Now Bezel has been around for some time now but it is the first time I have gotten around to trying my hand at it. With the help of youtube tutorials and a pattern I had brought some time ago I soon had this trick down pat, even if I’m still working on the flowersContinue reading “New Tricks – Bezel Rivoli”
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Undara Road Trip
Well here it is a day late, sorry about that but I got rather caught up in learning to bezel Rivoli’s and create flowers which I will post about tonight, but this is the promised post about my trip. Friday So on Friday Mum and I work up early ready to be picked up forContinue reading “Undara Road Trip”
Late post Monday
Hey so I am back home after spending most of the day in the car, and can’t wait to get beading again, though I did have a lot of fun these last few days on adventure. I’ll post about it tomorrow. Anyway the week head will have me trying new beading techniques that I haveContinue reading “Late post Monday”
To sell or not to Sell
It has been a tough decision to make given the amount to time that I spend beading and the cost of materials but after giving markets ago and having set up a small online shop and giving it a I have decided to focus on creating art. This a personal choice for every maker andContinue reading “To sell or not to Sell”
The Unorganised Struggle
Sometimes things just don’t work out, like my intended post. Don’t worry its still in the works but after technical problems with getting photos from phone onto my computer because my icloud storage was full and the following drama of deleting photos and using air drop and all my other bright ideas to get theContinue reading “The Unorganised Struggle”
Schedule, expeditions & Covid-19
Ok so for anyone interested in what to expect from my blog, I plan to publish one to two post on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and although I will try to write the majority of the post on the day they are published I will make use of scheduling as I also have an inconstantContinue reading “Schedule, expeditions & Covid-19”
The BLACK & WHITE TOGETHER PROJECT
INTERNATIONAL BEADING WEEK 25TH JULY – 2ND AUGUST Well international beading week might be over but this year you have until the 1st of October to get submissions in the post, so there is still time to get cracking. Ok what it is all about for those who like me didn’t know. International beading weekContinue reading “The BLACK & WHITE TOGETHER PROJECT”
ACRAW – augmented CRAW
So I have been working a project that I have been wanting to do for ages now and am super excited about it after having made it work after five attempts. Yes that is right five, sometimes it takes several failures to get to where you are going. The Fibonacci sequence Beading is all aboutContinue reading “ACRAW – augmented CRAW”
Theft, Copyright and Inspiration
The Invisible Line A large issue in our community of beadweavers is theft, copyright & inspiration and where exactly the line is drawn. It is a complicated issued that quickly gets tempers flaring and has been exabated by todays climate of entitlement and our easy access images on the internet. And then there are differentContinue reading “Theft, Copyright and Inspiration”
How I got started
When I was a teenager my mother dragged me into our local spotlight store for a jewellery making workshop, way back when they still did those kinds of things. It happened to be a beading workshop and we made a charming little net bracelet. I talked my obliging mother into buying several large lamp workContinue reading “How I got started”
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