posted: Wednesday, 28th March 2018
Big blast from the past in today’s post.
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posted: Tuesday, 27th March 2018
We're heading home today but took a diversion to visit the Mechanical Art & Design Museum in Stratford Upon Avon.
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posted: Monday, 26th March 2018
We're still in Liverpool and today we visited the Terracotta warriors, dined on Tapas, discovered secret bars and visited a beautiful & amazing private memebrs club.
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posted: Sunday, 25th March 2018
It’s nearly 12 years since I was last at Another Place and we’ve all got a few more barnacles, but the wonderful Iron Men are still going strong.
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posted: Monday, 19th March 2018
I’m currently all about sleep & living from one Lemsip to the next but at least I have beautiful cups to drink it out of!
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posted: Thursday, 15th March 2018
Someone sharing their colourful version of my Pentagon Bangles on Facebook reminded me that I have these variations all photographed & written up just ready for sending out... for 3 years now... oops.
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posted: Wednesday, 14th March 2018
A trip today to see Swarovski's Innovations & Inspirations for Spring/ Summer 2019 which means being inspired by colour, shape & crystals.
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posted: Tuesday, 13th March 2018
When you get a bright idea to turn an old sample into a full bracelet and then 2 other projects which means 50+ extra hours of work to be done ASAP...
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posted: Monday, 12th March 2018
I keep all my samples & experiments as even if they didn’t work for what I was doing at the time they may be perfect for something else...
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posted: Sunday, 11th March 2018
A trip to Kew Gardens today to see the amazing installation of 375,000 dried flowers by Rebecca Louise Law.
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posted: Saturday, 10th March 2018
I can finally reveal my class for the Heart of Texas beading Retreat in September this year!
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posted: Friday, 9th March 2018
I'm having a very busy week but soon I'll be able to reveal my project for the Heart Of Texas Bead Retreat...
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posted: Thursday, 8th March 2018
I’ve had to keep this necklace secret for months but I can finally reveal it today!
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posted: Wednesday, 7th March 2018
A lovely day teaching my Fan Flowers class at the very lovely Bead Scene.
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posted: Tuesday, 6th March 2018
No matter the weather, or how bad events & people are, there’ll always be sparkle if you look hard enough - and boy do some days need it more than others!
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posted: Monday, 5th March 2018
I'm working on my Advanced Stars with crystal bicones beaded directly into them with this one which has even more crystals beading into crystals...
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posted: Saturday, 3rd March 2018
Last Saturday it was so hot & sunny when I was teaching that people were stripping off and the frosting on cakes was melting. This Saturday my teaching is cancelled as trains aren't making it through the snow & ice and my students are snowed in - what a difference a week makes.
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posted: Friday, 2nd March 2018
I’ve run away, through the snow, to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia today where I’m doing 5 classes to fully overwhelm myself and make the most of my first full day off of 2018!
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posted: Thursday, 1st March 2018
Time goes so fast!
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posted: Wednesday, 28th February 2018
London has been hit by lots of snow and I'm mainly trying to stay snuggled up at home to avoid slipping on the ice.
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posted: Monday, 26th February 2018
I'm busy beading a new variation of a necklace I'm keeping under-wraps and whilst I love the gorgeous Jet & Jet 2 x AB crystals I'm using they are a nightmare to photograph which reminds em why I very rarely use black in my work even though I love it.
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posted: Sunday, 25th February 2018
A trip to the always beautiful Kew Gardens today to see their lovely orchids display.
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posted: Saturday, 24th February 2018
Off to Darlington today to teach my Peacock Flower necklace. Or I would be if the trains didn't try to thwart me at every turn...
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posted: Wednesday, 21st February 2018
I've been busy for a while updating my Books Page and gathering al the information on the different titles, languages etc all my book shave so far been published it.
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posted: Tuesday, 20th February 2018
Another day, another crystal project!
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posted: Friday, 16th February 2018
A lovely day today at StitchnCraft Beads teaching my Peacock Flower necklace.
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posted: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
All is full of love
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posted: Monday, 12th February 2018
I had a phone interview yesterday for an upcoming profile and a lot of our conversation turned to how I love that my work is always a work in progress.
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posted: Saturday, 10th February 2018
A messy afternoon leaving behind the tiny beads, thread, stitches, structure & limitations for some more instinctual and free wax-carving to make myself a ring.
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posted: Friday, 9th February 2018
5,000+ Love Heart Star patterns are on their way today to anyone who has purchased my Geometric Stars, Advanced Stars, Geometric Beadwork series set or Geometric Beadwork Volume 1 or attended a Geometric Stars class with me.
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posted: Thursday, 8th February 2018
One of my recently finished pieces (which I showed as blur other day and which sadly I have to keep secret until the end of March - I can’t even tell you where you’ll find it until then
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posted: Wednesday, 7th February 2018
I love my Fan Flowers on their unique, specially designed rope, but I love that you can take them off and wear them on any chain, cord, rope etc you desire...
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posted: Sunday, 4th February 2018
A colourful beading evening working on my new Stars project
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posted: Saturday, 3rd February 2018
I have an Valentines present coming soon...
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posted: Thursday, 1st February 2018
100 beaded components in on this version of my new project and I think it’s working...
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posted: Wednesday, 31st January 2018
Swarovski have released their information on their Spring/ Summer 2019 items (available now) and there's some gorgeous colours and just perfect for this grey day.
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posted: Tuesday, 30th January 2018
A trip out today and as I was in a newsagents I thought I'd look to see what was new in the magazine world and was hit with familiarity when I saw this magazine cover as it looked very similar to one of my projects... and it is my project!
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posted: Monday, 29th January 2018
Year Of Colour is a fun website where you can see the colours you used on your Instagram posts in 2017.
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posted: Sunday, 28th January 2018
A fantastic evening with Sipsmith Gin on a hotel roof terrace with fabtastic views over London for a 'Hot GIn Roof' with delicious gin cocktails heated with red-hot pokers (hence the booze splashes every where) each one accompanied by tasty canapés (including the most delicious black pudding I’ve...
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posted: Saturday, 27th January 2018
My new necklace is all beaded, written up and ready to begin its travels for photography.
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posted: Friday, 26th January 2018
I love the versatility of designing beadwork but it does lead to dilemmas....
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd January 2018
I have so many projects I have to keep under wraps at the moment so I can only share these Swarovski gorgeous goodies that I’m currently working with...
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posted: Saturday, 20th January 2018
My latest colour scheme has got me craving spring and sunshine
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posted: Friday, 19th January 2018
The evolution of a new piece of jewellery I’ll be unveiling soon...
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posted: Thursday, 18th January 2018
It's hard to believe but I've been selling patterns online for 13 years and on this website for 10 now.
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posted: Wednesday, 17th January 2018
It's a lovely sunny day in London so just perfect to catch the sparkle on the beads and crystals I'm using in a new version of a new project I'll be revealing soon.
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posted: Tuesday, 16th January 2018
After viewing the Monochrome exhibition yesterday we headed to the cafe to try their monochrome menu.
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posted: Monday, 15th January 2018
A trip to the National Gallery today to see the wonderful Monochrome exhibition.
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posted: Friday, 12th January 2018
I managed to find that sneaky component I lost a month ago so now do I begin another version of my Christmas 2017 Secret Beadalong to make use of it...
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posted: Wednesday, 10th January 2018
I’m hitting 2018 running with 6 active beading projects on a pile of beading trays next to me on the sofa - nothing like starting as you mean to go on.
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posted: Monday, 1st January 2018
I'm heading into 2018 as I mean to go on - with some beading!
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