posted: Thursday, 31st March 2011
I had a busy day working today, then some chores and lastly an evening out and as I got ready to leave the house my final decision was what jewellery to wear.
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posted: Wednesday, 30th March 2011
My blue necklace is all completed, and sooner than I expected. I originally planned to add a fully beaded rope but, as I worked on it, I realised that actually it would make the piece too "floppy" and it suited a simpler, more structural look
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posted: Tuesday, 29th March 2011
I love getting post, and always have done.
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posted: Sunday, 27th March 2011
I am still working away on a necklace version of my recent bangles and I have realised now why I am finding it so hard. I just don't like the colour.
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posted: Saturday, 26th March 2011
The weather seems to have turned wintery again, so I am inclined to stay at home and snuggle up watching rubbish TV- and I do just this for most of the day.
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posted: Friday, 25th March 2011
This morning saw Kate McKinnon's last few hours in London, before she headed off to Devon to teach, and I once again got to see London through a visitor's eyes- good and bad.
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posted: Thursday, 24th March 2011
Ok, I have a confession to make.
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posted: Wednesday, 23rd March 2011
I have long been a fan of Kate McKinnon and was delighted to briefly meet her and see her work in person back in 2006.
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posted: Monday, 21st March 2011
A brief respite from beading and work and tonight I headed off to an event put on by the London Cocktail Society.
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posted: Sunday, 20th March 2011
This has been a busy week for me with lots of ups and downs.
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posted: Wednesday, 16th March 2011
I have been asked to come up with a peyote stitch project which uses crystals, so today I'm working on something new to give me a break from my bangles.
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posted: Sunday, 13th March 2011
One more bangle made (that's 5 now) and this one is different in that it uses 6mm Swarovski Rondelles whereas my other small bangles use 4mm fire-polished beads.
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posted: Friday, 11th March 2011
I have been busy recently looking through all of my archives of beadwork and instructions, making sure I have written everything up and offered it on this site before adding new items.
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posted: Monday, 7th March 2011
I'm on a beading roll and have made two more of my bangles.
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posted: Thursday, 3rd March 2011
I have managed to bead my larger version of my new bangle and it's looking great.
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posted: Sunday, 27th February 2011
Having finished my smaller-scale bangle version of this design I am beading a much larger-scaled one.
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posted: Saturday, 26th February 2011
I'm still working on my latest geometric piece but as this is my tenth variation on this bracelet I am well aware of just how long it will take me to finish and I'm in the mood to feel like I've completed something.
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posted: Thursday, 24th February 2011
My brain is full at the moment trying to make decisions about my recent experiments so I have run for safety back to a project I begin back in December.
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posted: Wednesday, 23rd February 2011
So, I have put my previous experiment away to let it brew for a while and moved onto the next one.
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posted: Sunday, 20th February 2011
I'm still working away on my latest experiment and although I like the general idea, I'm not fully satisfied with it.
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posted: Saturday, 19th February 2011
Despite having studied science at school and even begun a science degree since then (one day I'll manage to finish it...) I am baffled by electricity, confounded by engineering and bamboozled by anything to do with computers beyond turning them on
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posted: Tuesday, 15th February 2011
A new day and a new experiment.
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posted: Monday, 14th February 2011
Well, I don't think I can call this an experiment any more!
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posted: Sunday, 13th February 2011
Wow- can you believe it- today is my tenth anniversary of beginning beading.
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posted: Saturday, 12th February 2011
A busy day today with a new kit and pattern now available.
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posted: Friday, 11th February 2011
I'm still working away on my latest experiment and think I've cracked it.
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posted: Thursday, 10th February 2011
I have put away my previous experiment and begun a new one- still trying to create the vision I have in my mind.
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posted: Thursday, 3rd February 2011
I seem to have a brain that is never satisfied and I'm always on the look-out for new information and strange facts, so when I first found out about The Last Tuesday Society I was really pleased.
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011
I've trying to spend a bit more time beading at the moment rather than just doing paperwork and emails so planned to devote today to just beading.
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posted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011
Every year I teach a Wirework Projects residential class and each time I make sure I come up with completely new projects.
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posted: Friday, 28th January 2011
I finally knuckled down and complete my new bangle, the latest piece in my Interlocking Crystals series.
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posted: Tuesday, 25th January 2011
My latest piece is still growing- only 8 more rivolis to go!
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posted: Friday, 21st January 2011
I am busy working away on my next Interlocking Crystals variation.
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posted: Monday, 10th January 2011
Oops. Despite my best wishes for 2011, it's all gone a bit pear-shaped. You may have noticed that the website disappeared over the last couple of days.
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posted: Saturday, 8th January 2011
One of the main pieces of beadwork I developed last year was my Interlocking Crystals necklace.
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posted: Saturday, 1st January 2011
Whoa- where did 2010 go?
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