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The Craftsman’s mark – and riddle number 6
Old buildings, or new made to look old? Carpenter’s marks or scratches in the wood? Keys to where? there are no doors. The 6th riddle – how are you getting on with these? Comment if you are taking...
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The cottage garden and the penultimate riddle
Hidden in the midst of RHS Rosemoor is a cottage garden, complete with thatched ‘cottage’, a shelter for weary visitors. Or, when we were there, a very noisy one shouting into his mobile phone! A...
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And on to fresh adventures – the last riddle
All good days must come to an end – our membership to the RHS expired at the end of October and we decided not to renew this year. There are plenty of other places to explore.What’s next? Well, I’m...
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The answers - and the winner is?
Here are the answers to the riddles I setAnd the winner is?No one! No one has sent me their answers by the closing date so no one wins.I thought this might be a bit of fun for some, but I was...
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I'm raising funds for an Epilepsy charity with my zip pulls - perfect...
Zip pulls – bag tags – purse bling – (and I’m told) crochet stitch holder & knitting row marker - or clip on your Crimbo treeThis is a lucky dip to raise funds to help cover the postage cost for...
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Are you ready, are you steady ....
Let's get cooking.....Can anyone tell me where the past 10 days have gone? I waved my husband off at the station on his way to a conference in the US and headed home to a long list of things I was...
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Delilah and Dolly
Meet Delilah! A while ago, for reasons I won't bore you with here, I decided I wanted to work with fused glass as well as my lampwork glass beads. Initially I was making my bead kiln, a Paragon SC2,...
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Oops, forgive me, it has been some time ................
So, what have I been up to this year, since my last post?Delilah and I are now firm friends.I joined in with a challenge on the Craft Pimp forum to make 52 things in 2015, one a week(ish). Yes I did...
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The 52 week challenge continues - and something shiny!
Things have been a bit quiet at BBS HQ with bead sales this week so I decided to concentrate on something a bit different for a change. There is a range of glass, made in the US by Double Helix that...
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Oh lorks! falling behind with the schedule again ......
But I am making something new each week - and we are now up to week 15. I think that makes it about 36 weeks to Christmas?My week 15 make for the Craft Pimp forum challenge is another driftwood sun...
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Trying to keep up and ending up ahead of myself!
Well, here we are at week 16 of the Craft Pimp challenge to make 52 things in a year - my challenge is more to record what I am doing, with my bias being towards fused glass, which I am learning as I...
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Little steps!
Nothing like a blog for making you feel you aren't keeping up! I'd like to say I've been sitting on the sofa with a good book, but that'd be a lie (well, for a lot of the time).So, let's try 'little...
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52 things - week 30
Good heavens, I'm keep up for 1 week!My new make for the 52 things in 52 weeks, week 30 is some pretty things - what are they..... wall art? sun catchers? Whatever. An adaptation from my transparent...
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So, where did last week go?
Now, this just isn't fair! I know I wrote a blog post for week 31 of my 52 things in 52 weeks challenge, I scheduled it, to get ahead of myself and it has vanished. Oh well, here we go again!Week 31...
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Keeping up the momentum
Here we are at week 33 - only 19 more to go, 18 to Christmas (am I annoying you yet?)Well, you've all heard of Amazon? Did you know there was going to be a new new Handmade Amazon? I've been accepted...
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The wanderer returns
These are my week 34 creations for the Craft Pimp '52 things' projects - if you've been following you'll know that we are trying to keep ourselves motivated throughout the year by making 52 things in...
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One of them weeks
What a week! It's certainly been action packed. On the 22nd I had a 1-day showcase on UK Lampwork Showcase - wasn't sure what to expect as the bead groups have been quiet over the Summer but overall...
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Full steam ahead
It's been a better week this week, I've actually felt more like doing something. I've finally finished a few more love tokens and a few more festive danglers for your tree (non-festive trees are fine,...
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And then life takes over
Or rather women! So, this week's 'makes' have been 'a mess' - yes, that's what I've made so far!I'll have to work twice as hard next week, but this week I've ordered a bedroom carpet, twice, as the...
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According to plan - and the things that don't!
So, berating myself for not actually doing anything with my blog since August, I find that the blog posts I had done and scheduled to publish were just sitting there, glaring at me with that malevolent...
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Whoa, stop the world I want to get off!
What a week! One minute it is Sunday, and here we are at Friday - I'm not sure where the days in between went? I had a bead Showcase on UK Lampwork Showcase on Sunday which was very busy, followed by...
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Who do you think you are?!
I was only thinking the other morning, I have a lot of new 'friends' and customers and they are probably thinking 'who is she? Where did she spring from? So I thought I would share my journey with...
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Time to get back on the road again - and other stories
This weekend sees the beginning of my fairs seasonI will be in The Winter Gardens, Weston Super MareSaturday 17th October9.30am to 5pm I have been asked to take part in an online event, selling...
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Where did the year go?
Well, what can I say? I'm not much of a blogger? Oops. I've ignored this? Well, I have my reasons.Some of you follow me on Facebook so will know. I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease in September...
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New news!
New website coming soon! I know I've been saying that for a while, but it is happening - just taking me a while to grasp Wordpress but I am well on the way - two steps forward and only one step...
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