Crystal Bling Ring

posted: Tuesday, 3rd September 2013

I've got about 8 beading projects sitting on beading mats waiting for me to finish at the moment- all of them needed ASAP of course.

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Another New Scarf

posted: Monday, 2nd September 2013

After getting up at 4am for my flight yesterday I fell asleep as soon as I got home and when I woke I was so cold and tired it seemed sensible to ignore all the very urgent beading I have to do and instead focus on starting yet another new scarf project.

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Choosing Yarn

posted: Sunday, 1st September 2013

An early start today as I was catching the 6.40am flight home to London and accompanying me is the yarn for the second new project I bought at Glen Gallery Crafts.

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Glen Gallery Crafts 2013 Day 2

posted: Saturday, 31st August 2013

My second day teaching at Glen Gallery Crafts and today is all about triangles.

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Glen Gallery Crafts 2013 Day 1

posted: Friday, 30th August 2013

Last year I fell in love with Glen Gallery Crafts when I visited them and so have been looking forward to returning ever since

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Model Village

posted: Monday, 26th August 2013

It's a sunny day and a national holiday so we headed out to Bekonscot Model Village to enjoy the sunshine and take photos of ourselves looking like giants.

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More Tilas And Hawksmoor

posted: Friday, 23rd August 2013

I'm still working on geometric projects using tila beads but my pallette has switched to my favourite Delica colour- 331 and brown/ bronze tilas. I'm enjoying using the beads a lot and the new twist they've put on some 'old favourites' of mine.

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Geometrics With Tilas

posted: Thursday, 22nd August 2013

So many new shapes of beads have entered the market in the past couple of years and so far I've mainly steered away from them. The main reason for this is I have a life-times worth of projects in my mind for just Delicas and seed beads so other beads don't always get much of a look in!

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Once Again Back At The Abbey

posted: Tuesday, 20th August 2013

Today we popped back to The Abbey De Valloires where I once again had the cheese plate and it was different than its previous incarnations and delicious.

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Benedict And Alan

posted: Sunday, 18th August 2013

More shopping in France and today we visited a market where though I desperately wanted to buy the two tiny Yorkshire Terrier puppies I saw for sale, I ended up with a cross-eyed monkey lemon reamer (now known as Monkey Alan) and a bird bottle opener (now called Benedict Birderbatch) who is...

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