posted: Sunday, 31st March 2019
A busy beading evening and I'm enjoying returning to these Delicas which make up part of the My Favourite Delicas 8 - Neutrals set that I sell and return to again and again.
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posted: Saturday, 30th March 2019
Do you remember this blast from the past?
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posted: Tuesday, 26th March 2019
A fun evening with London Craft Club making a macramé mirror.
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posted: Monday, 25th March 2019
I couldn't resist a return trip to the Dior exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum and it was just as good the second time around.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd March 2019
After the amazing yoga retreat I went on last year I couldn't wait to go back again and am so happy to be here.
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posted: Friday, 22nd March 2019
I love this 'Crystal Cages' project from Rivoli Beadwork as not only do the bezels look great, whether individual or multiple joined together, but they work up quickly and just use a 14mm Rivoli and a sprinkle of cylinder beads such as Delicas, Treasures or Aikos.
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posted: Thursday, 21st March 2019
A fun evening filled with colour at the Institute of Primal Colour where we learned about colour and our eyes... and it ended with a cocktail. Is there a better way to spend an hour?
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posted: Tuesday, 19th March 2019
I always love combining geometric beadwork with sparkle and over the past decade have done lots of experimenting in how to turn round Rivolis into triangles and was pleased to share the technique and multiple projects in my book Rivoli Beadwork.
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posted: Monday, 18th March 2019
I've long been a fan of making my own bread & butter so when I heard that Honey & Co were hosting Butter Culture for a talk about their book, and a tasting of some recipes from it, I booked a ticket as soon as I could.
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posted: Sunday, 17th March 2019
One of the most common supplies I am asked questions about is the 27mm Swarovski Crown Stone #1201 so I thought I would write a blog about them.
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posted: Saturday, 16th March 2019
A recent trip to The Other Art Fair was great for an overload of colour and texture.
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posted: Friday, 15th March 2019
Edited to add... and 24 hours later we're all sold out! You can still register to join the waiting-list just in case a space becomes available
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posted: Thursday, 14th March 2019
Such a busy day in London yesterday filled with colour, design, inspiration & sparkle!
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posted: Wednesday, 13th March 2019
I love teaching for so many reasons and yesterday encompasses them all - a great day with lovely people, sharing knowledge & inspiring each other, playing with colour, lots of laughs and... biscuits.
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posted: Tuesday, 12th March 2019
“Better the wide world than the narrow coffin”
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posted: Monday, 11th March 2019
The two types of beading I love doing are geometric beadwork and anything with some sparkle so when I get to combine the two in a way that visually appeals to me I'm so happy!
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posted: Sunday, 10th March 2019
It's 15 weeks on since Rivoli Beadwork came out and I still have so many projects from it that I haven't shared!
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posted: Saturday, 9th March 2019
A lovely visit to Bristol Beaders today for a jam-packed class teaching 3 different projects (including CRAW Cradles and Rivoli Roses) and it was great fun and such a treat to see all the different things beaded by the end of the day!
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posted: Thursday, 7th March 2019
I love these beaded strawberries I made a few years back but people are always amazed that they were designed by me. Apparently they don't look like my work?
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posted: Tuesday, 5th March 2019
I absolutely love getting to see photos and finished pieces that people have made with my patterns, or after classes with me, and was delighted when Irina Kanngiesser sent me these photos - so much lovely beadwork!
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posted: Monday, 4th March 2019
Some very sparking beadwork is in my future...
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posted: Sunday, 3rd March 2019
The eternal frustration of colour batches.
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posted: Friday, 1st March 2019
A lot of mixed feelings today.
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posted: Thursday, 28th February 2019
I'm still in Bath with a friend and though the weather is not good, meaning we had to change our plans, we had a lot of fun wandering Bath, shopping for yarn, visiting the Fashion Museum, stopping for tea & cake, having cocktails, stroking dogs and finishing the day with an amazing vegan taster...
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posted: Wednesday, 27th February 2019
I absolutely love having friends all over the World but it does mean I can go years without seeing some of them and, especially as I'm not the best at emailing & texting, I miss them and our chats.
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posted: Monday, 25th February 2019
We're having a really lovely summery few days here in London and it's inspired me to break out some matching colours and yellow, gold & Tanzanite are all on my beading mat.
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posted: Thursday, 21st February 2019
Throwback Thursday to my 'Straight Arrow' Beadwork from 2012 and a blog post I wrote about sharing work vs keeping it off the internet.
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posted: Wednesday, 20th February 2019
This tweet from Daniel Holland AKA DannyDutch perfectly captures my creative process. Each time I design something new I am first so full of doubt (when it doesn't go how I want it) and then so full of enthusiasm (when it works).
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posted: Tuesday, 19th February 2019
My new colour variation of my Ligilo Necklace is all done and sparkling in today's sunshine.
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posted: Saturday, 16th February 2019
It's hard to believe it's 12 years since I first beaded my Geometric Crystal Pentagons... but I'm having fun returning to them and playing with a new variation...
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posted: Friday, 15th February 2019
I spent ages wavering over this colour scheme before I committed to it but I'm glad I final did as I absolutely love it and can't wait to finish the whole piece to wear it!
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posted: Thursday, 14th February 2019
I guess I love a good heart!
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posted: Monday, 11th February 2019
I'm beading a new colour variation of a project that's staying under-wraps at the moment and it was such a treat to open this factory-pack of 4mm Crystal AB Swarovski bicones - so much sparkle!
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posted: Sunday, 10th February 2019
Today's project from my Rivoli Beadwork book is my 'Pearl Buds' Necklace.
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posted: Saturday, 9th February 2019
A trip to Leighton Buzzard today to teach my Lisa class and gain so many beautiful colour & style variations appear.
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posted: Friday, 8th February 2019
It's been a while since I've shared anything from my latest book but there's still plenty more within its pages that I haven't shown.Today's project from Rivoli Beadwork is my 'Daphne Pendant'.
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posted: Tuesday, 5th February 2019
Coming soon - November 2019 is the inaugural Bead Sparks UK bead retreat!
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posted: Monday, 4th February 2019
My CRAW Cradles pattern, which launches today, is perfect if you want to test your CRAW skills with an advanced and variable beading project to make a pendant, rope & beaded clasp combination.
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posted: Friday, 1st February 2019
Today I'm revealing that my second class for the Mrs Magooty Bead Retreat is my Silma Necklace.
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posted: Thursday, 31st January 2019
I can finally reveal my projects for Mrs Magooty's Beading Retreat this September in Stirling, Scotland!First up is my Quadrat Box which is full of sparkle and geometric beadwork..
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posted: Sunday, 27th January 2019
Last year was filled with Rivolis for me as I worked on my Rivoli Beadwork book and 2019 is thus far proving to be pretty similar.
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posted: Saturday, 26th January 2019
I wrote about these wonderful storage boxes before (and again here) and couldn't resist treating myself to some more to organise all of my crystals.
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posted: Friday, 25th January 2019
A trip to StitchnCraft Beads today to teach my Lisa class and as always it was a joy to get to see some wonderfully coloured pieces begin to appear.
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posted: Thursday, 24th January 2019
I heard about the London production of Witness for the Prosecution a while ago and today got the opportunity to attend and it was all I hoped for, and more.
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posted: Wednesday, 23rd January 2019
It's another day of taking photos here today and as always it's navigating getting nice clear photos and dealing with lots of sparkle & glare from shiny beads and crystals.
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posted: Thursday, 17th January 2019
Long cold evenings and grey days, plus a couple of bouts of bronchitis, means that I'm so ready for spring to come. But as I know we've got lots of time until that happens I'm adding sunshine and colour into my life with my beadwork instead.
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posted: Sunday, 13th January 2019
So much sparkle it’s almost impossible to take a good snapshot of the beads I’m using this evening.
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posted: Friday, 11th January 2019
Much loved & often imitated this cute little beaded Snowball from the Christmas 2016 Secret Beadalong will soon be packed away when I take my tree down this weekend.
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posted: Thursday, 10th January 2019
I'm pleased today to launch my new Quatre Flowers pattern and accompanying Crystal Sets.
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posted: Wednesday, 9th January 2019
Tonight’s beading is all about the bling
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posted: Tuesday, 1st January 2019
Today’s project from the Rivoli Beadwork book are my ‘Super Flowers‘.
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