posted: Monday, 4th January 2010
A day of wirework today as I finish off all my samples and instructions for my weekend residential Wirework Projects Class which is in a couple of week.
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posted: Saturday, 2nd January 2010
I rang in the new year with a visit to a comedy club, a few drinks and much dancing- getting to bed around 4am.
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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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posted: Monday, 21st December 2009
Phew- my third bangle is all done.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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