Hello Beautiful Beaders, So we’re into week three of this latest lockdown and I don’t know about you but I’m coping pretty well. I know that things are tough but I think the prospect of the vaccine has kept my spirits higher this time around. I certainly haven’t stopped working! I’ve been creating our new …
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, In this week’s blog I want to talk to you about how to sell your own beautiful beaded items. There are not going to be many Christmas fairs this year due to Covid-19 but there are still lots of places that you can sell your handmade pieces. Etsy, Instagram, EBay and Facebook …
Hello Beautiful Beaders, I should be calling you BLUE-tiful Beaders if Pantone’s 2020 colour of the year is anything to go by. They’ve finally released next year’s colour of the year and it’s been named as ‘Classic Blue’. The precise colour code for Pantone’s Classic Blue is 19-4052. So if you have any kind of …
Hello Beautiful Beaders, It’s been a while since I talked about my favourite subject in the whole wide world, so this week I thought I’d treat you to a Kumihimo catch up! As most of you know I heard about Kumihimo, the Japanese art of braiding, around 10 years ago and have been braiding like …
Hello Beautiful Beaders, Well I just couldn’t wait any longer to tell you more about my next Prumihimo based TV appearance, this Wednesday 23rd January, on Create and Craft TV. I’m going to be showing you how to use a fabulous kit that the creator of Prumihimo, Pru McRae, has designed. Over the years Pru …
Hello Beautiful Braiders, I wanted this week’s blog to go out with a bang, in honour of the legendary Mr Guy Fawkes, but sadly I found out that gun powder is not readily available in Tesco. Instead I’ve got a ‘banging’ excerpt from an interview I recently did with local journalist Clarissa McPhee, to promote …
