Well, for those of you who have been following me for a while, it’s that time of year again! I spent the allotted time from 1st April until 8th June putting my efforts into making a stunning piece of wearable beadwork, photographing it to show it to best advantage and then sending four photos to…
Recently I have been creating a lot of designs with a story behind them. The question I am most often asked is how I come up with new designs, so I thought it would be a good idea to talk about some of these designs that do have their origins in particular themes or events.…
Last Friday I finally made it down to Stitchncraft bead shop in Dorset. I say ‘finally’ because my journey getting there was rather longer than it might have been…firstly, I was originally going to teach a workshop there in 2013, but that was cancelled, so I felt very lucky to be invited back again this…
I had planned to be writing a completely different post, but that one is going to be a little delayed. I haven’t had a lot of time for beading recently as life outside beads has been taking over, so I was thrilled this week to receive two emails from a very talented beader in Bavaria.…
Well, I promised I would let you all know how the Beads Up North festival went on Sunday. To summarise…it was fantastic! I know the organisers, Halfpenney’s had put a lot of work into re-thinking the format of the event to try and increase the appeal to the public and, from what I saw, all…
Two weeks ago today I was recovering from the excitement of the Big Bead Show at Sandown park. I taught a workshop, did a book signing session and spent the day meeting up with lots of beady friends. I also made some new friends – sort of…my workshop was followed by a Soutache taster session…
It’s almost the end of March, so that means that National Craft month is drawing to a close…not that this is going to make any difference to me – I craft each and every day in any case! It has been a lovely chance to celebrate craft though and I’m loving the arrival of the…
Well, I hope you’ve all been waiting with baited breath for the next instalment(s) of the challenge…?! I’m just starting on a really busy teaching schedule, which is lovely as I love the teaching. The Hobbycraft course got off to a very good start yesterday and I’m looking forward to spending the next 3 Thursday…
Well, this is the next instalment in the National Craft Month Challenge for March 2014. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, or if you missed the first part of the challenge, the original idea is explained here, along with challenges one and two. Challenge three can be found here. This is setting…
Well, earlier this week I decided to celebrate two ideas in one challenge! March is National Craft Month, so it’s a great excuse to get out your beads (or other favourite crafting materials) and make some projects…as if we need an excuse to do that, let’s be honest! Secondly, I am constantly reminded how much…
