Torquay 2013 Day 1

posted: Thursday, 15th August 2013

I'm back down to very sunny Torquay to spend 2 days with the lovely beaders who come to classes at Beads For Beauty. This is such a lovely place to visit, both as a teacher and a student

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Porthole

posted: Wednesday, 14th August 2013

Ever since I first discovered websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo I've been addicted to searching out interesting projects and backing them.

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Icos Pendants

posted: Tuesday, 13th August 2013

Back to Geometrics!

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Beaded Strawberries

posted: Monday, 12th August 2013

It may seem like I don't do much beading but there has been a lot going on behind the scenes that I can now show you.

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibiton 2013

posted: Sunday, 11th August 2013

I've written before about my love for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and although I really need to spend a day resting the fact that today is my only chance to see it this year gets me out of bed and off to Piccadilly.

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Cupcake Decorating Class

posted: Saturday, 10th August 2013

I'm back home again and today is a a day for me to catch up with family and learn how to decorate cupcakes.

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Bead Embroidery Class 2013- Day 5

posted: Friday, 9th August 2013

Sadly today is our last day of class though I think we would all love another month or so to really get time to play around with all those ideas we've had.

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Bead Embroidery Class 2013- Day 4

posted: Thursday, 8th August 2013

4 days into the class and everyone is working away, including late at night, beading and playing with colour plus chatting and laughing. I love teaching long classes like this where conversation and ideas flow.

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Bead Embroidery Class 2013- Day 3

posted: Wednesday, 7th August 2013

The third day of class and we're moving onto creating our own purses adorned with bead embroidery.

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Bead Embroidery Class 2013- Day 2

posted: Tuesday, 6th August 2013

Today began with everyone finishing their sampler (I guess finishing is the wrong word as these can be an ongoing poject) and then beginning their bead embroidery bird measuring tape cover, or, as I like to call him (or her, there was much discussion over the week as to which he was) Furtive Fowl...

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