes and sell her patterns and kits, without juggling separate platforms.
What I built
I built the site in WordPress with the Divi theme, letting Meg's colourful beadwork set the look, with an aqua palette pulled from her pieces.
- A WooCommerce shop were Meg added more than 40 products: PDF patterns as instant downloads, kits, polymer clay cabochons and finished beadwork
- Kits set aside for workshop attendees, so students can order exactly what their class needs
- PayPal payments and a Facebook shop connection
- A Classes page listing upcoming in-person and Zoom workshops, plus Meg's full class repertoire for bead stores and societies wanting to book her
- A Gallery of her work, with links to the stories behind the larger pieces on her blog
- Newsletter sign-up so students hear about new classes, kits and patterns first
Meg has kept the site growing and evolving since launch, adding new classes, kits and patterns herself.