Well, 2014 seems to be starting out much the same way as 2013 ended…very, very wet and windy. It’s definitely time to ‘batten down the hatches’ and play with the beads. Aside from Christmas preparations, that is exactly what I’ve been doing. My latest book, ‘Beaded Clasps’ is about to be published! It is currently…
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A Happy Accident
Yesterday I was teaching a workshop on my little beaded snowmen from the Beaded Christmas Decorations book. I realised as I was preparing the materials that I might end up running a little short on white delicas – I was definitely going to have enough for everyone who had signed up for the workshop, but…
Secret Santa
Well, it’s December 1st (how did that happen?!) and time to face the fact that Christmas is fast approaching. So I’ve been hatching a few plans. Thanksgiving has just passed and also Hanukkah, all festivals to celebrate the things for which we are thankful. They also help to brighten up the dark, cold days of…
Free Pattern and NaSeBeMo
First, the important news…as a thank you to everyone who supports my work, I am giving away the pattern featured above, for free to anyone who makes a purchase on my website before the end of November. After that time, I’ll be adding the pattern to my pattern page at its normal price of £4.…
A Journey Through the World of Publishing – Part 2
Well, now seems like the perfect time to get back to my publishing journey. My three volume series of Beaded Christmas ebooks has just been published and that brings me neatly back to my original journey into ebooks. I realised today that I am struggling to get my head around the idea that Christmas is…
A journey through the world of publishing – part 1
Well, I think (hope!) I’m all packed and ready for the Big Bead Show tomorrow. I’m not sure whether I’m more excited about the results of the British Bead Awards (I’ve reached the finals in the seed bead non-jewellery category again), or teaching my first mini masterclass at Sandown, or doing a book signing session…
Bits and Pieces
There is so much going on with me at the moment that I’m just going to write a short post with a few mentions of the highlights. The CFS has been playing up recently, so it’s been tough trying to keep on track. I’m really happy to announce that my Christmas Beads books are all…
New Projects and Plans
I have just read the slightly disturbing fact that I should be writing a blog at least a couple of times a week! There I was feeling bad that my good intentions of writing a new blog at the start of each week have failed miserably…and now I find that I’m doing even worse than…
An Alaskan Adventure
Thank you to everyone for your patience while the Bead Flowers site was closed. I’m now back in the UK after 3 weeks in Alaska, so it’s time to share some stories of my adventures. Having recently written here about Trade Beads, I now seem to keep coming across them! Aside from the stunning, unspoilt…
What are your beads worth to you?
The past week has thrown up a few unexpected issues, like the sudden need to migrate my website to a new server! So there was a point at which I wondered whether I would be posting this blog at all! Happily, thanks to the services of Dan at Patchrobe, my website now seems to be up…
