New Beadworkers Guild Journal And The Stew

posted: Saturday, 11th January 2020

A great start to the day with the latest Beadworkers Guild journal and they have really excelled themselves with this one!

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New Karratu Earrings

posted: Wednesday, 8th January 2020

It was fun last night to sit with my mum and let her go through my crystal stash and choose colours so I could make her a bespoke pair of Karratu earrings... and then I couldn't resist making myself a new colourful pair too!

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Culture & Chops

posted: Tuesday, 7th January 2020

A trip to the Royal Academy of Arts today to see the Lucian Freud self-portrait exhibition and then onto The Quality Chop House for their ludicrously wonderful confit potatoes.

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Bagging Lemon Fancy Stones

posted: Sunday, 5th January 2020

Yesterdays pearls all done and I've moved onto these glorious Swarovski Lemon Fancy Stones...and thankfully there's only 2,400 of these.

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Bagging Pearls

posted: Saturday, 4th January 2020

Today is all about bagging 2mm Swarovski Crystal Pearls...all 80,000 of them!

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Goodbye To 2019!

posted: Tuesday, 31st December 2019

2019 has been a great year with lots of colour & beading as these 9 most-liked photos I posted on Instagram show. If you need further evidence of colour in my year then the image showing the amalgamation of colours in photos I posted on Instagram definitely shows that.

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Blast From The Past For The Future

posted: Sunday, 29th December 2019

I haven't painted a wooden bead in a very long time!

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More Karratu Samples

posted: Friday, 27th December 2019

My 2020 Karratu classes begin soon and I'm busy making some more coloured samples to show ideas and after yesterday's beading (with Pewter, Silky Sage DeLite and Peridot 2 x Shimmer) today I'm using Pewter seeds with Royal Blue DeLite and Blue Zircon 2 x Shimmer crystals.

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Silky Sage Beading

posted: Thursday, 26th December 2019

Beading away this evening watching Christmas films.

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Christmas 2019

posted: Wednesday, 25th December 2019

It's Christmas day and the perfect time for more Secret Beadalong reveals and this time it's the Single-Sided versions and I love these!These will sit on my tree and then be worn all year around as they work as both ornaments and pendants.

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