CREEative Beadery

10/09/2026

♥️ Custom Medicine Bags ♥️

Sharing a few special custom medicine bags that I’ve had the honour of creating.

🌿First 5 photos: Crafted with elk hide, seed beads, coloured sinew, and charms.

🌿 Sixth and seventh photos: A Four Sacred Medicines Wheel–themed bag, crafted with deer hide, seed beads, and sinew.

🌿 Eighth and ninth photos: Crafted with green and orange-brown leather, pony beads, sinew, and a variety of charms.

Each piece carries its own beauty. As an artist, it means so much to create these pieces knowing they will become part of someone’s personal journey. A medicine bag can hold medicines and other things that are deeply meaningful to the person who carries it. ♥️🌿🪶

I’m always grateful for the opportunity to create these special pieces and to know they will be cherished by the hands and hearts they find their way to.

🌿 CREEative Beadery — Where culture, art, and community come together. 🌿

Thank you all for your continued support, for placing orders, for appreciating my creations, and for being part of my journey as an Indigenous artist. Your support means more than you know. ♥️🙏♥️

10/05/2026

It was such an honour to be part of this beautiful day, assisting with the turtle shell rattle workshop facilitated by Janine Niizhode. ❤️🐢❤️

It was so wonderful to spend the day with all of the participants. Everyone was so kind, patient, and supportive of one another, and it was beautiful to see each person put their own care and creativity into making their rattles. You all did such an amazing job!

It was especially meaningful to have Katherine Jack and Douglas Sinclair with us, two Elders who are very dear to my heart. ❤️ Thank you both for sharing such meaningful teachings and stories with us. I will carry those teachings with me and continue to share them with my loved ones. And Doug, thank you for keeping us laughing throughout the day, especially with your cat-scan story! 😂

Janine, thank you for trusting me and inviting me to be part of your workshop. I was honoured to make some of the medicine bags and to have Kevin and I help with the turtle shell preparation. I’m grateful for the opportunity to work alongside you and to be part of creating a space where people can connect with culture, teachings, and one another.

And Kevin Boaler, thank you for supporting me on my path as an artist. From harvesting materials and taking on woodworking projects, to helping me behind the scenes and stepping in wherever you’re needed, you are always there to help bring my work together. I truly appreciate everything you do. I’m very grateful to have you by my side through it all. ❤️

My heart is full after such a beautiful day of teachings, laughter, creativity, and connection. These are the moments that remind me why I love the work that I do. 🐢❤️

09/25/2026

Here I’m sharing a custom Eagle Fan order I recently received, created as a special gift for someone special. 🤍 🦅 🤍

This beautiful eagle fan was handcrafted with an eagle wing, white deer hide, leather braid embellishments, white sinew, and fringe at the bottom.

It is always such an honour to create these beautiful ceremonial pieces, knowing they will be gifted with love and carried forward with prayer, ceremony, and intention. 🪶

What an honour it is to create something that will become part of someone’s ceremonial journey. ♥️

09/16/2026

What a beautiful weekend of culture, community, family, and connection to the land. ❤️

A huge thank you to Janine Niizhode for inviting me to assist with the turtle-shell rattle and buffalo drum-crafting workshops with the community of Keeseekoowenin First Nation.

We gathered at the beautiful Lake Audy Campground in Manitoba, and what a perfect setting for these workshops. The outdoor shelter was such a wonderful space to come together, with the two woodstoves keeping us warm while we created, shared, laughed, and learned together.

We started with the turtle-shell rattle workshop. 🐢❤️ It was so wonderful watching everyone, especially the children and parents, work together, helping each other and creating something they could take home and treasure. Everyone did such an amazing job! The participants were so kind and welcoming, and the workshop flowed so smoothly.

The following day, we held the buffalo drum workshop with the same community. 🦬❤️ There was something especially meaningful about creating buffalo drums while being so close to the buffalo themselves. It was such a beautiful connection between the work we were doing and the land and animals surrounding us.

One of the highlights of the whole trip was picking sage medicine with the buffalo at the Lake Audy Bison Enclosure. 🌿🦬 What a beautiful and memorable experience! Being out on the land, gathering medicine, and seeing the buffalo nearby was something very special that I will carry with me.

It is always such a pleasure to have David Budd with us as our Elder. He is so caring and has such a huge sense of humour 😂❤️, and he always shares so many good teachings and stories. These are teachings and moments that we will carry with us and continue to pass on.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with children, families, adults, and communities, sharing culture, art, teachings, and time together. Every workshop is a chance to learn something new, meet wonderful people, and create meaningful connections.

It is such a treat to travel throughout Canada, visiting different communities, experiencing different parts of the land, meeting new people, and sharing this work. I feel very grateful for every opportunity to learn, create, teach, and connect. ❤️

Miigwetch to our facilitator, Janine Niizhode, Elder David Budd, the Keeseekoowenin community, and everyone who participated and helped make this weekend so special. ❤️

09/03/2026

Hello friends! ❤️
I’m excited to share this special event hosted by Janine Niizhode. A beautiful day of crafting a meaningful ceremonial item while receiving teachings and sharing knowledge.

I’m truly honoured to be assisting with this special workshop and to be part of creating a meaningful space for learning, connection, culture, and community. ❤️🐢❤️

If you are interested, please email [email protected]

* Workshop Full*
*Now accepting names for standby list *

Mino giizhiigan my relatives,

I will be hosting a special Spirit of the Turtle: Teachings & Mikinak Shishigwun Making Workshop here in Winnipeg

Email if your interested in reserving a spot, this workshop is offered for free, focusing on indigenous youth & families.

[email protected]

Looking forward to a wonderful day full of teachings and creating✨🫶

Kiininaakomin
Janine Niizhode

08/30/2026

✨ A Meaningful Creation ✨

What an honour it was to create these handcrafted mini medicine bags. ❤️

Each bag was carefully made using buffalo hide, sinew, a variety of charms and stones, and pony beads. The designs were inspired by the Seven Sacred Teachings, with the themes representing five of the seven sacred teaching animals. 🐢🦬🦅🐻🐺

I’m grateful for the opportunity to create these meaningful pieces by hand with love, care, and intention for all the carriers. ❤️🌿

May each medicine bag bring meaning, protection, love, and strength to those who wear and carry them. ❤️

08/20/2026

✨ A Special Custom Turtle Shell Rattle ✨

Here I’m honoured to share this very special custom turtle shell rattle, created with care and intention for Haley. 🐢❤️

This piece was made using locally picked cedar wood, elk hide, sinew, and leather, finished with a beautiful copper bead. Inside are specially hand-picked stones, including Strawberry Quartz and Rose Quartz, along with additional special stones provided by the carrier.

🌸 Strawberry Quartz — associated with compassion, harmony, and universal love. It is believed to carry uplifting energy, encouraging joy, kindness, emotional healing, self-nurturing, and a deeper connection with the universe and Divine.

🌹 Rose Quartz — associated with kindness, compassion, and forgiveness. Traditionally known as a stone of universal and unconditional love, it is connected with nurturing relationships, openness of heart, healing, friendship, and gentle emotional energy.

🪶 Copper — associated with earthly energy, vitality, and wisdom. It is traditionally believed to carry the receptive energies of Grandmother Earth, encouraging balance with nature and helping to channel and enhance energy.

Every element was thoughtfully chosen to make this rattle personal and meaningful to its carrier.

Thank you, Haley Vincent for trusting me to create this special ceremonial item. It was an honour to bring your vision together with the materials, stones, and intention that make this piece uniquely yours. ❤️🐢

08/15/2026

♥️🪶☀️ A Beautiful Experience at the 5th Annual Elmastukwek Mawio’mi, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

What a beautiful and profound experience it was to attend the 5th Annual Elmastukwek Mawio’mi with the Mi’kmaq people. I feel so grateful to have participated in the sunrise ceremony, Sweat Lodge, and powwow, and to have been welcomed to sit, listen, learn, and share in ceremony and community.

One of the highlights was having the opportunity to sit and visit with Mi’kmaq Elder Odelle Pike—twice! We shared many beautiful conversations, and I learned so much from her. We also talked about her connection to the Turtle Clan and my love and connection to the turtle.

She was wearing a beautiful turtle medallion and, during our conversation, she took it off and gifted it to me. 🐢❤️ It truly warmed my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Receiving this gift from her as we shared such meaningful conversations felt incredibly special. I am deeply honoured and grateful for this beautiful gift.

Another highlight was meeting Elder George Paul, who shared the story of how the Mi’kmaq Honour Song came to him during ceremony. Hearing his story and then hearing the song sung was incredibly moving, especially because it is a song I have listened to and sung while creating ceremonial items. What an honour. 🪶❤️

The powwow was also such a beautiful experience, seeing the Mi’kmaq community come together through song, dance, culture, and connection.

I was also blessed with some beautiful gifts and treasures from my time in Newfoundland, including seal-skin turtle earrings and a pin, otter earrings, an Elmastukwek Mawio’mi hoodie, and a seal hide. I’m especially excited to see what I will create with the seal hide and where the journey of creating with it will take me. 🦦🦭❤️

I leave this experience with a full heart, so much gratitude, new teachings, meaningful connections, and memories I will carry with me.

Thank you, Chelsea, Kevin, and Lily for bringing me along and sharing this beautiful experience with me at this special event, and thank you to everyone who welcomed me and shared this beautiful experience with me. ❤️🪶☀️

08/13/2026

🐢 Custom Turtle Shell Ceremonial Rattle 🐢✨

I’m honoured to share this custom turtle shell rattle, handcrafted with natural local cedar wood, turtle shell, sinew, and Elk hide. Inside the rattle are strawberry quartz stones, custom chosen from the carrier.

🍓 Strawberry Quartz
Compassion • Harmony • Universal Love • Joy

Strawberry Quartz is often associated with uplifting and joyful energy. It represents compassion and kindness, encourages self-healing and self-nurturing, and reminds us to honour our connection with the universe and the Divine. Its grounding energy can soothe the emotions while encouraging strength, positivity, and growth through an open heart.

“I am grateful for all that I have and all that I am.”

Thank you, Ivana Yellowback, for trusting me to create your ceremonial rattle. It is an honour to create something so meaningful for your journey. ❤️🪶☀️

07/11/2026

🧵✨ What a wonderful day facilitating a Ribbon Skirt Workshop with Sagkeeng Health Centre! ✨🧵

Christina and I had such a great time spending the day with everyone. ❤️ All of the ladies were so welcoming, and it was a pleasure creating alongside each of you.

Seeing everyone’s unique fabric and ribbon choices come together into beautiful ribbon skirts was so inspiring. Many of the participants were sewing for the very first time, and they all did an amazing job! Every finished skirt was one of a kind, and you should all be so proud of what you created. 👏💕

A huge thank you to Christina from -CREEations for assisting with the workshop. Your support, patience, and talent helped make the day such a success. ❤️

Thank you to Sagkeeng Health Centre for inviting us. 🙏💕 We are grateful for the opportunity to share culture, creativity, and community. We hope you all enjoy wearing your beautiful creations! 🪶