posted: Tuesday, 31st December 2019
2019 has been a great year with lots of colour & beading as these 9 most-liked photos I posted on Instagram show. If you need further evidence of colour in my year then the image showing the amalgamation of colours in photos I posted on Instagram definitely shows that.
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posted: Sunday, 29th December 2019
I haven't painted a wooden bead in a very long time!
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posted: Friday, 27th December 2019
My 2020 Karratu classes begin soon and I'm busy making some more coloured samples to show ideas and after yesterday's beading (with Pewter, Silky Sage DeLite and Peridot 2 x Shimmer) today I'm using Pewter seeds with Royal Blue DeLite and Blue Zircon 2 x Shimmer crystals.
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posted: Thursday, 26th December 2019
Beading away this evening watching Christmas films.
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posted: Wednesday, 25th December 2019
It's Christmas day and the perfect time for more Secret Beadalong reveals and this time it's the Single-Sided versions and I love these!These will sit on my tree and then be worn all year around as they work as both ornaments and pendants.
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posted: Tuesday, 24th December 2019
It's Day 23 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and that only means one thing... finished pieces!
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posted: Monday, 23rd December 2019
It's Day 23 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong andtoday is about working on the rope and making a decision about length and ways to hang everything...
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posted: Sunday, 22nd December 2019
It's Day 22 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and I'm skipping today's beadwork to work on my rope but I've already made this in my previous golds colour scheme so today's the day to show them off
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posted: Saturday, 21st December 2019
It's Day 21 of the Secret Beadalong and today's decorative embellishment beading is optional.
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posted: Friday, 20th December 2019
It's Day 20 of the Secret Beadalong and finally I now have a Double-Sided piece and can finally show off the pieces I beaded before and have had to keep hidden for a few months.
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posted: Thursday, 19th December 2019
It's Day 19 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and excitingly all the Swarovski Crown Stones are now in place.
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posted: Wednesday, 18th December 2019
It's Day 18 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and it's all happening today!
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posted: Tuesday, 17th December 2019
It's Day 9 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and only 5 Chatons to go (how many Chatons are left is how I count my life now).
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posted: Monday, 16th December 2019
It's Day 16 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and just like that the single-sided piece reaches the end of one part of its journey.
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posted: Sunday, 15th December 2019
It's Day 15 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalongand I'm bored of bezelling Chatons having done well over 70 of them for this project with my previous experiments & testing... but thankfully I now have only 6 more to go.
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posted: Saturday, 14th December 2019
It's Day 14 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and it's slowly growing...I can't believe there's only 10 days left, I urgently need to get back to my rope...
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posted: Friday, 13th December 2019
It's Day 13 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and I've got so many threads to contend with but I'm loving my colours.
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posted: Thursday, 12th December 2019
It's Day 12 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and I'm loving my shift to Yellow Opal Chatons for the rest of my double-sided piece.
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posted: Wednesday, 11th December 2019
Day 11 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong... and back to more of the same!
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posted: Tuesday, 10th December 2019
It's Day 10 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalongand I made one of my decisions... I paired my Burgundy DeLite Chatons with a Heliotrope 27mm Swarovski Crown Stone... and I love it!
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posted: Monday, 9th December 2019
It's Day 9 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and so far I'm keeping up with beading both the single and double-sided version at the same time and the double-sided has reached the end of one part of its journey...
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posted: Sunday, 8th December 2019
It's Day 8 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and I'm loving using some Swarovski DeLite Chatons. I just adore all the Swarovski DeLite colours, their sparkle and depth along with the range of colour each one contains is amazing.
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posted: Saturday, 7th December 2019
It's Day 6 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and I've gone from not being sure about my colours to not hating them and now to loving them!
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posted: Friday, 6th December 2019
It's Day 6 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and once again the sparkle is continuing with even more Chatons... it looks like a lot at the moment but I'm beading 2 different versions of the same project at once and it will all make sense in 18 days...
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posted: Thursday, 5th December 2019
Day 5 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and the sparkle is continuing with even more Chatons...
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posted: Wednesday, 4th December 2019
Day 4 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and the sparkle is continuing with even more Chatons...
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posted: Tuesday, 3rd December 2019
Day 3 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and the sparkle is continuing with more Chatons...
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posted: Monday, 2nd December 2019
Day 2 of the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong and it's getting sparkly with some Chaton bezelling...
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posted: Sunday, 1st December 2019
It's Day 1 of the 2019 Winter Beadalong!!
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posted: Saturday, 30th November 2019
The first days beading instructions have done out and the Beadalong officially begins tomorrow!!!
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posted: Friday, 29th November 2019
Isn't she gorgeous!
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posted: Thursday, 28th November 2019
I've got a few days left before the Winter 2019 Secret Beadalong really kicks off and I'm treating myself to some 'fun beading' ie beading nice things just for me with no work attached- and I'm loving it!
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posted: Wednesday, 27th November 2019
I'm making the most of having caught up with all my major beading deadlines, and am delving through my UFOs and kits from other designers and next up is this gorgeous bead embroidery kit (instructions available separately here) from iamcr8ve that I bought a few years ago at a bead retreat I taught...
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posted: Tuesday, 26th November 2019
I finsihed my Tiger pendant designed by Anna Lindell and I loved every second!
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posted: Monday, 25th November 2019
I've been a fan of Anna Lindell and her lovely work for a long time and treated myself to this fabulous Tiger Pendant pattern over a year ago.
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posted: Sunday, 24th November 2019
Sadly today is the last day of the Bead Sparks retreat and I'm already sad about it ending but happy we get to have another full day all of us together beading and having fun.
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posted: Saturday, 23rd November 2019
It's Day 2 of the Bead Sparks retreat and today was just as crammed as yesterday and I think everyone started the day tired from the full day, and evening, we had yesterday.
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posted: Friday, 22nd November 2019
What a day!
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posted: Thursday, 21st November 2019
Phew - it's been a very long time in the planning but the Bead Sparks bead retreat starts tomorrow and so we headed off there today (via Heathrow to pick up a lovely student) with car loads of goodies to greet all the students who are arriving tonight, and to spend a few hours packing goodie bags...
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posted: Wednesday, 20th November 2019
Some quick photography today for the Bead Sparks beading retreat...
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posted: Tuesday, 19th November 2019
I have so much work to do before the retreat starts in a few days but I have some decisions about some things to make and so I'm procrastinating by sorting crystals for kits next year.
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posted: Monday, 18th November 2019
I've been busy covering some carrier beads for a fun necklace project which I'll be sharing at the Bead Sparks beading retreat this weekend - I can't wait!
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posted: Sunday, 17th November 2019
The email is out!The full instructions have done out to everyone who's ready to dive in early to the Christmas 2019 Secret Beadalong...
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posted: Saturday, 16th November 2019
I fell in love with the amazing laser-etched Rivolis from The Old Bicycle Shop when I first saw someone in class with them and then managed to get my hands on some back in May (which I haven't used yet and just keep by my computer so I can see them).
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posted: Tuesday, 12th November 2019
I'm busy working on some beadwork projects which use tassels to show at the Bead Sparks beading retreat and have fallen in love with my latest one...
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posted: Monday, 11th November 2019
My Jalustra series of beadwork has been in progress for over a decade just looking for an excuse for a multi-day class to spur me on to finish developing it... and what better time to bead it than on a Transatlantic cruise starting in Barcelona!
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posted: Sunday, 10th November 2019
I'm always working behind the scenes on new classes & projects and scheduling in dates for far-away future times... which always come around far sooner than I ever expect...
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posted: Friday, 1st November 2019
A very sparkly day today as, after much demand, I've launched my Crystal Diamonds pattern.
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posted: Thursday, 31st October 2019
I adore these pastel Swarovski crystals and have been storing them up for a special project so I'm excited to be using them.
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posted: Wednesday, 30th October 2019
It's hard to believe that a year ago I was in the midst of 3 days of photo taking for Rivoli Beadwork.
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posted: Tuesday, 29th October 2019
A couple of long train journeys today to-and-from Solihull today so it was perfect for some beading and another proofread of the Christmas 2019 Secret Beadalong instructions.
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posted: Saturday, 26th October 2019
An absolutely lovely day beading with Stephanie Burnham and a great group of ladies working on my very sparkly Estrella project.
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posted: Tuesday, 22nd October 2019
I went to see Cher last night and it was a spectacle of colour, noise & glitz which contrasts strongly with my return to the Antony Gormley exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts which is quiet, pared-down and intense.
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posted: Friday, 18th October 2019
Some days only pen & paper will do!
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posted: Wednesday, 16th October 2019
An intense day today but a highlight was a trip to Kricket to try some Keralan fried chicken and an amazing cocktail that immediately got me looking forward to returning.
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posted: Saturday, 12th October 2019
A fab day in Leicester beading my Peacock Pearl Box with a lovely group of ladies - so many inspiring colours used!
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posted: Friday, 11th October 2019
I'm doing a wonderful evening course at the Royal Academy of Arts at the moment and my walk back to the tube afterwards takes me past the Alexander McQueen Old Bond Street shop and their incredible window display featuring hundreds & hundreds of embroidered & beaded butterflies & bugs.
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posted: Thursday, 10th October 2019
I got the chance yesterday to visit the incredible Antony Gormley exhibition at the Royal Academy and then to listen to him talk about the exhibition and his work.
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posted: Wednesday, 9th October 2019
So much sparkle & colour today at the latest Swarovski launch for their Fall/ Winter 2020-2021 collection.
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posted: Tuesday, 8th October 2019
I'm so excited!
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posted: Sunday, 6th October 2019
I've had a lot of fun playing around with the kits for my Ochrana Class at the Bead Sparks beading retreat and for this one I wanted a soft, 'feminine' look so combined different pinks & pink-mauve with Champagne Gold
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posted: Friday, 4th October 2019
A very busy weekend packing kits for my Ochrana Class at the Bead Sparks beading retreat which is coming very soon!
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd October 2019
Today my Iskra Box pattern, Full Kit and Crystal Sets finally launch - and I know many of you have literally been waiting years for these!
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