Hi everyone, I’m Samantha, the creator of JessamaDesign and JessamaTutorials.com. I love all things polymer clay, cats and nature.

I hope you'll stay a while and read about how I came to know about polymer clay and how this shop came about.

My fascination with beads goes way back to when I was only four years old. Once a month or so, my mom would take me to a little beading shop down the road from us. There I would painstakingly spend hours (literally) picking out my little allotment of beads for the month.

Eventually, I outgrew the little beading shop and we began to shop online for my supplies. One day, when I was about twelve years old, the polymer clay section of FireMountainGems.com caught my eye. We added a couple of blocks of Kato clay to the order and the rest, as they say, is history.

Little did I know that those first few blocks of clay would lead to JessamaDesign and my own website JessamaTutorials.com.

I was hooked from the first day. I started playing around with the clay, and had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but I was fascinated by the endless possibilities.

The name Jessama has a bit of a story behind it. Although I (Samantha) am the creator and artist of the business, there is a team behind the scenes working hard to keep everything running smoothly. I am privileged to be able to call my Mom and my sister, Jessica, my partners. We're a happy little family business, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

So, Jessama is a combination of the three of us. Jess - Sam - Ma. Cool huh? Believe it or not, my Dad came up with that. It's his contribution to the website, along with cheerleading. He isn't very arty!

So what can you expect from JessamaDesign in the future? Well, I already sell my jewelry and tutorials here. I plan to start doing texture stamps and polymer beads as well. There be many more surprises in the near future for this shop so be sure to check back soon.