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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 9

posted: Sunday, 26th June 2022

It's Day 9 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about... finishing the entire project!

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 8

posted: Saturday, 25th June 2022

It's Day 8 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about finishing the second pendant...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 7

posted: Friday, 24th June 2022

It's Day 7 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about continuing the rope...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 6

posted: Thursday, 23rd June 2022

It's Day 6 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about finishing one of the pendants...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 5

posted: Wednesday, 22nd June 2022

It's Day 5 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about continuing the rope...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 4

posted: Tuesday, 21st June 2022

It's Day 4 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about beginning another pendant...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 3

posted: Monday, 20th June 2022

It's Day 3 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about continuing the rope...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 2

posted: Sunday, 19th June 2022

It's Day 2 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about beginning a pendant...

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Day 1

posted: Saturday, 18th June 2022

It's Day 1 of the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong (available here as written instructions or here as videos & written instructions) and today's beading is all about starting a rope...

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Painshill Park

posted: Wednesday, 4th May 2022

A lovely visit to Painshill Park today where we wandered through the beautiful grounds before heading to the main reason for our visit: the crystal grotto.

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My Beading Year 2022 - Day 6

posted: Sunday, 1st May 2022

It's Day 6 of #mybeadingyear in 2022 and today's prompt is about what you've done so far in 2022.

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Stained Glass Course - Day 2

posted: Friday, 29th April 2022

The first thing I did today, after lots & lots of pondering overnight, was changed one of my colours and I was immediately much happier.

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Stained Glass Course - Day 1

posted: Thursday, 28th April 2022

I headed off to Bristol yesterday to do a 2-day Stained Glass course at Creative Glass Guild and today is Day 1.

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Beading On The Train

posted: Wednesday, 27th April 2022

It's a good 3 years since I've beaded on a train, partly due to COVID but partly due to always having work to read through when I travel.

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong Preparation

posted: Tuesday, 26th April 2022

If you signed-up for the Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong then be sure to check your emails.

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Kew Great Pagoda and Bluebells

posted: Monday, 25th April 2022

A trip to Kew Gardens today to see the bluebells which are out in full force and to also climb the Great Pagoda which has recently re-opened to the public.

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Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong New Colours

posted: Saturday, 23rd April 2022

I'm being good and doing my Summer 2022 Secret Beadalong preparation work…

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New YouTube Channel

posted: Thursday, 14th April 2022

This is coming soon as some things need to be seen to be believed...

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What Lies Beneath

posted: Wednesday, 13th April 2022

I know some people hate starting with a blank sheet when they start writing, and it can be off-putting at first, but then I remember it's not really a blank sheet.

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Treasure Chest

posted: Monday, 11th April 2022

I'm pleased today to finally be able to show off my latest project: Treasure Chest.

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Princess Crystals

posted: Sunday, 10th April 2022

Zero filter is needed for these incredible sparkly Swarovski crystals! I'm spending the afternoon packing up the final Crystal Princess kits ready to ship over the next couple of weeks and I have less than a handful of them left so if you want one grab it ASAP and these will never be repeated.

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Disney At The Wallace Collection

posted: Friday, 8th April 2022

A trip out today to see the Inspiring Walt Disney exhibition at The Wallace Collection with Stephanie Burnham.

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Behind The Scenes Experiments

posted: Sunday, 3rd April 2022

I'm working behind the scenes on a beading kit which combines different mediums and today experimented with one of the mediums, under the careful guidance of the expert, to understand how it works better so that when the design is being finalised we can get it just right.

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