National Beading Week 2016 - Day 2

posted: Sunday, 31st July 2016

It's Day 2 of National Beading Week and everyone taking part in my Summer 2016 Secret Beadalong has a little stash of growing beaded beads...

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National Beading Week 2016 - Day 1

posted: Saturday, 30th July 2016

Yay- it's National Beading Week and I can finally share photos of what I've been up to in secret for months!

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Woe To Being Finished

posted: Friday, 29th July 2016

Replace 'picture' with 'project' and 'painter' with 'beader' and this great quote from Pablo Picasso sums up how I feel about my work.

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Beading And Baking

posted: Thursday, 28th July 2016

This evening, spurred on by a temporary reprieve from my physical ails, I got to beading and made 2 samples for new projects.

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Boring Bad Back

posted: Tuesday, 26th July 2016

Annoyingly my few days of tubing beads last week, and bad posture whilst doing it, has messed up my back & neck and once again trapped my Vagus Nerve.

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More Persiana

posted: Sunday, 24th July 2016

I've written a few times of my love for the Persiana cookbook by Sabrina Ghayour and today I had another excuse to use it when I invited friends round for a Persian lunch.

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A Foodie Day

posted: Saturday, 23rd July 2016

It's my birthday today and I'm celebrating in style.

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Elica Necklace Progress

posted: Friday, 22nd July 2016

It was worth all the maths, backwards beading & perseverance!

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Forwards And Backwards

posted: Thursday, 21st July 2016

Another day, another quote from Pablo Picasso:

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New Bead Collection And New Beading

posted: Wednesday, 20th July 2016

It is always good news when new bead colours are introduced and this new set is no exception!

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