Christmas Beading- Or Not

posted: Sunday, 27th December 2009

I'm away from home at the moment so don't have all my stash and supplies with me. I was excitedly beading a lovely snake ring from Sharon Erwine but the reel of thread I bought with me keeps breaking so I've had to abandon that unfortunately.

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Bangles All In A Row

posted: Monday, 21st December 2009

Phew- my third bangle is all done.

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Beads And Bags

posted: Saturday, 19th December 2009

A busy day today which starts with a trip to the shops to buy some gloves ready for embellishing and then off to bead group to work on my new bangle.

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Paper Beads And Leather Gloves

posted: Friday, 18th December 2009

For each issue of Bead magazine (my main job is editing it) we film 2-3 projects and techniques which readers can watch for free on Bead-TV.

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Bangles, Bangles, Bangles

posted: Thursday, 17th December 2009

A visit to Arundel today to the Bead offices to take the project and step photos for our next issue.

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Beading Panic

posted: Monday, 14th December 2009

With Bead going to 8 issues from now on it's panic stations all round as I get used to the new time-table. Instead of my usual 8 weeks between each issue, 6 of them will be just 5 weeks apart. And as you all know, 3 weeks is a lot of time to lose in beading!

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Christmas Spirit

posted: Friday, 11th December 2009

After the rubber-stamp making class I recently took and all my purchases in the US, I felt that making my own cards this year would at least cancel out some of the guilt I feel over spending so much!

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Foundry Visit

posted: Tuesday, 8th December 2009

A busy day today which includes a trip to the foundry of the Royal College of Art organised by The British Art Medal Society.

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Home And Beading

posted: Tuesday, 1st December 2009

Back home safe and sound and of course I'm straight back to beading (and trying not to panic about the 1,300+ emails that came whilst I was away...)

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New York- Day 13

posted: Sunday, 29th November 2009

My last full day in New York and you can guess how I spend it!

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