My National Beading Week blog is the place to find out about the offers and events I run for National Beading Week each year.
You’ll see all the posts that refer to NBW events each year, going back to 2016.
NBW takes place during the first week in August every year. It began in the UK – the brainchild of the Bead Worker’s Guild – but has spread worldwide. So, it has become the biggest annual celebration of beading throughout the world.
Every year, I try and host something to help new people discover beading. And also to invite existing beaders to celebrate their craft.
So, I have given away free patterns. I have also hosted free beadalongs. And then there are the competitions…
Basically, there’s lots of fun to join in. So, make sure you keep an eye on the National Beading Week blog to find out what will happen this year.
After many hours of beading, much fabulous inspiration, and a challenging decision for the judges, the competition results are in! If you’ve been following the Decorate a Beaded Cake competition since it launched in June, the wait is over. A few thank you’s However, I am going to keep you in suspense a little longer, before…
This is your invitation to join me for a Feast of Beads to celebrate International Beading Week 2022. This is a completely free event, taking place through your email. So, if you want to join up, you will need to follow this link and leave your details. Now, I’m sure you’ve got questions… What is a Feast…
Have you entered the Decorate a Beaded Cake competition yet? If not, you’ve still got time (click here to find out more). If you have, then I have exciting news here…I am officially announcing the judges for the competition! I am hugely grateful to all these wonderful people from the beading community, across the globe…
With only four weeks until International Beading Week 2022 kicks off, I would like to invite you to a special event that I will be hosting. Do you enjoy sweet treats and savoury snacks? How about if they’re calorie-free? Well, consider this your personal invitation to an online beading party that is full of yummy…
As I promised in my last blog, I have set up a brilliant competition to celebrate International Beading Week 2022. So, consider this your invitation to enter the Decorate Beaded Cakes Competition. If you’re intrigued, let me tell you all about this. What is the Decorate Beaded Cakes Competition? I have created a fabulously simple, basic…
Well, how time flies…! It’s already time to start making plans for International Beading Week 2022. If you’ve celebrated in the past, then you have some idea of the treats in store. If this is new for you, then let’s start with a basic question… What is International Beading Week? Since its inception in 2014,…
It is now just 16 days until International Beading Week 2021 officially begins. How excited are you? Have you claimed any of your free beading patterns yet? And have you enrolled in this very special beadalong? Well, I am here to tell you how you can get involved in all of this and the special…
A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I’m going to be doing something bigger and better than ever for International Beading Week 2021… A beaded bee hotel. (If you missed that announcement, you can check it out here). Now let me start by saying thank you – and congratulations – to everyone who has…
Have you ever considered this…? Where would a beaded bee sleep overnight? Well, the answer is: the beaded bee hotel. So, do you have any beaded bees of your own? And if so, do they have a hotel in which they can stay in comfort? If you said ‘no’ to either of those questions, then…
For International Beading Week 2020, I invite you to join me on a beaded treasure hunt. How does it work? Well, each day I’m going to be discounting some of my beading patterns to just £1! Each pattern will only be available at that price for 24 hours. So, in that time, you’ve got to…
