posted: Tuesday, 30th June 2015
A lovely heatwave has hit London (today it hit 30C/ 86F which is almost unheard of for us!) and my workrooms at the top of the house have turned into little saunas.
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posted: Monday, 29th June 2015
I've written before about how much I love getting to see my designs translated in the hands of others and the joy it brings me. So when I saw these photos of my Interlocking Crystals beaded by Dany Goren I just had to show them here.
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posted: Sunday, 28th June 2015
Whilst working like mad and making 65 things for LOOT I'm also having to still do all my day-to-day work as well as come up with 3 brand new beading classes for next year and also my Christmas 2015 secret bead-along kit - no rest for the wicked!
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posted: Saturday, 27th June 2015
Off down to Dorset today to visit StitchnCraft Beads for a Sticks & Stones class.
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posted: Friday, 26th June 2015
I recently taught my Geometric Stars at Moth Crafts and had a lovely day.
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posted: Thursday, 25th June 2015
There's a beading/ jewellery idea I've had brewing in my mind for a few years, and have been busy behind the scenes doing a lot of beading for, and today I got to begin making it a reality.
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posted: Wednesday, 24th June 2015
My recent visit to Hawksmoor reminded me just how much I love the lines and styling of Art Deco combined with dark malachite green and black so I decided to use those inspirations in my newest bead embroidery project.
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd June 2015
I've gone back to some bead embroidery for a few days an dam working on a cuff bangle called 'Martini and an olive'.
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posted: Monday, 22nd June 2015
I'm loving making these stars and each one I bead becomes my new favourite!
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posted: Sunday, 21st June 2015
The weather is beautiful and our local park has a football festival on with kids from 5-17 playing, so we took advantage and spent a lot of today sitting in the sun watching.
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posted: Saturday, 20th June 2015
A trip out today to see one of my nieces sing and then afterwards we needed to go somewhere for dinner. Well memories of my amazing meal at Hawksmoor the other day were still strong and wouldn't you know it, Hawksmoor Spitalfields was only a few minutes away...
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posted: Friday, 19th June 2015
I've beaded about 8 of these reversible star pendants now and my next couple will use this gorgeous bead mix I whipped up.
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posted: Thursday, 18th June 2015
I've now beaded 4 star pendants and have ideas and colour schemes for many more ready to go.
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posted: Tuesday, 16th June 2015
...after the art exhibition we went onto Hawksmoor Air Street which is the most wonderful restaurant, not only for its excellent food and drink, but also for its atmosphere and beautiful art nouveau green & black decor with a hint of wood.
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posted: Monday, 15th June 2015
After the weekend of guests I now have new ones in the shape of my parents over to see us and visit the Royal Academy Summer Exhibiton so today i got to take a day off and go out with them for an overdose to all my senses.
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posted: Sunday, 14th June 2015
I'm on a roll now with my reversible geometric star pendant and am loving choosing colours and playing with patterns.
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posted: Saturday, 13th June 2015
My mind is swirling with ideas and I'm jumping from one project to the next and am a whirr with beadwork.
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posted: Friday, 12th June 2015
Ever since I purchased a painting by Christopher Sercombe I've been in love with it and before we moved it hung in my work room so I could see it every day.
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posted: Thursday, 11th June 2015
I'm planning out my prospective bead embroidery projects and already I'm itching to begin putting the beads into place and play with colour and design and see what happens.
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posted: Wednesday, 10th June 2015
Today was the 3rd photo-shoot for my new book and I also got to see some of the pages laid out.
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posted: Tuesday, 9th June 2015
Frequently when I teach I see that people's bead colour choices match what they're wearing and this is just a simple sign that those are just their colours.
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posted: Monday, 8th June 2015
I'm fully immersed in beading bangles at the moment and my collection of them is growing.
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posted: Sunday, 7th June 2015
Today I excitedly headed off to Made In Hackney for a fermented foods class.
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posted: Saturday, 6th June 2015
I think I've finally settled on using the colours in my cushions as references for the colour chart I'm painting on the wall and so headed to the DIY shop today to choose colours.
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posted: Friday, 5th June 2015
Brown and blue is such a classic colour-combination and I love using it.
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posted: Thursday, 4th June 2015
I had to visit Central London today and took the opportunity to continue my seemingly never-ending quest to find the really thick (almost cardboard-like) 'interfacing' I used to use for my bead embroidery
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posted: Tuesday, 2nd June 2015
National Beading Week, and my Secret bead-along is fast approaching, and I'm delighted to say that over 400 individuals and over 25 shops & groups from all around the World have so far signed up to take part.
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posted: Monday, 1st June 2015
My latest newsletter went out today with details of my brand new pattern available to purchase - Sparkle Stars.
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posted: Sunday, 31st May 2015
I've now beaded 2 bronze triangle bangles and have moved onto a set using blue as well.
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posted: Saturday, 30th May 2015
About 20 years ago I tore a page from a home decorating magazine of a paint chart, such as you'd find in a DIY store, used to decorate a wall.
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posted: Wednesday, 27th May 2015
A trip out to Hastings today, which also wonderfully had lots of antique shops for us to peruse, and we got to enjoy the wonderful sunshine.
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posted: Tuesday, 26th May 2015
I've got a couple of days out of London and today we visited Rye which has a glorious number of antique shops, even if some of them have odd displays...
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posted: Monday, 25th May 2015
More house clearing and today I had to move my collection of vintage cocktail and entertaining books.
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posted: Sunday, 24th May 2015
I've had to abandon my latest pentagon half-way through as I've run out of the thread I was using for it and don't want to switch to another one.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd May 2015
It's all go at the Power household as we finally manage to finish unpacking and do some decorating in anticipation of some beautiful dark teal 1950s style sofas we've ordered.
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posted: Thursday, 21st May 2015
I'd forgotten just how much I love beading pentagons. They're complicated enough that they keep my interest but the repetitive pattern means once I've done a few segments I can leave the instructions alone.
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posted: Monday, 18th May 2015
I'm still beading pentagons but have moved on to a new chevron design, still in black and white.
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posted: Sunday, 17th May 2015
A day out in Hackney today (where I grew up) to visit a Midcentury Modern show on the hunt for a bookcase
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posted: Friday, 15th May 2015
My life is taken over with beading pentagons at the moment - and I'm loving it.
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posted: Thursday, 14th May 2015
A busy day today with the second photo-shoot for my new book which is still a work in progress.
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posted: Wednesday, 13th May 2015
A day trip out of London today to teach for Moth Crafts.
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posted: Thursday, 7th May 2015
It's election day and I'm determined to stay up as late as possible to see the results come in.
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posted: Wednesday, 6th May 2015
As part of National beading Week (25th July- 2nd August 2015) I will be running a secret bead-along!
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posted: Tuesday, 5th May 2015
My latest beading patterns are available from today and these 4 instructions all use Tila beads to make geometric beadwork projects.
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posted: Monday, 4th May 2015
Having been working on this crochet blanket for at least 9 years now I decided that rather than rush the ending the least I could do was give it a good finish so I'm adding extra crochet to each block to frame them and make them the same size and then blocking them so they're nice and even.
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posted: Sunday, 3rd May 2015
Back home and mourning the end of my holiday I'm pleased it's a long weekend and am resolved to have a couple of days with no computer work, so instead I fill my time with crochet and cheese-making.
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posted: Friday, 1st May 2015
Today was our last full day in Cornwall and I was determined to make the most of it.
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posted: Thursday, 30th April 2015
I headed off on a long walk today over the cliff-tops, down sand dunes, through the quayside and the town. It was wonderful to get the sun on me and feel the wind.
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posted: Wednesday, 29th April 2015
A trip to the lovely Porthleven today- one of my favourite places in the world.
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posted: Tuesday, 28th April 2015
A trip to the lovely St Ives today and a wander around all the shops and galleries where I fell in love with a painting of Smeaton lighthouse and so had to take a photo to compare it to.
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posted: Monday, 27th April 2015
Although I'm on holiday the work still goes on and I'm busy replying to emails, helping with projects and beading for an exciting project I've got coming up (sign up to my newsletter to find out more).
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posted: Sunday, 26th April 2015
My 2nd day teaching at GJ Beads and today's class is Rivoli Triangles.
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posted: Saturday, 25th April 2015
A very early start this morning at we headed out at 5am to be down in Cornwall at GJ Beads for me to teach my Geometric Stars.
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posted: Friday, 24th April 2015
I headed off to Dorset early this morning to visit StitchnCraft Beads and teach my Marun class.
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posted: Thursday, 23rd April 2015
My many, many boxes of beadwork have needed sorting out for a while so I grabbed the opportunity to do it today when I needed to find a couple of things.
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posted: Wednesday, 22nd April 2015
54 hours after I handed over my work to the wrong courier I managed, with pretty much zero help from the courier firm Yodel, to get it back.
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posted: Monday, 20th April 2015
I began today bright and eager to get on with everything needed as I have a really busy week.
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posted: Sunday, 19th April 2015
I'm working away on editing some instructions for 4 projects on making geometric pieces with Tila beads.
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posted: Saturday, 18th April 2015
A busy weekend of housework and beading results in me somehow managing to cut off the top of one of my fingers, stringing some samples for my new book and succeeding, after many months of experiments and sleepless nights, with a new version on my Twisted CRAW that I'm happy with.
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posted: Friday, 17th April 2015
This necklaces is continuing as I bead the metres of Cubic Right-Angle Weave I need to finish it.
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posted: Thursday, 16th April 2015
In a fit of procrastination the other day I made a couple of treasuries on Etsy (on Danish ceramics... no surprise there) and then couldn't stop thinking about this gorgeous little birdy vase.
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posted: Wednesday, 15th April 2015
I'm busy packing kits and books for the post all day but I'm blessed with a window in my 'post room' that looks out onto a park and my view is all green and sunshine - heaven.
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posted: Tuesday, 14th April 2015
The weather in London is amazing at the moment (it was about 22/ 71 degrees today) it's like summer has hit us and the whole world seems a better place to be.
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posted: Sunday, 12th April 2015
When I design a new project it can be beaded a good 4-5 times before I'm happy with it
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posted: Saturday, 11th April 2015
The wonders of social media and the internet mean we're instantly plugged into what's going on around the world.
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posted: Wednesday, 8th April 2015
I promised myself an early night when I closed my laptop yesterday, having finished writing my new book, but of course I wasn't able to resist a bit more beading.
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posted: Tuesday, 7th April 2015
My new book is all written and ready for the publishers - a full 8 weeks early.
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posted: Thursday, 2nd April 2015
My name is Jean Power and I am addicted to collecting Soholm ceramics.
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posted: Wednesday, 1st April 2015
When on my travels I always look out for unusual items and the vintage Swarovski Corona crystals I used in my new Coronet Charms kit are an example of that.
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