Check out issue No. 40 of Bead Magazine (Aug/Sept 2012). The pattern for my Luisa de Medici Earrings is featured in it. If anyone is having difficulty getting hold of the Swarovski Chessboard crystals (2493, 10mm),...
I returned last night from a great weekend at the 2012 Beading Festival, Daventry with the Beadworkers Guild. As always, it was lovely to sit amongst so many dear old and new friends and bead,...
I believe almost a year has gone by since I was last able to write my Bead Blog! It's amazing how much has changed at home, with one child flying the nest and another coming...
So little time, something had to suffer, so my Bead Blog fell behind. However there is plenty in the pipeline. The whole family went skiing over Christmas and, as usual, I took my beads. Before...
Fresh back from the Beadworkers Guild's 5th Biennial Bead-In at Croydon, I am all set to make plenty more Mandelbrot Earrings, a Beaded Bead for the BWGs 10th Anniversary, more Peyote Amphoras and, of course...
Following a stressful Christmas and January, I am slowly returning to normality with the exception of not allowing myself the time to even pick up a single bead. However this must change as I have...