posted: Thursday, 31st March 2016
I've finally reached Day 31 of March Meet The Maker and what fun it's been!
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posted: Wednesday, 30th March 2016
It’s Day 30 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is books or blogs.
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posted: Tuesday, 29th March 2016
It's Day 29 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: In Action.
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posted: Monday, 28th March 2016
It's day 28 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: organised.
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posted: Sunday, 27th March 2016
It's Day 27 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Routine.
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posted: Saturday, 26th March 2016
It's day 26 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Colour/ Texture.
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posted: Friday, 25th March 2016
Today is Day 25 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is - packaging.
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posted: Thursday, 24th March 2016
Trying to think what to write for today was a real challenge. When I think of milestone there are so many that come to mind:
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posted: Wednesday, 23rd March 2016
It's Day 23 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Studio Playlist.
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posted: Tuesday, 22nd March 2016
It's Day 22 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Best Seller.
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posted: Monday, 21st March 2016
It's Day 21 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Work Clothes.
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posted: Sunday, 20th March 2016
It's Day 20 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Sketchbook.
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posted: Saturday, 19th March 2016
It's Day 19 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Helper.
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posted: Friday, 18th March 2016
They say there's no rest for the wicked and today I'm headed off to my 3rd trip to New York in 6 months so you can draw your own conclusions...
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posted: Thursday, 17th March 2016
It's Day 17 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Photography.
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posted: Wednesday, 16th March 2016
It's Day 16 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Time To Relax.
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posted: Tuesday, 15th March 2016
It's Day 15 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Inspiration.
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posted: Monday, 14th March 2016
It's Day 14 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Creative Friends.
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posted: Sunday, 13th March 2016
It's Day 13 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Feedback.
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posted: Saturday, 12th March 2016
It's Day 12 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: First Ever Sale.
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posted: Friday, 11th March 2016
It's Day 11 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Post Run.
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posted: Thursday, 10th March 2016
It's Day 10 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Favourite Small Business.
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posted: Wednesday, 9th March 2016
It's Day 9 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Goals.
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posted: Tuesday, 8th March 2016
It's Day 8 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Where.
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posted: Monday, 7th March 2016
It's Day 7 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: How And Why.
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posted: Sunday, 6th March 2016
It's Day 6 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Raw Materials.
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posted: Saturday, 5th March 2016
It's Day 5 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Can't Live Without.
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posted: Friday, 4th March 2016
It's Day 4 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Tools.
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posted: Thursday, 3rd March 2016
It's Day 3 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: Workspace.
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd March 2016
It's Day 2 of March Meet The Maker and the theme is: You.
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posted: Tuesday, 1st March 2016
March Meet The Maker is a wonderful idea thought up by the talented Joanne Hawker as an Instagram challenge
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posted: Sunday, 28th February 2016
Today is sadly my last day in Germany and the project is my Pretty Peacocks.
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posted: Saturday, 27th February 2016
We've travelled onto Hanover (and to my terror I managed to bring a big spider in my suitcase with me - arrghh!)
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posted: Thursday, 25th February 2016
A beading day in Germany and we wake up to a world covered in snow.
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posted: Wednesday, 24th February 2016
Another lovely day in Germany full of beading, laughs and fun.
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd February 2016
Yesterday and today were days off with a drive through the beautiful Black Forest and a rainy visit to the beautiful Lake Constance with some colour inspiration.
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posted: Sunday, 21st February 2016
Today's class is my Pretty Peacocks series of work and just as yesterday everyone worked really hard and had it all mastered so quickly!
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posted: Saturday, 20th February 2016
It's my first of 6 days teaching in Germany and my days gets off to a great start with lashings of fresh coffee, bread & cakes and lovely students.
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posted: Friday, 19th February 2016
It's always exciting when a large parcel from Swarovski arrives but sadly I'm crazy busy trying to get all my work done and head off to travel teaching so I have to pretty much ignore it - the horror!
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posted: Thursday, 18th February 2016
After a lot of work my Advanced Stars instructions are now available to purchase.
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posted: Tuesday, 16th February 2016
More photos today and this time it's variations on my Tretze Necklace which will be taught in my Tretze Class very soon.
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posted: Monday, 15th February 2016
I'm busy getting ready to head to Germany in a couple of days but am having a photography binge before I go.
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posted: Sunday, 14th February 2016
My latest Tretze Necklace variation is still growing...
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posted: Saturday, 13th February 2016
I wrote the other day about Swarovski discontinuing their #2035 flat backs which I use in a lot of my designs.
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posted: Friday, 12th February 2016
I'm playing around with my Tretze necklace to double and triple-check the instructions and experiment with some more variations which of course means getting to make colour choices as to what crystal to use.
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posted: Tuesday, 9th February 2016
I'm still making choices for my latest bead kit which will be launched in March.
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posted: Monday, 8th February 2016
My trip to Boxes & Busts in Cardiff didn't begin well with a tree on the tube tracks, damaged overhead cables outside Paddington Station and then floods and a landslide affecting the trains but once the hours of delays were over and I was safely in stormy Wales I had a wonderful time.
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posted: Saturday, 6th February 2016
I wrote the other day about projects being underway for a long time and this is another example.
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posted: Wednesday, 3rd February 2016
After many weeks of work my new Geometric Stars instructions are now ready.
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posted: Tuesday, 2nd February 2016
Today I took another trip back to the V&A to see the Bejewelled Treasures: The Al Thani Collection exhibition and meet up with more beading friends.
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posted: Monday, 1st February 2016
I had a trip out today to the Bejewelled Treasures: The Al Thani Collection exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum.
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posted: Sunday, 31st January 2016
Every project I bead goes through many, many stages, even long after it is 'released to the World'.
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posted: Friday, 29th January 2016
I think I've finished beading my latest Advanced Stars and now just need to decide what to do to finish the necklace.
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posted: Thursday, 28th January 2016
I'm beading some more Advanced Stars and this time for sparkle I'm using some Swarovski Pave rings #85001 in a few different sizes. These have gorgeous Emerald crystals in a dark green background and add an amazing touch of glitz.
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posted: Wednesday, 27th January 2016
I'm still working on my Geometric Stars instructions and the Advanced Stars instructions (which will follow soon) and am having fun playing with reversible Stars and patterns & colour.
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posted: Tuesday, 26th January 2016
My attempts to learn how to make my own cheese are still ongoing and today I attended a course where we made 5 different ones (Mozzarella, Ricotta, Soft cheese, Goats cheese and Paneer).
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posted: Monday, 25th January 2016
I'm spending a lot of time at the moment working with my Geometric Stars, both beading and writing about them.
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posted: Sunday, 24th January 2016
Sometimes when I begin a project I'm able to take it to fruition quickly, but most of the time life and other work gets in the way and a project can take many years before it appears as a finished piece.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd January 2016
A trip today to the always lovely StitchnCraft Beads and my first chance to teach my CRAW Ropes Class.
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posted: Wednesday, 20th January 2016
I just couldn't resist going back to CRAW to bead a new colour version of a rope I developed.
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posted: Tuesday, 19th January 2016
I managed to snap up these amazing vintage Swarovski crystals a few years ago and immediately knew exactly how I wanted to use them and now I'm finally putting beads to thread and the idea is taking shape.
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posted: Saturday, 16th January 2016
It's a chilly but dry and bright day - just perfect for a walk around the beautiful Harrow On The Hill and doing a spot of geocaching whilst enjoying the incredible views from being so high up over London.
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posted: Wednesday, 13th January 2016
I've resisted taking down all the Christmas decorations (huge inflatable balls, Christmas burger & carrot et al) as it's nice to be surrounded by so much colour and glitz but today they all went away so I can enjoy them anew in a few months.
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posted: Monday, 11th January 2016
I've finished all my 'Twisted CRAW' as well as more samples of my 'In & Out CRAW' and 'Spiked CRAW'.
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posted: Saturday, 9th January 2016
I'm really enjoying playing with Cubic Right-Angle Weave (CRAW) at the moment. Every time I begin a new piece I'm inspired for another one, and then another one...
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posted: Tuesday, 5th January 2016
I'm spending the day beading and working on a new idea using these tiny Swarovski rivolis and gorgeous matte gold size 15 Delicas.
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posted: Monday, 4th January 2016
it's dark, cold and miserable here in London so here's a sale to brighten your day!
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posted: Sunday, 3rd January 2016
I swore I wasn't going to begin any more crochet until I had finished my seemingly never-ending blanket, but I just couldn't take it any more. Anyway I had already begun this a couple of years ago so it's not really cheating...
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posted: Saturday, 2nd January 2016
I'm still beading away and last night, as I was 'admiring' the wonderful colours and shine of these chocolate & kirsch covered cherries and their packaging, there was an almighty bang from the kitchen and then the sound of a million pieces of glass tinkling down onto the floor...
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posted: Friday, 1st January 2016
The new year is here and I'm starting as I mean to go on- with lots of beading.
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