Advanced Stars

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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Chops And Changes

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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First CRAW Ropes Class

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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Yet Another CRAW Rope

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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Vintage Crystal Experiments

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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Geocaching In Harrow

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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Bye To Christmas 2015

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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Yet Even More CRAW

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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More And More CRAW

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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New Crystal Ideas

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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