If you're signed-up to my newsletter then you've already had the sad Swarovski news from me but, if not, you can read it here.

I know we all love a bit (or a lot!) of sparkle in our beadwork so this is a shock but there are other crystal companies out there and so fingers crossed sparkle will still be a part of our beading.

But do have a look at the projects you want to bead and if they use something unusual, or you want to make them in specific colours, now may be the time to do some planning.

To help you with this I have added any patterns I plan to launch in 2021 onto my site with details of the crystals they use, and all my classes, as always, have general requirements so you can check them too.

What a year 2020 is turning out to be!