Bead Shopping In Chicago

posted: Friday, 9th August 2024

The joy of being in a bead shop for 3 days… this is dangerous for my bank account.. but wonderful for my bead stash!

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Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong - Day 9

posted: Sunday, 4th August 2024

Incredibly it's already Day 9 of the Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong and although the beading-along-together days have flown by I've had such a lovely time seeing all the beautiful colour combinations & variations that everyone is beading.

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Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong - Day 6

posted: Thursday, 1st August 2024

Incredibly it's already Day 6 of the Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong and I've been wonderfully busy on exciting beady things so am behind on posting but here is my beadwork for Days 4, 5 & 6.

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Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong - Day 2

posted: Sunday, 28th July 2024

It's Day 2 of the Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong and today is about fringe & sparkle... here's my Day 2 beadwork and you can see lots of photos of what others have beaded here.

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Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong - Day 1

posted: Saturday, 27th July 2024

This small piece of beadwork is just the beginning…

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024

posted: Wednesday, 24th July 2024

I've written many times before about my love of this exhibition and it was lovely to visit it today with family and get to see some incredible artwork.

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Birthday Cake Inspiration

posted: Tuesday, 23rd July 2024

It's a big birthday today and I'm got lots of amazing things planned over the next few days but I wanted to share this gorgeous birthday cake I was gifted with specially hand-dyed liquorice to replicate some of my beadwork.

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1 Week Until The Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong

posted: Saturday, 20th July 2024

Can you believe it's only 1 week until the start of the Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong!

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Roman Dodecahedron Pattern Launched

posted: Wednesday, 17th July 2024

I wrote recently about my beaded Roman Dodecahedrons and I'm pleased to launch it as a pattern today.

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3 Weeks Until The Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong

posted: Saturday, 6th July 2024

Can you believe it's only 3 weeks until the start of the Summer 2024 Secret Beadalong!

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