BeJewels In Leighton Buzzard

posted: Thursday, 28th June 2018

A lovely day teaching my BeJewels class. This really has turned into one of my favourite classes ever as everyone leaves with a least 1 finished piece (and sometimes 4!) and we all get to see so many amazing colour combinations for future inspiration.

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Summer 2018 Beadalong Preparation Work

posted: Wednesday, 27th June 2018

The preparation work instructions for the Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong have gone out today so if you've already signed-up keep an eye on your inbox and if you've not signed-up yet and want to join in then you can do so here.

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018

posted: Tuesday, 26th June 2018

Today was time for my yearly trip to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition which is something I look forward to all year.

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A Sunny Day Out In London

posted: Sunday, 24th June 2018

I'm working 16+ hour days at the moment working on my Rivolis book and even though it's been so beautiful & sunny in London I've not been able to enjoy it. But today I took a few hours out for some comedy, sunshine and wandering London.

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Five Weeks To Go!

posted: Saturday, 23rd June 2018

Today marks just 5 weeks to go until the Summer 2018 Secret Beadalong begins and only a few days until the preparation work instructions are sent out so if you've signed-up then keep an eye on your inbox...

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Bold & Subtle Colour Schemes

posted: Wednesday, 20th June 2018

Tonight I'm swapping between a strong & bold colour scheme and a much more muted one.

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Minty Colour Scheme

posted: Tuesday, 19th June 2018

Tonight I'm using a minty colour scheme. The Delicas are #1454 and the Rivoli is Crystal Mint Green.

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Book Face

posted: Friday, 15th June 2018

#bookface is an online hastag mainly used by libraries to promote books and events they're doing and today I was delighted to be turned into a Book Face by Burlington County Library System.

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Oceans, Colour And Oranges

posted: Wednesday, 13th June 2018

A trip to the Victoria & Albert Museum to catch the Ocean Liners exhibition before it ended which made me want to live surrounded by art deco design, birds eye walnut and kelly green.

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Crystal Honeycombs

posted: Monday, 11th June 2018

I’ve been keeping most of the Rivoli projects from my new book secret but was playing with these today and adding the jump-rings etc so couldn’t resist sharing them.

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