Thanks And Recipes

posted: Friday, 9th December 2011

When I wrote my blog yesterday I really wasn't sure whether to talk about the charity, but it was very much in my mind as I was thinking about what to get people for Christmas

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New Patterns And An Appeal

posted: Thursday, 8th December 2011

I promise this is not the start of some regular theme of my blog posts, but bear with me and it will make sense. If you don't want to read about a charity my sister is working for and how you can help them, simply scroll on to the beady talk at the end. It's marked by a line of xxxxxxs.

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Beading Behind The Scenes

posted: Wednesday, 7th December 2011

Just to prove I do spend my time doing more than eating and drinking, here is a look at the big bag of beads I'm currently making my way through.

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Cooking Canapes

posted: Tuesday, 6th December 2011

It's almost a year since I last visited l'Atelier Des Chefs and the vouchers I received for Christmas are about to run out so it's time for me to panickedly take some cooking classes.

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Garlic Overdose

posted: Monday, 5th December 2011

My roller derby team has a big bout on Saturday so we're having a quick team meeting tonight and the chosen venue is Garlic & Shots in Soho.

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Triangles and A World Cup

posted: Sunday, 4th December 2011

Today I'm supposed to be working on making some more of my 3D triangles but am being very distracted by the fact that the first ever Roller Derby World Cup is taking place in Toronto

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Teaching 3D Triangles

posted: Saturday, 3rd December 2011

Off to Cambridge today to teach the Newmarket bead group all about beading 3D triangles. The main focus of the class will be making these beaded beads but I'm hoping to explore Geometric 3-4-1 and its variations with them too.

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Courvosier Dickens Tour

posted: Friday, 2nd December 2011

Last year I read all about the Courvosier Dickens tour and promptly booked tickets. Then I got my times all mixed up and we missed it

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Taxidermy Course Day 2

posted: Thursday, 1st December 2011

The main downside to travelling and doing fun things, like courses, is that all my regular work still needs doing. So having already stayed up untiol 4am working twice since my return home a week ago, tonight I had to pull an all-nighter just to try and catch-up.

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Taxidermy Course Day 1

posted: Wednesday, 30th November 2011

Since I was young and used to visit my grandmother in Ireland I have been fascinated by taxidermy. She only had one item but I had never seen anything like it and ever since I have frequently sought it out and for a few years now I have been trying to get on a course to learn how ot do it myself.

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