I feel very honoured to have been invited by the Bead Society of Great Britain to teach a workshop at their annual AGM weekend this summer. This year they are holding their AGM at Hampshire Cultural Trust’s HQ, at Chilcomb House, Winchester on Friday 5th July, followed by my workshop on the Saturday, close by […]
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Come With Me On A Beaders’ Holiday
by Chloe Menage onI can’t even believe I’m telling you this! This has been in the planning for a very long time… I’m going on a bead tour of the Czech Republic, and you can come with me too!
Continue ReadingWorkshop news – what’s happening in 2019?
by Chloe Menage onI’ve had lots of questions relating to my teaching for 2019, following the exciting news that I am expecting a baby in the New Year. Read on to find out more about what classes you can expect from me in 2019 and see my brand new beading designs.
Continue ReadingBeading Birthday Bonanza
by Chloe Menage onIt’s my Beading Anniversary – or beadiversary if you will! This June it will be 10 years since I discovered my passion for beading. Join me for a special Make and Take style workshop at The Bead Shop in Nottingham, back where it all began!
Continue ReadingMy first Pinkhot workshop
by Elizabeth Smythe onStepping into the Pinkhot studio, I see lots of exciting kit before me: bowls of sparkly beads, iridescent pearls, whirls of wire, fancy tools – and a big plate of biscuits.
Continue ReadingFirst class in the new studio!
by Chloe Menage onMy first beading workshop at Pinkhot HQ in Hampshire was a lot of fun and now I can’t wait for the next!
Continue ReadingCrystal Galaxies at Spoilt Rotten Beads
by Chloe Menage onLast weekend was a lot of fun – I spent Saturday at Spoilt Rotten Beads in the pretty village of Haddenham, Ely, teaching a lovely group of ladies how to stitch my Crystal Galaxy components. We spent the day stitching pearls and seed beads around dazzling Swarovski crystals. Some of the group decided to turn their components […]
Continue ReadingMaking fascinators and tiaras
by Chloe Menage onMy second trip of the year to Stitchncraft Beads was even more fun than the first! I was joined by nine lovely ladies for a full day creating fascinators and tiaras. I had designed the class to be fairly flexible and informal, so after demonstrating and explaining some of the basic wirework techniques they would […]
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