Time and time again I come across the statement "Oooo I would love to work with seed beads, but don't know where to start" (or...

I have a little sketchpad by my bed, and often scribble ideas in it, or rip things out of magazines like the patterns on a dress, or an int...

When my Mother-In-Law was visiting from Oxfordshire, she spotted a necklace I was making for my Mum, and as she was admiring it I offere...

I was asked to go into my daughter Shona's 6th Form Art Class at school to let the students learn how to make some Stained Glass panels...

Thought I would share this genius idea. A Bead Buddies Forum friend Mary, suggested a cute little tin that came free with "Lady Prod...

This piece was invented for the Bead Buddies Forum "Africa" Challenge, which was set by Caroline Harvey. The brief was... AF...

I started this necklace for the Bead Buddies June Colour Challenge, which was Orange, Brown, Black & Cream. I used 4mm Cats Eye Beads...

A little experiment fresh from the kiln. It does need a little tweaking, as most experiments do, but quite pleased with the outcome. ...

Picture the scene..... Sitting in front of the TV, trying to complete a beaded necklace and you run out of black beads ! Well, unlike...

Had a little play, I fancied trying different shapes for pendants. So using some bits of glass left over from a stained glass project wh...

Another one of my Quirky designs. A bunch of Grapes ! Why Grapes? Well as a lover of Red Wine, I felt I should honour the humble grape...

You know when you pick something up and wonder what you can do with it? Well, that happened with a Crystal Clear open square I had. I...

Over on the Bead Buddies Forum we had a bookmark swap. We got paired up with another Buddy, and we had to make each other a hand-made book...

I had the urge, as you do, to play with glass. So off to the shed I trotted, glass cutter in hand, and set to work. I wanted to produc...