posted: Saturday, 29th June 2013
Today I got to meet Christina Vandervlist- the creator of one of my favourite pieces of beadwork ever - the Fortune Teller Bangle
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posted: Friday, 28th June 2013
Today we headed into Toronto for shopping and...poutine.
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posted: Thursday, 27th June 2013
After our busy and full day yesterday today got off to a slower start with a lie-in - just what I needed.
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posted: Wednesday, 26th June 2013
I don't think I ever thought that one day I would get to see Niagara Falls so when Debi Keir-Nicholson from Beads of Colour kindly offered fro me to stay an extra few days after teaching and get to see it I couldn't say no and as I got up today I still couldn't believe I would actually get to see...
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posted: Tuesday, 25th June 2013
Sadly today is my last day teaching here in Canada but I'm looking forward to having the next few days off and getting to see more of the country.
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posted: Monday, 24th June 2013
Last night after class Marg Yamanaka, the owner of BeadFX, drove me out to Dundas where I'm teaching today and tomorrow at Beads of Colour.
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posted: Sunday, 23rd June 2013
Today is my last day teaching at BeadFX and though I'm excited to head onto my next venue I'll be sad to leave here. Fortunately some of the students have wisely/ crazily/ amazingly booked in for all 5 days with me so I'll have their company to ease me through leaving.
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posted: Saturday, 22nd June 2013
Another day at the wonderful BeadFX in Canada and today we're beading frames. It's great having the class in such a treat of a shop as everyone can try out different feature beads as we're sitting surrounded by so many to choose from
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posted: Friday, 21st June 2013
Today is my first full day in Canada and I'm teaching my Zinnia class at BeadFx.
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posted: Thursday, 20th June 2013
I've headed over to Canada to teach and as this is my first trip I'm excited to see the country, meet everyone and have a good time.
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posted: Wednesday, 19th June 2013
Today I'm crazily busy preparing to head to Canada tomorrow and also still working on pieces for my Bead Embroidery Summer School.
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posted: Tuesday, 18th June 2013
For many years now I have bleached my fringe and often added colour to it but for about 6 months I have had it the same colour as the rest of my hair
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posted: Monday, 17th June 2013
It was a friend's birthday recently and we finally managed to get together to celebrate it- only a month or so late.
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posted: Sunday, 16th June 2013
I'm still at Missenden Abbey and in the interest of trying to spread love for grey I wore a ring and scarf which were grey and added in other colours to see if they worked together- and thankfully they did.
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posted: Saturday, 15th June 2013
I'm away for the weekend teaching wirework and chain maille at Missenden Abbey- heaven. This is such a relaxing place to be and everyone is so friendly that by the end of today it felt as though we'd been here for a week!
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posted: Friday, 14th June 2013
I'm busy preparing lots of samples for my class this summer at Missenden Abbey- all about bead embroidery.
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posted: Wednesday, 12th June 2013
Although I'm keeping my beading hidden at the moment I can at least show you some of the colours I'm using.
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posted: Tuesday, 11th June 2013
At the moment I am secretly beading away on 4 different geometric projects at once, all of which I'm keeping hidden as they'll be featured in the second volume of Geometric Beadwork...
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posted: Monday, 10th June 2013
Since my parents live in France and my sisters are all grown up and working/ married/have their own families/ living further away etc it's a fairly rare occasion we all get together, I think the last time we did was my parents 40th wedding anniversary almost a year ago and before that my sister's...
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posted: Friday, 7th June 2013
The sun is out in London and I'm trying to make the most of it knowing that it could disappear any second.
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posted: Wednesday, 5th June 2013
It's only a few months since my next book, 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' got the go-ahead, but already I am seeing laid out pages and the 2nd of 3 batches of projects are done. It may look like all I do is eat and drink but a lot of beading goes on behind the scenes!
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posted: Sunday, 2nd June 2013
I'm worn out so am treating myself to a few days sleeping and stitching my Emily Peacock tapestry begun recently - heaven.
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posted: Saturday, 1st June 2013
Back home and having to ignore my jetlag for a day as I head off very early to StitchnCraft Beads in Dorset.
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posted: Tuesday, 28th May 2013
Today is our last day and if it's any consolation it's raining so hard we struggle to leave the apartment all day.
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posted: Monday, 27th May 2013
Yesterday whilst wandering we passed Pinche Taqueria but it was packed so we didn't stop. Today, as the sun is still shining, somewhere with tasty mexican food and cold drinks seemed the perfect place to be.
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posted: Sunday, 26th May 2013
Yesterday I had a great beady-get-together with friends and we had good fun exploring my Geoemtric Suspensions. Of course I didn't take a single photo!
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posted: Friday, 24th May 2013
Yesterday I taught for The Bead Society of New Jersey and sadly didn't take a single photo- what a fool!
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posted: Wednesday, 22nd May 2013
I wrote a big long blog post about what I got up to day and yesterday with plenty of details of a mind-blowing experience I had at the Met and many links but then managed to not save it.
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posted: Monday, 20th May 2013
My not taking photos has continued today with me only managing to snap one photo all day. I had plenty of opportunity but was so caught up in the moment I forgot to take any. I guess that's a sign of a good day.
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posted: Sunday, 19th May 2013
Today was my second day teaching at Beads By Blanche and unfortunately it was over all too soon.
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posted: Saturday, 18th May 2013
An early start today as I catch the bus to Beads By Blanche in New Jersey. I know I have said it before but this really is one of my favourite places in the World
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posted: Friday, 17th May 2013
It seems only a few days ago I was here in New York and in the blink of an eye I'm back again.
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posted: Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Back at the Fashion and Textiles Museum today for a short workshop on collage.
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posted: Tuesday, 14th May 2013
Recently I have been playing a lot with cubic right-angle weave and bicone crystals, which is surely a marriage made in heaven.
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posted: Thursday, 9th May 2013
Excitingly I got to spend all day playing with colour today - always a pleasure! Having met Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably last week I was really looking forward to learning more from them both and having a good excuse to immerse myself in colour and fabric for a few hours.
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posted: Monday, 6th May 2013
Another new project for 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' and this one is going to be big!
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posted: Sunday, 5th May 2013
'Small Beads. Big Jewelry' will have 30 projects (20 from me) and I've been having lots of fun coming up with brand new projects and ideas. One I just couldn't resist sneaking in is a skull and crossbones.
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posted: Saturday, 4th May 2013
I'm busy working away on projects for 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' and these earrings are a variation on one of the projects- I love the colour combination- blue, copper and pink are a hot combination.
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posted: Friday, 3rd May 2013
Well Hello Sunshine!
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posted: Thursday, 2nd May 2013
I finally have beaded as many variations of this as I want to (well, want to today that is, I have plenty more planned in the future) so am pleased to annouce the availability of my new pattern - Bundles of Bezels.
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posted: Wednesday, 1st May 2013
I wrote my copyright blog a week or so ago and was absolutely shocked by the hundreds of responses I received, since then I have been working my way through all the messages and emails and trying to reply to everyone but it's taking a long time- sorry.
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posted: Sunday, 28th April 2013
It might not look like much but this is the end result of about 18 hours of beading. Beading, undoing, beading and undoing of course.
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posted: Saturday, 27th April 2013
As you can maybe tell from my blog, patterns etc I am in love with these large 30mm crystals from Swarovski (article 2035 if you want to start your own addiction) and am always looking for new ways to use them.
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posted: Friday, 26th April 2013
I was already addicted to making these Beaded Frame pieces but, now I know for sure that exactly the same instructions work when you scale up the seed beads you use, I've an even stronger craving to make many more.
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posted: Thursday, 25th April 2013
...To survive fire-eating then then almost instantly be taken down by food poisoning.
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posted: Monday, 22nd April 2013
Last Monday was my death-defying segway ride so this Monday is...fire-eating.
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posted: Friday, 19th April 2013
Note that there is a follow-up to this blog here.
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posted: Wednesday, 17th April 2013
It's my last morning in Florida before I head home and Dana kindly takes me to Charming Charlie where I fill what luggage allowance I have left with jewellery and gifts. Mainly for me.
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posted: Tuesday, 16th April 2013
A.K.A. just call me Captain Jean.
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posted: Monday, 15th April 2013
When Dana invited me to Florida she promised me a segway trip and I wasn't sure whether to be excited or make my excuses. But not being one to wimp out today the day for riding a segway has arrived.
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posted: Sunday, 14th April 2013
Today is my last day teaching at Beads Gone Wild in West Plam Beach (don't worry, I consoled myself with lots of shopping) and the class is All Angles.
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posted: Saturday, 13th April 2013
I'm still here in West Palm Beach and having a great time- a lovely group of students, catching up and staying with friends and some fab bead shopping all combine for a wondrous time.
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posted: Friday, 12th April 2013
Some sad news to begin with. Today I discovered that at some point, either at the end of yesterday's class or during today's, someone wandered off with my latest Zinnia. I am still hopeful that it was an error and it will re-appear at some point in the future
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posted: Thursday, 11th April 2013
After the stress of yesterday today is an absolutely joy- helped I'm sure by the presence of one of the World's greatest dogs- Isabella. She's a service dog for one of my students and I fell instantly and madly in love with her
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posted: Wednesday, 10th April 2013
Phew- I barely know where to start with my past 48 hours.
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posted: Monday, 8th April 2013
I woke up this morning to the warning from Kate that it was windy and dusty out. And she wasn't lying.
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posted: Sunday, 7th April 2013
Today began, for me at least, with a trip to the salon for a manicure and pedicure which was weirdly relaxing and perplexing. It was like everything in there was done just to slightly unsettle you
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posted: Saturday, 6th April 2013
...in the right place when the person you're staying with has arranged a tableau for your pleasure and amusement whilst you're asleep. I guess all my raving about this wonderful piece of beadwork by Tiena Habing and the little animals paid off.
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posted: Friday, 5th April 2013
Yesterday I left the very grey and snowy surroundings of London to fly into the warm, sunny and colourful arms of Tucson.
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