London Jewellery Week

I'm just getting ready to go down to London Jewellery Week. I'm demonstrating for E-Beads at Hatton Garden on Sunday. It's on from 11-5 and hope to see you there. I'm booksigning Crystal Jewellery Creations and showcasing my next book out in July.

http://www.londonjewelleryweek.co.uk/events/show/hatton_garden_festival

Instant knitted cushions

doing my accounts today but thought you might like to see my weekend project:
I couldn't find cushions that were the right colour and fabric for my newly decorated bedroom but found a knitted throw - absolute bargain at under £8 from Dunelm Mill - then cut it up and sewed to make two cushion covers. I used the ribbed border as a feature flap so no need for buttons, zips or any tricky closures.

Penny Black cards

I'm busy today making some designs for Penny Black Inc. Shaida had asked me to become a designer for them and it's taken a while to clear my slate but now have a few designs made up ready for my introduction. I'm trying out a bit of gold leaf to highlight cards today. I got so inspired I even made a card for my sister-in-law for her birthday.

It's a quick technique - just draw lines and details with a quickie glue pen where you want the gold leaf to go then allow to dry till tacky (it'll change from blue to clear) Lay on the gold leaf and after a few minutes. dab with a stiff brush and sweep away the excess.

Innocent smoothie campaign

Knit Today magazine are supporting the Innocent Smoothie campaign and asked designers to come up with a new design to be featured in the magazine soon. Today I knitted a cute beret and hubby decided to call it Berry Beret for obvious reasons. the pattern will be in Knit Today magazine soon so look out for it!

I'll need to get an bottle of Innocent Smoothie for a better picture.

Edinburgh Bead Fair

It's been a busy week since the Edinburgh Bead Fair - really super time and I met lots of lovely people. Bulk stocks of my new book unfortunately didn't arrive in time but I did run a raffle and gave away one copy.

Susan Dewar won the book but still waiting for her to get in touch - so if you know Susan do let me know.

Perth Bead Fair

Just back and had a fab day at the Bead Fair - I really enjoyed meeting all the bead enthusiasts and spotted a gorgeous necklace worn by one lady that I'm going to try out. I'm sorry the new book wasn't available for sale but lots of leaflets got given out as reminders.

Chinese Beader's Bible

The Beader's Bible has just been published in Chinese - how cool is that? I'm trying to find out but assuming it is Mandarin - do you recognise the language? If you live in the UK and would like a copy I have two here so do get in touch!