Even More CRAW

posted: Monday, 30th November 2015

The joy of beading all my pieces for my CRAW Ropes Class is getting to play with beads sizes, shapes and colours to get different looks.

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More Beads And CRAW

posted: Saturday, 28th November 2015

Almost as soon as I decided the other day that I simply had too many beads I went and ordered many. many more.

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The Perfect Cure

posted: Thursday, 26th November 2015

Today was a hectic day of emails, packing beads and dealing with life so when it got to 4pm and I hadn't stopped to eat or drink all day the wonderful Mr Jean Power stepped in with the perfect cure: food and drink prepared by someone else.

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Bead Storage

posted: Wednesday, 25th November 2015

I get asked a lot about my bead storage and as today I'm busy tidying up the disaster zone that my bead room has become recently it's the perfect opportunity to snap some photos.

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New Rivolis Collection

posted: Tuesday, 24th November 2015

I'm a big fan of Swarovski Rivolis (you only need to check out my gallery pages, patterns or recent books to see that

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Kit Packing And Colour Choosing

posted: Sunday, 22nd November 2015

I'm busy packing up my new Caldera Kits and as they contain 75 different highlight colours I'm having a lot of fun choosing the colours for each one - and falling in love with each different one I pack.

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Sticks & Stones & Samples

posted: Saturday, 21st November 2015

A visit to Essex today to teach my Sticks & Stones class and as always it was great to see the progression as everyone learnt CRAW and then moved onto making components for their finished pieces.

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More CRAW Ropes

posted: Thursday, 19th November 2015

I'm still busy turning all my CRAW rope samples into finished items for my CRAW Ropes Class and this one is another version of my my Lace Overlay design with a diamond pattern (like I posted the other day) but this time with different beads for a very different look.

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Beautiful Bricks

posted: Sunday, 15th November 2015

More geocaching in France today and an excuse to get up close and personal with one of my favourite buildings.

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A Visit To France

posted: Saturday, 14th November 2015

Yesterday we travelled to France to escape for a bit, catch-up on some sleep and feel some peace, only to have the news of the night's awful events keep me awake all night as the horror unfolded and my heart broke at the reintroduction of fear to Europe.

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