I never in a million years imagined I would end up appearing on TV! You may remember, I actually stumbled into doing a couple of shows on the Craft Channel when they first started out in 2015. I expected to find myself petrified in front of a camera. In actual fact, I loved the experience. I love teaching and this felt like teaching a class. It was just that I couldn’t actually see any of my students!
So, I was thrilled when Jewellery Maker TV approached me in 2016 and asked if I would like to become a guest designer. As you will read, my illness has been getting in the way there. But, in my first show I had amazing interactions with the live audience and felt so much warmth from them. I can also say that Jewellery Maker is like a family. Considering the health difficulties I’ve had, the support they have given me has been amazing.
If you’ve landed here because you’re wondering how to go about finishing beading thread on your project, that’s not what I’m going to talk about! Before I get started… …But I can point you in the direction of some help for that. So, if you’re learning the basics, check out this free tutorial. It talks…
Finally, I can let you all into a big secret I’ve been keeping. I’ve been doing some secret beading, at the request of Jewellery Maker TV… And I’ve made a beaded Nativity set! To be precise, this comprises eight characters and the Crib with Baby Jesus. So, this was a bit of a challenge for…
This week is Jewellery Maker’s birthday celebration. Sadly, I’m not going to be able to take part in a show myself. Happily, though, my beads are going to be representing me! To be precise, Gemma Crow will be presenting a kit that I designed for the Beadsmith. The fabulous Leslie Rogalski, from the Beadsmith, is…
I’m going to be sharing the free beading pattern to make this collar, so you can scroll straight down and get going if you want – I’ve marked titles to help you see where you are – or you can find out a little bit about my M&Ms Collar before you get started. Jewellery Maker…
I’m going to keep this post short as I can: if you watched the show and follow my blog, you’ll know that, due to illness, I didn’t manage to appear on my scheduled ‘A Day at the Races’ themed show. However, I had managed to make lots of fun projects from the kits that I was…
Right now I should be preparing for an early night, making sure I have everything ready for my second scheduled Jewellery Maker TV show tomorrow morning. I am preparing for an early night, but it’s not for such a good reason. I’ve been struggling with a bad ME/CFS crash for about a month now. Last…
It was my first time on Jewellery Maker TV on Tuesday. I was incredibly honoured to be invited to come and join the guest designer team and to be part of their big seed bead launch on 3rd May 2016. Two hours in a TV studio sounds like a long time, but it flew past…
