Armarria And Time Run

posted: Saturday, 11th July 2015

A lovely day teaching Armarria at Charisma Beads today. As always it was a treat to see the different colour variations appear over the hours.

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Secrets And Candles

posted: Friday, 10th July 2015

I'm doing a lot of beading that's being kept behind the scenes for various reasons at the moment, but be assured as soon as they can be shown they will be.

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Neon Tigers And Travel

posted: Thursday, 9th July 2015

There's a tube strike today so my 2-hour journey turned into a 4-hour one, all for the sake of a less than 3 minute appointment.

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Oodles Of Rivolis

posted: Monday, 6th July 2015

I only launched my restocked Rivoli medals pack on Friday but immediately they sold out so I've had to rapidly get more stock in for a new set and so this evening is spent putting together random selections aka playing with rivolis.

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Chartreuse Green

posted: Sunday, 5th July 2015

I'm waiting on the 'cherries' to arrive for my Manhattan bead embroidery piece so I've skipped ahead to my Daiquiri ones.

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Cherry Red

posted: Saturday, 4th July 2015

My latest bead embroidery piece is based on a Manhattan cocktail, of course with a cherry. My general life advice is you should never miss an opportunity to have a cherry, maraschino or otherwise.

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Heatwave Day 4 And A Heatwave Sale

posted: Friday, 3rd July 2015

It's still wonderfully hot here and in celebration I'm having a Heatwave Sale!

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Heatwave Day 3

posted: Thursday, 2nd July 2015

It's not as hot today but there's no breeze which makes for a sweaty day.

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Heatwave Day 2

posted: Wednesday, 1st July 2015

Day 2 of our heatwave here in London and it's expected to hit 33C/ 92F today - apparently the hottest we've had in 9 years.

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Heatwave Day 1

posted: Tuesday, 30th June 2015

A lovely heatwave has hit London (today it hit 30C/ 86F which is almost unheard of for us!) and my workrooms at the top of the house have turned into little saunas.

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