Colour Splashes

posted: Monday, 27th January 2014

Storage is always a pressing issue and thankfully these units from Ikea has proved perfect for me

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Incanto

posted: Sunday, 26th January 2014

My sister and her husband are with us for the weekend so it's a great excuse to visit a local restaurant I've been dying to try out- Incanto- and boy was it worth it.

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More Colour Additions

posted: Thursday, 23rd January 2014

I wrote yesterday about my love for Jonathan Adler's work and I have long been a fan of his lucite pieces, especially his Bel Air series and have them on my 'when I win the lottery' wish-list when I'll treat myself to all of them.

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New Peacock

posted: Wednesday, 22nd January 2014

I'm a huge fan of Jonathan Adler and covet a lot of his modern-take-on-retro pieces. He manages to combine the 70s aesthetic I love with clean, crisp lines and colours

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Icos And Making

posted: Sunday, 19th January 2014

Another day at Charisma Beads and another project- this time Icos Pendants. By the end of the day everyone has mastered the tricky and intricate steps needed and many Icos pieces were on their way to being finished.

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Peacock Drops And Prizes

posted: Saturday, 18th January 2014

I was at Charisma Beads today to teach my Peacock Drops class and it was such a pleasure to see so many new colour variations being created.

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Full Steam Ahead

posted: Tuesday, 14th January 2014

Everything is full steam ahead on Geometric Beadwork Volume 2 and I'm getting more excited as each day goes by and I bead new variations and new possibilities and ideas pop into my head and then off my needle.

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Adding Colour

posted: Saturday, 11th January 2014

After painting my walls white the other day I couldn't resist buying some colourful polka dot wall stickers to add colour back in. Now I just need to decide where to put them.

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Pearls

posted: Friday, 10th January 2014

I've been meaning for months now to visit the pearls exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum but the panic of realising it soon finishes finally got me there today.

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On TV

posted: Thursday, 9th January 2014

Through a completely unrelated conversation yesterday someone let me know that one of my books was for sale on the Ideal World/ Create & Craft shopping Channel

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