posted: Wednesday, 15th August 2012
Many years ago, through my work on Bead magazine, I 'met' Katie Dean who does lovely miniature beadwork. We finally got to meet in person recently and this week Katie popped to see me and my students and kindly brought along some of her beadwork.
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posted: Tuesday, 14th August 2012
This week I am away at Missenden Abbey to teach my second summer school, the theme of which is 'Beaded ropes, tubes and spirals'.
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posted: Monday, 13th August 2012
Some days as I write my blog I feel I have pages and pages that want to pour out of me and other days, such as yesterday, the words come harder.
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posted: Sunday, 12th August 2012
So beautiful and yet so horrid.
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posted: Saturday, 11th August 2012
Et Voilà!
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posted: Friday, 10th August 2012
For so long now I have had an urge to go to the zoo. It's probably 20 years since I set foot in one and the thought of seeing a zebra or a penguin is keeping me awake with excitement.
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posted: Wednesday, 8th August 2012
I had a meeting to go to yesterday and it was only on my way there I realised it was just near Caledonian Road, which I last visited almost a year ago to the day.
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posted: Tuesday, 7th August 2012
I first came across polaris cabochons in the US and fell in love with them- the combination of the colour and the weird way they look lit from within won me over
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posted: Sunday, 5th August 2012
When I first started beading, back in February 2001, I bought so many books on beading amulet purses and covering wooden needle cases as that seemed to be all that was out there in the UK at the time. Though I beaded oodles of amulet purses I never did cover a needle case, until now.
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posted: Saturday, 4th August 2012
I managed to finish my triangle necklace for my still under-wraps project and am really pleased with it.
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