Sticks and Stones necklace You might remember that I made a piece using bits from my bead stash. Well the idea is now a fully fledged ...

O beads are perfect for bead embroidery I just love it when a new bead begins. Happily my friend, bead artist Sabine Lippert, invited me...

Dreamy Dagger beads Bead love alert! dreamy dagger beads! When these arrived in the post, I decided that deadlines could go hang, t...

I seem to spend a lot of my early mornings driving through the countryside to get to bead groups this autumn. Fileigh Beaders meet in the he...

Autumn inspiration for the October butterfly After a gloriously sunny summer, we are being treated to a beautiful autumn of crisp brigh...

Martha's moth is a design that began life as a question... 'Can you make me a moth?' sketches for the Martha's Moth Brooc...

a collection of beaded elements I know, It's been a bit quiet on the 'look what I just made front'... work is occurring, but...

I like integrity, it balances the soul beautifully and is an enjoyable quality to pursue. There are times though, when the lack of it in oth...

Talitha is a design with a sweet history. I made the silver and black version a few years ago, and wore it a lot. In class my students ask...

Labradorite and Serpentine necklace I think I'm like a lot of bead lovers, in that, there is a magpie hoard of lovely things to one ...

Unlike the serendipity of the perfect crystals materialising at just the right time, Ambrosina has turned a seat of the pants roller co...

Bangle tower In my last post I was pondering out loud about how the zeitgeist of beading seeps in, invited or not, and you probably pick...

Prettyfleur I've had a little spare time recently, just enough to play some more with Rizo beads and complete the Prettyfleur patte...

It is no secret that I love all things textile as well as beady, my little book on Loom Weaving is popular with beginners wanting to explo...

my new favourite bracelet Sometimes things don't turn out the way you think they will. The introduction of twin hole/duo and then Su...

Harmony by Shelley I adore, I drink in, I cherish. I think my love of colour may have had a starting point here...These  Harmony Dripwar...

OK so the deadline countdown has begun for Battle of the Beadsmith and I am hanging in (or is that hanging on) to represent myself and my ...

I've just been reading back though a few of my blog posts trying to find and check a detail... and I notice I are mostly using some word...

simple bezel on a mother of pearl button There are buttons and then there are little round works of art that simply should not hide in a...

BWG 10th Anniversary celebration necklace Sometimes my beadwork goes off on travels of its own. This necklace was created for the Beadwo...