posted: Saturday, 30th June 2018
Life works in funny ways.
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posted: Friday, 29th June 2018
Very last minute I've run away to New York for a few days and, after an early start to the day, I'm determined to make the most of my trip and hit the ground running with meeting up with a good friend and heading to the Heavenly Bodies exhibition at The Met.
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posted: Thursday, 28th June 2018
A lovely day teaching my BeJewels class. This really has turned into one of my favourite classes ever as everyone leaves with a least 1 finished piece (and sometimes 4!) and we all get to see so many amazing colour combinations for future inspiration.
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posted: Wednesday, 27th June 2018
The preparation work instructions for the Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong have gone out today so if you've already signed-up keep an eye on your inbox and if you've not signed-up yet and want to join in then you can do so here.
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posted: Tuesday, 26th June 2018
Today was time for my yearly trip to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition which is something I look forward to all year.
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posted: Sunday, 24th June 2018
I'm working 16+ hour days at the moment working on my Rivolis book and even though it's been so beautiful & sunny in London I've not been able to enjoy it. But today I took a few hours out for some comedy, sunshine and wandering London.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd June 2018
Today marks just 5 weeks to go until the Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong begins and only a few days until the preparation work instructions are sent out so if you've signed-up then keep an eye on your inbox...
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posted: Wednesday, 20th June 2018
Tonight I'm swapping between a strong & bold colour scheme and a much more muted one.
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posted: Tuesday, 19th June 2018
Tonight I'm using a minty colour scheme. The Delicas are #1454 and the Rivoli is Crystal Mint Green.
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posted: Friday, 15th June 2018
#bookface is an online hastag mainly used by libraries to promote books and events they're doing and today I was delighted to be turned into a Book Face by Burlington County Library System.
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posted: Wednesday, 13th June 2018
A trip to the Victoria & Albert Museum to catch the Ocean Liners exhibition before it ended which made me want to live surrounded by art deco design, birds eye walnut and kelly green.
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posted: Monday, 11th June 2018
I’ve been keeping most of the Rivoli projects from my new book secret but was playing with these today and adding the jump-rings etc so couldn’t resist sharing them.
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posted: Sunday, 10th June 2018
Today’s bright colour scheme.
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posted: Saturday, 9th June 2018
Playing with colours this evening
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posted: Tuesday, 5th June 2018
An amazingly fascinating and educational evening at Newsprinters in Broxbourne where we got to go behind the scenes and watch the presses begin to roll on today’s papers.
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posted: Sunday, 3rd June 2018
When I said I was making my next variation of this series of work more ornate I wasn’t lying!
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posted: Saturday, 2nd June 2018
A fabulous day beading for Stephanie Burnham Designs with a BeJewels class.
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posted: Friday, 1st June 2018
It’s launched!!
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posted: Wednesday, 30th May 2018
Beading is definitely a long process!
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posted: Tuesday, 29th May 2018
I’ve only had these Bead Storage Solutions boxes for a couple of weeks but they’re already indispensable!
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posted: Saturday, 26th May 2018
The Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong is all beaded & written up with the pattern and kits launching very soon...
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posted: Friday, 25th May 2018
Such a lovely day at the wonderful StitchnCraft Beads creating Peacock Flower Necklaces - and I was so inspired by some colours used I couldn’t resist beading my 5th one!
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posted: Tuesday, 22nd May 2018
Living in London I have absolutely no need to drive, and will probably never own a car, but I'm itching for the potential freedom that having a driving licence will give me and so have once again begun the drawn-out process of trying to get a licence.
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posted: Sunday, 20th May 2018
Sadly today is our last day and it's an emotional one, but also a lovely one.
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posted: Saturday, 19th May 2018
Our day today is filled with meditation, yoga (including acrobatic yoga which was a lot of fun and brought me back to my old acrobatic & trapeze days which are sadly long gone) swimming in the cold sea, wild donkeys, strawberry-picking, watching goslings through a glass floor, sleeping in the...
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posted: Friday, 18th May 2018
I've run away for a few days to a yoga retreat with a dear friend.
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posted: Thursday, 17th May 2018
I have been very busy behind the scenes beading new Peyote Stitch projects with added crystals and today I'm launching a pattern which contains 4 of them: Adorned Peyote Stitch Pattern.
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posted: Wednesday, 16th May 2018
...For The Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong!
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posted: Tuesday, 15th May 2018
I love colour & sparkle and enjoy any opportunity to add that to my life but it's ridiculous how happy my new glitter washi tape and dispenser have made me!
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posted: Sunday, 13th May 2018
At class yesterday someone has some great storage and I couldn't resist treating myself to some and spending time today sorting my crystals out and I'm so pleased to be able to see them all without having to rummage through a box filled with bags & tubes.
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posted: Saturday, 12th May 2018
A lovely day in London today teaching a BeJewels class with a great group of talented beaders.
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posted: Friday, 11th May 2018
When I design any project I always try and give a lot of variations as I know that not everyone is the same size or has the same taste, time or wants.
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posted: Thursday, 10th May 2018
Phew - after literally years of work my new patterns and updated patterns are launched today.
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posted: Wednesday, 9th May 2018
A lovely trip to Bungay today in the beautiful sunshine to teach my Zaila class.
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posted: Tuesday, 8th May 2018
All will be revealed in 2 days...
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posted: Friday, 4th May 2018
I discovered today that Aaron James Draplin was visiting London and giving a talk and quickly re-arranged everything to get there ASAP.
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd May 2018
A much-missed friend is visiting London at the moment and today was the perfect day to take her out for craft chocolate tasting and cocktails - neither of which there is much of in Malawi where she's visiting from.
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posted: Tuesday, 1st May 2018
Today began with a few hours work on photographs and instructions and then I headed to bead group to catch-up with friends and work on this necklace which has been in progress for a few months but has already generated many interesting variations.
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posted: Monday, 30th April 2018
I have a very busy week with over 20 projects needing photos done and their instructions finished sadly some have to remain secret for a little while hence the blurring in the photo.
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posted: Sunday, 29th April 2018
I know I’ve been teasing this for a while but the delay is very easily explained by the fact that this pattern update (it’s so much more than that) has now grown to make it over 130 pages - yikes!
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posted: Thursday, 26th April 2018
I first saw a necklace made using carrier beads way back in 2012 when I first taught in germany (I wish I could find my photo and the name of the person wearing it as I'd love to give them credit!) and thought it was a great idea but had no idea where to get the beads
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posted: Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Another week and another great class with the London Craft Club.
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posted: Friday, 20th April 2018
I’ve finally figured out the mathematics of a new beading project and my reward is a couple of hours lying in the sun.
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posted: Thursday, 19th April 2018
It's now the hottest April in 70 years!
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posted: Wednesday, 18th April 2018
We're having a min-heatwave at the moment with today being the hottest April day in the Uk for 10 years and we’ve hit 75/24 and it’s glorious!
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posted: Saturday, 14th April 2018
A lovely day teaching my BeJewels project at StitchnCraft Beads.
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posted: Friday, 13th April 2018
The crystals I’m using for tonight’s beading
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posted: Thursday, 12th April 2018
I've headed down to Taunton on the train (the last time I was here I cycled through!) to teach my Peacock Pearl Box Class.
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posted: Wednesday, 11th April 2018
In addition to updating old patterns I'm also busy launching new ones and today I'm launching my Crystal Icons series with a pattern and a kit.
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posted: Tuesday, 10th April 2018
Today's pattern update is Geometric Crystal Squares and again there is a crystal kit to match.
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posted: Monday, 9th April 2018
It's over a decade since I first began selling patterns and to celebrate I'm busy revisiting a lot of my original ones.
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posted: Saturday, 7th April 2018
I'm bac beading and between working with a wide range of Rivolis I'm also playing with more subtle colours than usual to perfect a potential class project which has been in progress for about 7 years...
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posted: Sunday, 1st April 2018
I'm working on multiple different beading projects & patterns at the moment but am keeping them all secret for the moment so instead here's another creative project I'm working on.
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