I have been beading for over fifteen years and my beadwork is bound up with my health. You will know this story if you have followed my blog before.
I started beading after becoming seriously ill and I have found the beadwork consistently therapeutic. Beading has also given me a creative outlet and I think this is a healthy thing for anyone. I have come to know a lot of other beaders and I realise that many of us are suffering from difficult health conditions.
So, although I wanted to write mostly about my beading adventures, I have also talked more personally. I think we can all support each other. Sometimes it is comforting just to know that you’re not the only one who is struggling. So, I’ve shared some of my struggles and doubts on here. Since I believe it’s important to speak out, I thought I had better start by setting an example!
I hope you enjoy reading about my general beading adventures in this part of the blog.
Settle back and enjoy the story of how I made a rainbow cupcake beaded box… Then find out how you can make this too. A little story… One of the hardest questions people ask me is, ‘which is your favourite design?’ The truth is, I have a lot of favourites, but my cupcake beaded box…
I nearly said ‘addicts’ in that title, but I don’t intend to offend. So, let’s call ourselves ‘enthusiasts’ instead! Anyway, back to the real point of this blog…why am I launching the Rose Club? And what is it? Why am I launching the Rose Club? Well, as I run the business side of ‘Beadflowers’…
Have you made many of my beaded sweets and candies? If so, you’re going to be interested in this brilliant idea for displaying beaded sweets and candies. It is simple to make, and will draw a lot of admiration from any guests who see it. What is this idea for displaying beaded sweets? Well, it’s…
Welcome to the Beadflowers beaded Easter egg hunt for 2021. As I announced in my last blog post, I feel like we (still) need a bit of cheering up at the moment. So, what better excuse than the long Easter weekend? I would love you to join me for four days of fun as I…
Well, we’re just under a week away from Easter weekend 2021. And, I think we need another excuse for cheering ourselves up. So, this is my invitation to join a beaded Easter egg hunt. Are you in? Well, you probably want to know what it involves first. So, let me explain… When does it take…
Well, having had over a year to do this, I finally completed my beaded square project yesterday! I’m not normally a ‘last-minute’ merchant, but… So, now it is on its way to the Beadwork Museum. I’m keeping fingers tightly crossed that it arrives safely. And, in the meantime, I thought I would share my efforts…
Welcome back to the final installment of the beading PHD challenge. This week we’re going to be looking at your last box of PHDs. Those are the ones that stalled because of technical difficulties. What do I mean by technical difficulties? Well, those occur when you reach a set of instructions that you simply can’t…
So, in part three of the PHD beading challenge, I’m going to be looking at how to make time for beading. Before we get into that, let’s just quickly recap on what you’ve (hopefully) been doing so far. In part 1 (you can find the full blog post here), I helped you to begin bringing…
Welcome back! As promised I’m here to give you part 2 of your PHD beading challenge. Now, if you missed part 1 last week, don’t worry. Just use this link to have a read through that and catch up. Assuming you’ve spent the week on your first task, you should now have your PHDs organised…
Throughout February 2021, I’m offering you the chance to take on a personal beading challenge. So, how would you feel about clearing some of those PHDs? And, if you have no PHDs, how about clearing some of those NESTYs? What is a PHD? In beading terms, it is a Project Half Done. Now, these can…
