Secret Beading Summer 2015 - Day 1

posted: Saturday, 25th July 2015

My summer 2015 secret bead-along began today and I'm excited to see all the beading that appears - with over 4,000 people taking part there should be a lot!

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Small Triangles

posted: Friday, 24th July 2015

I'm on a beaded earrings roll and making lots of pairs of tiny triangle earrings.

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Beauty And Birthday

posted: Thursday, 23rd July 2015

It's my birthday and I've decided to take the whole day off and am excited to spend it feeding myself spiritually, visually and physically.

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Lettering

posted: Wednesday, 22nd July 2015

I knew when I first decided 20 years ago to one day decorate a wall with a paint chart that there was no way I'd ever be able to do the lettering by hand so I found a great place to order vinyl lettering online and today they arrived and despite being laid up in bed with an ear infection I was soon...

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Bead-Along Countdown And Fruity Beading

posted: Monday, 20th July 2015

It's only a few days to go now until National Beading Week starts and my Secret Bead-Along officially begins. With over 4,000 people around the world now taking part I'm very eager to see the pieces begin to take shape and all the colours choices appear.

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More Sparkles And Stripes

posted: Sunday, 19th July 2015

I'm beading like crazy and have gone back to my Icos design to make some very sparkly earrings. These crystals are just ridiculously beautiful and so full of colour and depth. Each colour I choose I manage to fall more in love with than the last.

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Storms, Stripes And Sparkles

posted: Saturday, 18th July 2015

My life is crazy hectic at the moment between beading, having family staying (always lovely!) and trying to keep on top of everything I fell into bed early last night, exhausted, only to be woken up bright flashes of lightning with no accompanying sound of thunder and no rain... very eerie

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I Love London 2

posted: Friday, 17th July 2015

Out and about in London I found this beautiful hoarding around a building site.

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Bead Embroidery Continues

posted: Thursday, 16th July 2015

All is going well except beading too late at night meant I completely forgot what a cherry really looked like and went completely off the path...

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Christmas 2015 Secret Bead-Along

posted: Wednesday, 15th July 2015

As crazy as it seems my mind has been on Christmas 2015 for a while as I've beaded the project for the advent secret bead-along, ordered all the supplies and begun kitting it up.

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