posted: Tuesday, 31st March 2015
I'm still working on my new size 10 Delicas bangle.
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posted: Monday, 30th March 2015
I'm visiting a friend out of London and it's the perfect opportunity to catch-up and watch films all whilst beading.
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posted: Thursday, 26th March 2015
Yesterday I took some time off to wander London with a friend and worked like mad this morning to make up for it.
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posted: Tuesday, 24th March 2015
A day today full off odd-jobs and errands but I have no complaints as they cause me to walk through my local park on the way to the bus and Post Office. I love walking here and seeing the changes the weather and seasons bring
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posted: Monday, 23rd March 2015
My two new necklaces are finished (I've yet to photograph the other one) but I'm stuck for a name, and even an accurate description.
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posted: Sunday, 22nd March 2015
The sun is shining and my legs need stretching so a long leisurely walk around the beautiful Aldenham reservoir was a perfect way to spend a few hours today.
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posted: Saturday, 21st March 2015
A lovely day in Yateley teaching 20 beaders all the intricacies of geometric beadwork with Tila beads.
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posted: Friday, 20th March 2015
I'm working now on a new set of bangles but again these are a return to some old ideas.
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posted: Thursday, 19th March 2015
I'm still working on my new bangles - based off rooting out some samples I beaded a few years ago - and although I can now get them to physically work I'm not entirely happy with them.
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posted: Wednesday, 18th March 2015
The new set of bangles I'm working on are coming together. These combine 2 different stitches which is fun and has got me back to beading brick stitch which isn't a stitch I use much at all.
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posted: Tuesday, 17th March 2015
A really bad photo of my bead mat taken with my camera but I just had to show these fennel coloured Delicas (#2124).
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posted: Sunday, 15th March 2015
Mr Jean Power and I are still hunting (nearly 8 years now) for the perfect sofa, and now also some storage for all the cocktail books I've managed to accumulate, so today we headed off to a show hosted by The Modern Marketplace to peruse some beautiful items.
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posted: Saturday, 14th March 2015
I popped to Bristol for the day for an Armarria class with the lovely Bristol Beaders and it was great to be able to show them my two new finished pieces.
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posted: Friday, 13th March 2015
All the brick stitch rope reminded me of a project I'd previously worked on and then put away meaning to pick it up again a lot sooner.
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posted: Thursday, 12th March 2015
I discovered the amazing vintage Swarovski crystals on my travels last year and immediately knew what I wanted to make with them.
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posted: Wednesday, 11th March 2015
There's only so much brick stitch rope I can do at any one sitting without needing a break so this evening I've treated myself to stringing components and finishing my Armarria necklace and new bracelet.
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posted: Sunday, 8th March 2015
I've finished the rope on one of my necklaces so now just need to bead the other.
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posted: Saturday, 7th March 2015
I'm still working away on my new necklaces and it's reached the point where I need to make a decision on what rope I want to use.
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posted: Friday, 6th March 2015
Today is a photo-shoot for my new book so I got to spend hours and hours at a studio holding my fingers and hands in weird positions.
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posted: Thursday, 5th March 2015
A night out with friends to see tUnE-yArDs (their ridiculous spelling, not mine) at The Royal Festival Hall as part of their Women of the World season. The music was loud, energetic and full of different noises
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posted: Wednesday, 4th March 2015
My mum and some friends are over from France so it's a great excuse to spend the day away from the computer and wander London.
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posted: Monday, 2nd March 2015
As a big fan of jewellery, and especially art jewellery, I am aware of the Loot show held every year at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. You can read about the 2014 show here.
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posted: Friday, 27th February 2015
I headed off to StitchnCraft Beads today to teach my Armarria Class and it was really fun to see all the different colour variations created and just how much the look of the different beads and crystals affected each other.
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posted: Monday, 23rd February 2015
It was a real treat to get the post this morning and discover my Moon Rays Pendant in there along with the March issue of Beads & Beyond Magazine.
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posted: Sunday, 22nd February 2015
With my beadwork still sitting here on my beading mat remaining secret I get to treat you to another photo of work beaded by someone else.
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posted: Wednesday, 18th February 2015
I'm keeping my beadwork under wraps for now but it gives me a chance to show off some of the photos of the great beadwork I get sent- always a treat.
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posted: Monday, 16th February 2015
Ever since I found my first piece of Soholm pottery I've been on the hunt for more... and more.
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posted: Saturday, 14th February 2015
My current piece of beading is a return to some old samples and an old idea in an attempt to turn them into a finished necklace.
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posted: Saturday, 7th February 2015
When I first started beading I had no idea of the journey my life would take never mind the sheer amount of technical things I'd have to learn.
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posted: Tuesday, 3rd February 2015
I woke up this morning to a smattering of snow (which sadly had all disappeared by the afternoon) which looked beautiful though it made me wish I could stay curled up in bed all day.
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posted: Monday, 2nd February 2015
I finally managed to finish my Icos Bracelet and am now working away on the instructions.
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posted: Sunday, 1st February 2015
We had a house full yesterday and this morning and it was so lovely to spend time with two more of my nieces... hence why I woke up this morning with a henna tattoo on one arm... and it developed added glitter detail as the day went on.
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posted: Saturday, 31st January 2015
Today was my first class of the year and just the second time for me teaching my Sticks & Stones Class.
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posted: Thursday, 29th January 2015
My life at the moment is taken up with sleeping, writing instructions and trying to choose sofas for our house.
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posted: Tuesday, 27th January 2015
Today's posting in the Art Chain is a necklace that, like the last piece I showed, also began right back in 2001 when I first started beading but this time was finished in 2011.
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posted: Monday, 26th January 2015
The first batch of my new book has been delivered to the publishers and I'm now just waiting for the date to take the step-by-step photos and working away on the next batch as well as my Armarria Necklace.
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posted: Friday, 23rd January 2015
Today's posting in the Art Chain is a necklace that was began right back in 2001 when I first started beading but was finished in 2007: 2-8-1 (Collar For A Rangoli Girl).
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posted: Thursday, 22nd January 2015
Today's posting is a bracelet that also has a lot of good memories for me- Geometric 3-4-2.
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posted: Wednesday, 21st January 2015
It's hard to believe that my little baby niece is 16 today.
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posted: Tuesday, 20th January 2015
I'm currently going to a fatigue management group for people with MS and learning a lot- mainly that I do everything wrong.
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posted: Monday, 19th January 2015
Today's posting in the Art Chain is a bracelet that has a lot of good memories for me- Geometric 3-4-1.
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posted: Saturday, 17th January 2015
I'm still working away on my Armarria Necklace variation of the bracelet and it's beginning to take shape.
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posted: Friday, 16th January 2015
If you have lots of beading friends on Facebook you may have seen the recent 'Art Chain' that's going on.
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posted: Wednesday, 14th January 2015
Whenever I design a project I always try and make as many variations on the idea as possible and see if I can make it reversible, interchangeable or adaptable or if I can use different beads to make it or even just alter the size and scale.
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posted: Tuesday, 13th January 2015
I love working away in my new workroom hidden away at the top of the house. I have a little roof terrace that I can go out on and look at the park, catch my breathe and get some calm all whilst being amongst the trees with no-one knowing I'm there.
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posted: Monday, 12th January 2015
The centrepiece of this new necklace is done and now I'm just working on the 3 ropes that it will hang from.
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posted: Sunday, 11th January 2015
With the help of my niece and powered by my new electric-blue hair it's time to finally take down the Christmas tree and live without its colour and light for 11 months. Always a sad time not least as I try to fit everything back in the boxes they came out of.
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posted: Saturday, 10th January 2015
I'm on a beading roll and got out two other projects that have quietly waited for me to finish them.
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posted: Friday, 9th January 2015
I'm still waiting for my new rivolis so I continued working on my newest Onye piece.
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posted: Thursday, 8th January 2015
I'm still beading my new Onye piece but have run out of the colour of rivolis I'm using so have had to begin another piece.
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posted: Sunday, 4th January 2015
It's hard to believe it's over 5 years since I first began my Onye series of work and 5 long years I've been meaning to bead a another version of Onye 4 and variations based on it.
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posted: Friday, 2nd January 2015
One of my highlights of 2014 was the Bead & Button show- not least because I got to spend time with friends, especially Dana & Glenda who I shared a room and many laughs with.
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posted: Thursday, 1st January 2015
The last day of 2014 began with a lot of work as I deactivated all my patterns and digital books from being instant-downloads to comply with the ludicrous new EU VAT regulations.
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