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),...
Don't ask me why I fell in love with these huge, step cut, rectangle crystals that looked like pieces of chocolate (Swarovski Step Cut Fancy Stones 4582)! They did look delicious though when they arrived...
So that's the final version for the Morgan Le Fay kits - Jet and Light Siam. Taking on the Jet Cosmic rings was a bit of a challenge and I was rather concerned that there...
I completed the Golden Shadow and Crystal Copper version over the weekend and I've just started on a Jet and Light Siam colourway. The colour choices have been led by the Cosmic Rings that were...
I'm currently working my way through samples, putting kits together and writing instructions to take with me to the US. A very intense time! Last night I finished another colourway for the Morgan Le Fay...
When the Spring Beadworkers Guild journal arrived it was a lovely boost to see my Crystal Rosette Pendant in the centre pages - always a thrill to see one's stuff in print! Also May is the...
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...
As the blossom is starting to fill the trees again and hyacinths and daffodils are all around, I got out my Spring Floral bracelet which I’ve realised isn’t in the Gallery yet). I’m also feeling...
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...
Whilst our not-so-little one has been off at Sports School for a few weeks, I have been really tied up with the family bizz, consequently there has been woefully little time for beading. However I had...