posted: Monday, 17th June 2013
It was a friend's birthday recently and we finally managed to get together to celebrate it- only a month or so late.
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posted: Sunday, 16th June 2013
I'm still at Missenden Abbey and in the interest of trying to spread love for grey I wore a ring and scarf which were grey and added in other colours to see if they worked together- and thankfully they did.
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posted: Saturday, 15th June 2013
I'm away for the weekend teaching wirework and chain maille at Missenden Abbey- heaven. This is such a relaxing place to be and everyone is so friendly that by the end of today it felt as though we'd been here for a week!
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posted: Friday, 14th June 2013
I'm busy preparing lots of samples for my class this summer at Missenden Abbey- all about bead embroidery.
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posted: Wednesday, 12th June 2013
Although I'm keeping my beading hidden at the moment I can at least show you some of the colours I'm using.
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posted: Tuesday, 11th June 2013
At the moment I am secretly beading away on 4 different geometric projects at once, all of which I'm keeping hidden as they'll be featured in the second volume of Geometric Beadwork...
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posted: Monday, 10th June 2013
Since my parents live in France and my sisters are all grown up and working/ married/have their own families/ living further away etc it's a fairly rare occasion we all get together, I think the last time we did was my parents 40th wedding anniversary almost a year ago and before that my sister's...
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posted: Friday, 7th June 2013
The sun is out in London and I'm trying to make the most of it knowing that it could disappear any second.
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posted: Wednesday, 5th June 2013
It's only a few months since my next book, 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' got the go-ahead, but already I am seeing laid out pages and the 2nd of 3 batches of projects are done. It may look like all I do is eat and drink but a lot of beading goes on behind the scenes!
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posted: Sunday, 2nd June 2013
I'm worn out so am treating myself to a few days sleeping and stitching my Emily Peacock tapestry begun recently - heaven.
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