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.
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…
Well, it’s 1st July 2020, and here I am with the long-awaited International Beading Week prize draw results. Plus, the exciting news that you can now enroll on my two classes. And, best of all, if you enroll before 20th July 2020, you’ll be getting 25% off the class price. The price you’re seeing today…
It has been so lovely to hear from several of you who are so keen to start preparing for International Beading Week 2020. I announced my first beading project a few weeks ago, along with a prize draw which you can still enter. (You can find all the details here.) Then, last week, I revealed…
A few days ago, I began announcing my plans for the biggest beading event of 2020. Well, here is news of my second project. Introducing my superduo beaded beads for International Beading Week 2020! This is going to be an online class. So, you get a PDF tutorial, packed with instructions and diagrams to show…
Yes, I know, International Beading Week doesn’t start until 25th July 2020. But where’s the harm in looking forward…? So, with that in mind, I thought I would reveal my first beading project for this year’s celebrations. I say first because there will be more… But all in good time! For now, I just want…
With International Beading Week over for another year, I hope you can reflect back and review all the fun. Certainly, I’ve loved seeing the beaded boxes coming to life and enjoying the competition entries. Which brings me neatly to my last task for this year’s week…announcing the IBW beading Competition Results. If you remember, I…
What will you be doing for IBW 2019? (That’s International Beading Week, in case you weren’t sure!). The festivities officially begin tomorrow and last until 4th August. But you’ve probably noticed some events going on already. In fact, if you’ve been following my blog, I’m already seeing some completed boxes from my Beadalong. It’s fabulous…
