Lily Mordà and Timothy James are artists living in Florence, Italy. Originally from the United States, they have been living and working in Italy for 7+ years.

By trade, Lily is a jewelry designer and Tim a glass bead maker. Together they own and operate BeadedLily, a designer jewelry and handmade bead store in the heart of Florence, as well as their e-commerce website BeadedLily.com. Tim also teaches glass beadmaking in the Venetian tradition at his glass studio. (www.BeadedLilyGlassWorks.com)

Ten years back, out of necessity, Tim dove head-first into the world of website design.  Learning by doing, he built their first e-commerce site on a wing and a prayer. They were pleased that when they sold that website and the associated business a year later, the website was averaging over $1000 a month. He has come a long way since then in terms of technical knowledge, sense of structural design, proper use of color and imagery and effective online promotional skills.