The new 'Winter Sparkle Special' issue of the UK magazine Bead has hit the shops!  I received a copy today and I have to say it tic...

Gulp!  No blog posts for 7 weeks!  Where have I been?  What have I been doing?  Well I can promise you that I haven't been idle, but th...

It's been a little while since I've had any new beadwork to show you, but here is my latest design which I have called 'Daisy Sl...

The new 'Special colour issue' of Bead magazine is now in the shops and even if I wasn't lucky enough to have work in there, I ...

Happy New Year everyone!  I'm not quite sure how it got to be the 21st of January already, but better late than never.  I hope you all h...

I heard recently that the issue of Bead magazine that Maid Marian's Quiver  is scheduled for, is going to be a 'colour special' ...

Following the news that Maid Marian's Quiver won joint second place in the seed bead category of the British Bead Awards, I learnt that...

Not much exciting new beadwork to show you this week I'm afraid, just a little pair of earrings I've made as a present to myself to...

I've just returned home after a lovely two week break staying with Simon's parents who live in Spain. We try to visit every year, ...

Monday March 3rd 2008 was the day I started a blog and you can see my first tentative step here . I wasn't sure if I would take to '...

I've spent many happy hours beading since my post last week, but I have very little to show for it I'm afraid. When I first read the...

Happy New Year everyone! I'm getting back into the flow of things after spending Christmas and New Year with my parents. We had a love...

It's a cold, grey and snowy day here in Mansfield and so I thought I'd brighten things up by posting some cheerful beaded flower pic...

I've been blogging for 8 months now and from the start I wanted this to be a happy place to visit and so I kept it bright and breezy wit...