posted: Thursday, 30th March 2017
I've got so much work to do but I couldn't resist an hour in the park lying in the sun getting some essential vitamin D and staring at odd contrails before heading back inside and continuing my last experiments for the Summer 2017 Secret Beadalong.
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posted: Monday, 27th March 2017
It is wonderfully sunny today and so I snuck out to the park (which is only about 7 steps from my front door) to lie in the sun, have my lunch, catch-up on the news and do some proof-reading (OK, I mainly stared at contrails in the beautiful, clear, blue sky).
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posted: Sunday, 26th March 2017
I'm tearing my hair out at the moment trying to perfect a project which is I love but just isn't quite right.
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posted: Saturday, 25th March 2017
The weather is lovely in London today and I decided to inject some colour into my life with some colourful shoes.
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posted: Thursday, 23rd March 2017
I spent most of today experimenting with different beaded braids trying to find just the right one for one of my new beading kits which are coming soon...
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posted: Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
A busy today including photographing some finished beadwork and some in progress pieces.
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posted: Tuesday, 21st March 2017
It doesn't look like much at the moment but I'm very excited about my new project...
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posted: Monday, 20th March 2017
A very sneak peek at my new beaded box which is coming to Texas this June...
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posted: Thursday, 16th March 2017
Another day out in London with Michelle Douglas from Northern Beads and today we headed to bead shops.
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posted: Wednesday, 15th March 2017
A trip into Central London today to meet the lovely Michelle Douglas from Northern Beads and Shona Bevan to see the new Swarovski new colours etc for 2018 and hopefully to be inspired by what we saw.
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posted: Tuesday, 14th March 2017
Another day, another crystal.
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posted: Monday, 13th March 2017
I'm choosing a crystal colour for my latest project but they're all so sparkly it's impossible to get a good photo that shows how colourful they are.
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posted: Saturday, 11th March 2017
A lovely trip to Solihull today to teach Sticks & Stones and as an added bonus there was a dog in the class!
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posted: Thursday, 9th March 2017
I originally beaded these needle cases 5 years ago and no-one was interested so I put them away.
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posted: Tuesday, 7th March 2017
I'm only working on these projects once a month at bead group so they're taking a while to grow...
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posted: Monday, 6th March 2017
I can just about walk after skating yesterday but I have a day off and a plan to head to the zoo to meet some giraffes. What better way to distract from all those sore muscles?
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posted: Sunday, 5th March 2017
It's been far too many years but today I braved rooting out my roller skates and put them on to get back to roller derby.
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posted: Friday, 3rd March 2017
I also love getting to see beadwork that others have done with my instructions or after classes.
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posted: Thursday, 2nd March 2017
Yesterday I launched my new pattern for my Elica necklace.
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posted: Wednesday, 1st March 2017
One of the many reasons I love beading is the endless possibilities. An extra round here, a decrease there etc and you have created something brand new.
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posted: Monday, 27th February 2017
A trip to Kew Gardens today to see their orchid festival and be inspired by the beautiful shapes and colour on display, before being caught in a crazy hailstorm. I guess Storm Doris is still hanging around.
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posted: Saturday, 25th February 2017
I'm over in France at the moment where it's cold & rainy but at least not as stormy as London has been (hence the felled tree outside our house).
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posted: Sunday, 19th February 2017
I'm working on a new variation of a project to test the instructions and have beaded 24 little triangles all ready to zip together and form the 3D shape.
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posted: Saturday, 18th February 2017
The weather is still amazing for February so we took advantage of it and had a few hours away from work to do a bit of geocaching which is a great way to discover your local area and even find amazingly coiffured trees and hedges.
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posted: Friday, 17th February 2017
It was so sunny today, and stayed light until gone 6pm which it hasn't done for many months, so I'm celebrating the approach of summer by cracking open the rosé - I'm nothing if not optimistic!
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posted: Wednesday, 15th February 2017
Off into Central London this evening to see The David Hockney exhibition at the Tate Britain (and not the Tate Modern as I imagined leading to a mad dash across London in a taxi to get there before it closed...).
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posted: Tuesday, 14th February 2017
I've been working on this project for over a year now trying to perfect how it sits and the method of beading it so it will be ready to launch as a pattern or a class.
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posted: Wednesday, 8th February 2017
I'm working hard behind the scenes on 2 new books (A year of Rivolis and Geometric Beaded Vessels) and also updating my 2 Geometric Beadwork books (Volume One here and Volume Two here).
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posted: Tuesday, 7th February 2017
It's been 6 months since I last picked up this sparkling variation of my Tretze pendant which uses lovely crystals and beads from stitchncraft beads
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posted: Sunday, 5th February 2017
A very sparkling beading today with 2 Material Girl kits I bought from Sharon Wagner. So much colour and sparkle in these Crystalettes!
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posted: Thursday, 2nd February 2017
I wrote previously about spending a day with Francesca Walton and her incredible wide-range of knowledge and today I was delighted to get to spend another day with her and continue my education.
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posted: Wednesday, 1st February 2017
I'm really pleased today to launch my latest product: a set of Geometric Enamel Pins. These are designed to be worn with, or without beadwork, behind them to create your own unique set of interchangeable jewellery.
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posted: Tuesday, 31st January 2017
I'm having a geometric day both writing up instructions for another item I'm adding into the Zaila Chains class (a 3D beaded cube which I've been working on for 5 years and have finally, I hope, perfected) and photographing some new geometric enamel pins which I'll be launching for sale the next...
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posted: Saturday, 28th January 2017
My Zaila series of work has been in progress on & off for for a good 5 years now and I'm excited that this year I'm finally beginning to teach it.
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posted: Thursday, 26th January 2017
For a very long time now I've been secretly working behind the scenes on a new Rivolis based book.
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posted: Monday, 23rd January 2017
A colourful and cultural trip out today to the Victoria and Albert Museum for a talk by Peter Chadwick, graphic designer and author of This Brutal World (you can check out lots of his photos on his Instagram page).
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posted: Saturday, 21st January 2017
What a day.
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posted: Wednesday, 18th January 2017
Making sure any instructions I'm involved with are easy to understand has always been a big priority for me, even down to spending 5 days on a graphic design course to explore the subject.
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posted: Monday, 16th January 2017
This necklace is an amalgamation of many of my beading discoveries over the years and I really enjoyed making it.
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posted: Saturday, 14th January 2017
The joy of tidying up.
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posted: Wednesday, 11th January 2017
For a whole range of reasons I decided back in 2016 to spend some time beading tokens of love and sharing them with you, so you can in turn share them with those you love.
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posted: Tuesday, 10th January 2017
Some last minute beading to test the instructions for my latest Love Beading project which will launch tomorrow.
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posted: Sunday, 8th January 2017
It's been a while in the making but Mr Jean Power has been working like mad creating me a whole new website which we've launched today.
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posted: Saturday, 7th January 2017
Phew- a bit late but I did it.
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posted: Thursday, 5th January 2017
I'm still beading my last, and final, version of my Christmas 2016 Secret Beadalong Project and am hoping to get it done soon as I want to hang it on the tree at least once before I take it down!
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posted: Tuesday, 3rd January 2017
I'm hitting the ground running in 2017 with the launch of a brand new pattern: Star Flowers.
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posted: Sunday, 1st January 2017
Hello 2017 and here's to more joy and love in our lives!
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