Busy Planning

posted: Friday, 15th February 2013

Phew- another day of emails and diary checking to confirm 6 new classes for this year: 4 in April at Beads Gone Wild in West Palm Beach, Florida and 2 at Beads By Blanche in New Jersey, NY. You can see all of my classes by venue here.

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In Love With Beading

posted: Thursday, 14th February 2013

Today's Valentine's day and I'm celebrating it by spending most of it beading.

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UFO Beading

posted: Monday, 11th February 2013

I enjoyed myself so much at Charisma Beads last weekend that I'm back again!

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Easy Crochet

posted: Saturday, 9th February 2013

I have got an incredibly busy few months coming up so today I gave myself the day off in preparation for it all and sat and crocheted- heaven.

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Celebrations And Cocktails

posted: Friday, 8th February 2013

Today began with the first meeting for my new book 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' and it was nice to get dates into diaries, firm up decisions and get working on it.

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Crystal Flowers And Wheels

posted: Thursday, 7th February 2013

Lots more pattern updating today with new versions of Crystal Flowers and Crystal Wheels going out to previous purchasers and added to my Etsy shop and also onto Bead-Patterns.

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More Geometric Suspensions

posted: Wednesday, 6th February 2013

I wrote the other day about my love for 'technically clever' beadwork and the bangle I'm currently working on is a perfect example of that.

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Lucky Diamond Preview

posted: Tuesday, 5th February 2013

My latest pattern is all beaded and all variations worked out and perfected.

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Finished Beadwork

posted: Monday, 4th February 2013

I managed to finish my new lariat on Friday but didn't get a chance to photograph it until today

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Charisma Beads Day Two

posted: Sunday, 3rd February 2013

My second day at Charisma Beads and another new project to unleash on students. But once again the day went well and it was a delight to see all the variations that appeared.

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