Dayna Miles began designing and creating beaded jewelry over 15 years ago and is completely self-taught. Since childhood, she has enjoyed the needle arts and has always had a love for creating jewelry. About 12 years ago, she discovered bead embroidery and weaving and it has become her passion…expressing both the love of beaded jewelry and the needle and thread. When Dayna begins one of her designs, she chooses a focal piece and then begins pulling beads from her inventory that would possibly work in the design just as a painter decides his paint colors. This is why bead embroidery is sometimes referred to as “painting with beads.” She then lets the beads and components guide her as the piece develops into a finished work of bead art.