posted: Monday, 30th June 2025
Whilst the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong was running I was actually mostly in Paris where I headed to meet-up with my parents and also see lots of wonderful exhibitions.
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posted: Sunday, 29th June 2025
It's the final 'beading-along-together' day of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and the final result can be revealed…
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posted: Saturday, 28th June 2025
It's Day 8 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and once again you're the designer and making design decisions that create your own unique version…
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posted: Friday, 27th June 2025
It's Day 7 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and the project continues to come together but there are still some surprises to come…
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posted: Thursday, 26th June 2025
It's Day 6 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and today things start coming together…
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posted: Wednesday, 25th June 2025
It's Day 5 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and once again the floral theme continues… but today you become the designer as you make the first of some design choices that will make this project unique to you…
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posted: Tuesday, 24th June 2025
It's day 4 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and the floral theme continues…
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posted: Monday, 23rd June 2025
It's day 3 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and the floral theme continues…
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posted: Sunday, 22nd June 2025
It's Day 2 of the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong and the floral theme continues…
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posted: Saturday, 21st June 2025
It's started!
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posted: Wednesday, 18th June 2025
Only a few days now and the full instructions gave gone out for those of you who want to dive in early!But of course it's never too late to sign-up and join in the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong!
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posted: Monday, 16th June 2025
This October Stephanie Burnham and I will be teaching our striking masterclass virtually over 3 sessions with 2 different times which we hope will suit you.
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posted: Sunday, 15th June 2025
Less than a week to go until the Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong begins!As always this project is a surprise...but I can tell you it's an set which can be jewellery or an ornament & jewellery...
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posted: Saturday, 14th June 2025
A fun day with Matter at Hand at Miel Bakery learning the basic of ice-cream making from this talented maker who always has a delicious, clever & inventive twist on flavour.
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posted: Friday, 13th June 2025
A wonderful few days away in Cornwall enjoying some sunshine and sea paddling along with good food, lots of reading and walks along clifftops and sand dunes
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posted: Monday, 9th June 2025
It's been a long time coming… but Crystal Ribbons is back
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posted: Saturday, 7th June 2025
After many requests my Gebed project is making a return this August for a series of 2-part classes covering the different components needed to bead this series of jewellery which combines geometric beading techniques with sparkle!
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posted: Friday, 6th June 2025
2 weeks tomorrow it all begins! The Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong is creeping ever closer and I'm so excited to see all the colours used & variations beaded once the 'beading-along-together' part gets underway on the 21st June... If you haven't signed-up yet then don't worry..
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posted: Thursday, 5th June 2025
The joy of Zoom classes is how easily I can bead with others all around the world - heaven.
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posted: Wednesday, 4th June 2025
Andromeda is back! After many request I'm running this star-themed project again on Saturday 16th August with 2 different time slots available
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posted: Tuesday, 3rd June 2025
My Crystal Lotus classes are all filling-up fast so I've just added 2 new ones for this October covering multiple time zones.
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posted: Monday, 2nd June 2025
It's hard to believe that 5 years ago we were in the midst of the first UK Lockdown and it's difficult to think of those days without sadness and remembering the accompanying stress & fear.
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posted: Sunday, 1st June 2025
It's back!
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posted: Saturday, 31st May 2025
Memories of Kew is back!
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posted: Wednesday, 28th May 2025
After much demand... Chartres is back!
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posted: Saturday, 24th May 2025
Liberty London are celebrating their 150th anniversary and currently featuring an colourful & inspiring exhibition showcasing some of the Liberty Fabrics archive and an incredible patchwork house composed of over 1,000 squares submitted by stitchers.
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posted: Friday, 23rd May 2025
The Cartier exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum is truly amazing- far more sparkle & diamonds than your eyes can take in!
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posted: Thursday, 22nd May 2025
A flying visit to the Natural History Museum to see the whale but the best thing was getting to see the amazing architecture & decoration again.
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posted: Tuesday, 20th May 2025
Another day, another pair of sparky earrings with colours inspired by what I'm wearing… new class with this jewellery set & vessel coming soon…
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posted: Monday, 19th May 2025
This lemony summer dress is the perfect colour inspiration for some new earrings…
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posted: Friday, 16th May 2025
It's getting even closer!
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posted: Wednesday, 7th May 2025
Incredibly, and sadly, today is our last full day in Barcelona and though we've been there for 2+ weeks, and do s many wonderful things, it's gone all too quickly.
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posted: Tuesday, 6th May 2025
Our morning began with a visit to Studio Mosaiccos for a work in the Trencadís mosaic technique much used by Antoni Gaudi and this was a really fun & colourful thing to do together and there were some incredible pieces made
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posted: Monday, 5th May 2025
The other day we were foiled when we tried to visit Park Güell so some of us headed back there today, on a free day, and I'm so glad we took the time as its a beautiful place to visit.
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posted: Sunday, 4th May 2025
A drizzly start to the day as we headed off to the beautiful medieval city of Girona where we wandered the streets and walked the city walls and learnt about its incredible history.
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posted: Saturday, 3rd May 2025
A day off today but some of us have booked extra tours and mine is to the Costa Brava and it begins with a visit to the beautiful clifftop Marimurtra Botanical Gardens at Blanes.
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posted: Friday, 2nd May 2025
Today begins with a rainy visit to beautiful Montserrat to see the Abbey and museum where I enjoyed getting to see some more work by an artist who is new to me and I've been introduced to on this trip; Josep Maria Subirachs.
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posted: Thursday, 1st May 2025
Today is another teaching day filled with chatter, beading and good food and once again I forgot to take any photos during class so instead here's a photo I took in the evening from the roof of the hotel.
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posted: Wednesday, 30th April 2025
Today is a Dali day which begins with a trip to the Dali Museum in Figueres where we get to see so much of his incredible work including his jewellery (you can see a lot more photos here on my Instagram account and more photos & videos from me here).
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posted: Tuesday, 29th April 2025
Another full day packed with amazing things.
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posted: Monday, 28th April 2025
What a day!
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posted: Sunday, 27th April 2025
Today was a teaching day so we spent all day in class with lots of beading. chatting & laughing.
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posted: Saturday, 26th April 2025
An early start today for some wandering the shops before out group plans and after a visit to the food market for some fresh fruit ice lollies we headed to Ganiveteria Roca which is a scissor & knife shop founded in 1911.
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posted: Friday, 25th April 2025
Today begins with a visit to Palau Güell which is simply astounding.
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posted: Thursday, 24th April 2025
Our first full day in Barcelona with Beadventures begins with a walking-tour of the city which showed us just how beautiful and interesting this city is.
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posted: Wednesday, 23rd April 2025
Today I flew to Barcelona for a very long-awaited trip with Beadventures where I'll be hanging out with a group of beaders and teaching my Sacred Star project which was designed especially for this trip and inspired by the star which was added atop the Sagrada Família in 2021
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posted: Tuesday, 22nd April 2025
It's getting closer... and it's nearly time to shop (or rummage through your stash...).
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posted: Wednesday, 9th April 2025
The Summer 2025 Secret Beadalong is slowly creeping ever closer and today I'm having colourful fun editing the videos including the one which shows all the colours I've used…
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posted: Tuesday, 1st April 2025
I'm terrified of heights but try to not let it put me off doing anything (hence going to the top of the Eiffel Tower the other week) but when I discovered that you could climb up inside Big Ben to see the bells and walk behind the faces I wasn't sure I'd be able to do it...
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