posted: Friday, 27th March 2020
I'm in love with the new Swarovski Domes (item #1400) and my new project uses them in 14 & 18mm combined with Delica beads and 2mm Swarovski pearls.
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posted: Wednesday, 25th March 2020
It's taken 16+ months but I finally finished my Sian Nolan 'Flowers in the Snow' necklace.
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posted: Tuesday, 24th March 2020
I have no words for what's going on now but thank you all of you who've sent me such nice messages after my newsletter last week.
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posted: Monday, 23rd March 2020
Today Boris Johnson (the UK Prime Minister) announced we would be under 'lockdown' starting for 3 weeks with this to be reviewed.
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posted: Saturday, 21st March 2020
I was meant to be teaching today, and we've discussed it back-and-forth for days trying to decide what to do for the best, but in the end the class was cancelled and I'm at home wondering how much the World is going to change.
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posted: Friday, 20th March 2020
Hello all,
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posted: Monday, 16th March 2020
I headed off to Betchworth today to teach a class and there was a definite feeling of things changing and that we were on the cusp of changes to our lives.
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posted: Sunday, 15th March 2020
I can finally shout about this now having kept it under-wraps for months!
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posted: Saturday, 14th March 2020
Lots of colour and small independent shops... plus 2 different beers before a delicious breakfast at the wonderful Patch - I love Lewes!
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posted: Friday, 13th March 2020
Another evening of laser-cutting and this time I'm experimenting with joining components in the software and making beads I can embellish.
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posted: Thursday, 12th March 2020
It sure is a funny week with so much trepidation out there whilst behind the scenes I have very, very exciting stuff happening but my lips are sealed for a little while longer... sorry!
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posted: Tuesday, 10th March 2020
I took a trip to Borough Market today for amazing food and great conversation with friends.
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posted: Saturday, 7th March 2020
Off to Worcestershire today and have 7+ hours on trains so my first dilemma of the bead is do I bead or do I snooze...*
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posted: Friday, 6th March 2020
Years ago I used to be continually doing evening courses and distance learning but that's all fallen by the wayside as I've got busier & busier and travelled more & more.
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posted: Wednesday, 4th March 2020
These new Dome round stones from Swarovski (item #1400 here in 14mm and 18mm) are absolutely gorgeous and perfect for a new project I've been working on...
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posted: Sunday, 1st March 2020
I know it's been a long time coming for many of you but today my Jua pattern finally launches!
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posted: Wednesday, 26th February 2020
You never know what to expect at a Swarovski launch... the only guarantees are colour, sparkle & inspiration!
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posted: Tuesday, 25th February 2020
All my current beadwork has to be kept behind the scenes for the moment but I'm busy working away and am loving my new polka dot scissor covers I bought from Creative Castle last week - you can never have too much colour or too many polka dots!
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posted: Monday, 24th February 2020
This is half of the Swarovski bits & pieces that arrived when I was away... I guess that 2020 is going to be the year of kit packing...
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posted: Sunday, 23rd February 2020
All the recent storms in the UK have left my local park like a swamp and whilst this tree-lined path looks tempting I know that 2 steps in I'd be up to my ankles in water.
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posted: Sunday, 16th February 2020
Sadly it's time to head home and leave my beady friends and the sunshine.
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posted: Saturday, 15th February 2020
Another lovely day at Creative Castle with my Treasure Links class.
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posted: Friday, 14th February 2020
It's Valentine's Day and what better way to spend it doing what we love...beading!
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posted: Thursday, 13th February 2020
A very sparkly day at the lovely Creative Castle teaching my Lisa Class.
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posted: Wednesday, 12th February 2020
I taught my Ligilo class today at Creative Castle and I completely forgot to take a photo of what everyone else beaded but captured this shot of my beading.
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posted: Monday, 10th February 2020
I've headed to my next destination with 12 hours of travelling from Florida to my bed for the next week in California.
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posted: Sunday, 9th February 2020
I've had such a lovely 3 days teaching my Limona class here in Florida.
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posted: Thursday, 6th February 2020
I woke up today to a bit of a difference from what I woke up to yesterday.
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posted: Wednesday, 5th February 2020
It was a very rainy & foggy London I left today, so much so that my flight was delayed for 2 hours due to bad weather and problems landing other planes.
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posted: Tuesday, 4th February 2020
My new Gates pattern has launched today.
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posted: Sunday, 2nd February 2020
A trip to the weird & wonderful Sculpture Park today which has literally hundreds of different sculptures laid-out in their grounds.
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posted: Thursday, 30th January 2020
Such a fabulous day at StitchnCraft Beads beading Karratu and so many wonderfully coloured sparkly pieces were made.
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posted: Tuesday, 28th January 2020
A trip to see Tutankhamun London today and so many beautiful things to see.
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posted: Saturday, 25th January 2020
I was excited today to spend the day doing a Stephanie Burnham 'Jewel of the Seven Seas' class.
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posted: Thursday, 23rd January 2020
So many photos this week!
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posted: Wednesday, 22nd January 2020
I've been busy beading new variations of my MidMod Pots and testing the instructions all ready for the classes in it I'll be teaching this year.
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posted: Tuesday, 21st January 2020
Another photography day today as more things get ticked off my 'release into the world' list...
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posted: Monday, 20th January 2020
I'm hugely busy behind the scenes designing new projects (I have 10 to design over the next 6 months) all of which have to remain a secret for now but I'm also working away on instructions for new & old projects and today is all about photography for this year & next...
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posted: Saturday, 11th January 2020
A great start to the day with the latest Beadworkers Guild journal and they have really excelled themselves with this one!
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posted: Wednesday, 8th January 2020
It was fun last night to sit with my mum and let her go through my crystal stash and choose colours so I could make her a bespoke pair of Karratu earrings... and then I couldn't resist making myself a new colourful pair too!
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posted: Tuesday, 7th January 2020
A trip to the Royal Academy of Arts today to see the Lucian Freud self-portrait exhibition and then onto The Quality Chop House for their ludicrously wonderful confit potatoes.
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posted: Sunday, 5th January 2020
Yesterdays pearls all done and I've moved onto these glorious Swarovski Lemon Fancy Stones...and thankfully there's only 2,400 of these.
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posted: Saturday, 4th January 2020
Today is all about bagging 2mm Swarovski Crystal Pearls...all 80,000 of them!
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