Ooops! I must apologize for another late blog entry. I have been busy making lots of new things (honest!) but I just haven't got round to taking pictures of them. I have also been working on some ideas for possible contest entries and some of those will need to stay under wraps for a little while longer. Anyway, the big news that I hinted at last time was that it looks like I am going to take the plunge and try my hand at teaching. When I first started beading, I never imagined that I would sell anything, let alone have a project published and the thought of teaching seemed like an impossibility to me, but step by little step, things are progressing. Despite my internet persona, I am actually a nervous bunny who lacks confidence, but this opportunity has presented itself to me and I know that I need to at least give it my best shot. I think the thing that I have come to realise is that although I believe in the power of positive thinking, I am also a realist and no amount of visualising myself as a confident tutor with a rapt class of students is going to make it real. I am nervous, I will shake, I will stutter, I will drop beads, but that is the way I am, and I am hoping that embracing all of those sometimes annoying human traits rather than denying them, will make for a fun and friendly class. The details are still being worked out, but hopefully I will be teaching the versatile flower shown below at The Bead Shop (Nottingham) Limited later this year and I will post exact details here when I know them.
Oh and before I go, I wanted to show you this Treasury West I managed to grab on Etsy on Friday. I saw this beautifully bright bag my friend Claudette of Moonflower 20 Creations made, and I found it so uplifting on a gloomy day, that I went off in search of other cheerful items to complement it and this was the result ...
Right, that's it for this week. I have some beads to order and then it's back to beading samples, writing instructions and working on the dreaded diagrams. See you next week!
