Pantone have 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 design or photography software you should be able to find it in your colour palette on the computer. It’s a strong blue, […]
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, I’ve just got back from the printers with my new workshop schedule 2020. It seems scary to be saying 2020 (the FUTURE! Lol), this year has just flown past. The new workshop schedule is very exciting! There are so many new and fabulous classes to attend. I’m going to be very poor
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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
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Over the years Pru McRae has developed her own special version of the Japanese braiding technique Kumihimo, simply called Prumihimo. Pru create the patented Prumihimo Disk after years of experimentation and after much trial and error she came up with her unique design and put it into production. The system of slots, dots and numbers is completely her
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, Happy New Year to you all! If you read my last blog article then you’ll know that 2019 is set to be a bumper year for jewellery designing. This week I wanted to focus a little on our other, more crafty trends that we are very excited about at Riverside Towers. So
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Donna McKean Smith, founder of Riverside Beads and Crafts, recently did an interview with local journalist Clarissa McPhee, to promote her new Kumihimo book and how she became a braider. When did you first hear about Kumihimo?I heard about Kumihimo around 10 years ago and I’ve been braiding ever since. What drew you to it
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