posted: Monday, 29th March 2010
So, I've finally figured out one of my potential entries and got it all beaded- now just to finish the potential second one.
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
I'm still beading my potential competition entries and am rapidly running out of time to get them completed.
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posted: Thursday, 18th March 2010
My new beads have arrived and I'm feeling a lot happier with the colours- if a few hundred pounds poorer (whose bright idea was it to do this in crystals?!?!)
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posted: Tuesday, 16th March 2010
I've nearly done with one of my Bead Dreams projects and am now working on the second one.
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posted: Monday, 15th March 2010
Today was a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum to meet up with friends and absorb some more culture.
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posted: Wednesday, 10th March 2010
It's not long ago that I was in a beading panic and here I am once again.
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posted: Saturday, 6th March 2010
Today it's a trip to the Tate Britain to see exhibitions by Henry Moore (and his foundation here) and Chris Ofili.
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posted: Friday, 5th March 2010
Having a nice weekend off exploring London.
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posted: Thursday, 4th March 2010
I'm still in Chichester and todays class is on Viking Weave.
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posted: Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
Once again I'm at the lovely Earnley Concourse teaching some classes.
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posted: Friday, 26th February 2010
Our second and last day in Paris and we begin with a trip on the Metro where we came upon the most wonderful mosaic and tiles.
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posted: Thursday, 25th February 2010
Sometimes you just need to run away for a couple of days and this week I did just that.
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posted: Wednesday, 24th February 2010
Finishing my crochet necklace has reminded me just how much I love crochet, so I scoured my very small yarn collection to find something else to do.
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
I have decided that my head is so cluttered with unfinished projects that I really need to clear out, so I'm on a real mission to get through them all.
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posted: Saturday, 20th February 2010
Over Christmas I attempted to bead a great design by Sharon Erwine but was thwarted in my attempts by a thread that kept breaking- very annoying!
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posted: Thursday, 18th February 2010
I have so much to do but decided to indulge in some mindless beading fun and finish this miniature crystal purse that's been sitting around unfinished for a couple of years.
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posted: Tuesday, 16th February 2010
I finally finished my new sea urchin.
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posted: Monday, 15th February 2010
My day out yesterday included a trip to Loop, a lovely yarn shop.
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posted: Sunday, 14th February 2010
It's Valentines Day and I celebrate with a visit to the Angel, Islington.
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posted: Friday, 12th February 2010
I was down in Arundel again this week working in the Bead offices. On the way back to London we took a detour and re-visited the Cass Sculpture Foundation.
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posted: Monday, 8th February 2010
I seem to be on a complete RAW (right-angle weave) adventure at the moment.
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posted: Thursday, 4th February 2010
Pondering what to bead I realised I just needed at least one more of these bangles (which will be a project in issue 21 of Bead- out 17 March 2010).
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posted: Monday, 1st February 2010
After my recent crystal beading I'm still in a sparkly frame of mind but this time mixing it in with wirework.
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posted: Saturday, 30th January 2010
I told you I'd get addicted!
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posted: Thursday, 28th January 2010
I have decided to set myself the challenge of coming up with a series of beaded beads, to be published in Bead magazine.
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posted: Monday, 25th January 2010
When in New York I bought some lovely "paddle" shaped beads and have been pondering over the past couple of months just what to do with them.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd January 2010
This weekend I've come away to Earnley Concourse in Chichester once again for a fun weekend of teaching.
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posted: Wednesday, 20th January 2010
Off to Arundel today to take photos for issue 22 of Bead and once again problems on the trains result in my journey taking 5 hours- double what it should.
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posted: Tuesday, 19th January 2010
Although I don't feel as though I've got much done recently I do seem to keep stepping outside my comfort zone a lot, and once again I had a go at it today.
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posted: Saturday, 16th January 2010
Back to beading- because I have to!
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posted: Wednesday, 13th January 2010
There has been a distinct lack of beading happening in this house so far this year and it took me a while to work out why.
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posted: Saturday, 9th January 2010
An unexpected day off today as my class was cancelled due to the weather, so I decided to make the most of it and have some time out in London.
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posted: Friday, 8th January 2010
It's still very cold and the snow is still on the ground.
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posted: Wednesday, 6th January 2010
Recently the weather stopped me visiting the Bead offices to film and take photos and exactly the same has happened today.
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posted: Monday, 4th January 2010
A day of wirework today as I finish off all my samples and instructions for my weekend residential Wirework Projects Class which is in a couple of week.
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posted: Saturday, 2nd January 2010
I rang in the new year with a visit to a comedy club, a few drinks and much dancing- getting to bed around 4am.
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