August feels a long time ago now, and believe it or not Christmas is just around the corner! Way back in the summer, during Hampshire Open Studios, many of our visitors expressed an interest in a Christmas shopping event, so here it is!
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Pop down to the pumpkin patch
We love Halloween here at Pinkhot! So we thought we'd share some scares with you; with these fast and fun jack-o-lantern earrings - picked straight from the pumpkin patch! Ideal for beginners, the instructions include a full step by step guide to help you get to grip with brick stitch. A chart is included too, so if [...] Continue Reading
Making Jewellery – Issue 86
It’s been a little while but you’ll find another of my projects in the latest issue of Making Jewellery magazine. Issue 86 (November 2015) is on sale now and inside you’ll find a wonderful array of autumn inspired projects using all different kinds of materials. My Emily Triangles beadweaving project is a wonderfully fashion-forward piece […]
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Emerald City necklace is ‘phantasmagoric’ says Wicked’s author
As you may have read in my previous post, my biggest piece of work to date ‘Emerald City’ was heavily inspired by the novel Wicked by Gregory Maguire, the basis for the hit musical of the same name. I simply had to share it with the intrepid author and was delighted at his response: “Wow, […]
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Join us at Hampshire Open Studios
In just two weeks time the workshops across the county will be open for Hampshire Open Studios – join me in Romsey with three other artists and find out more about the art on your doorstep. My good friend Kate will be throwing open the doors of her beautiful garden studio for eight whole days from […]
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One short day in the Emerald City
For those following my Facebook activity, you may have seen that the past few months have been taken up with secret beading for the annual Stitchncraft Challenge and today the winners were unveiled. I travelled down to the lovely shop in Shaftesbury with my dear friend Jan for a day of bead-related fun and to find […]
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Making Jewellery – Issue 83
The latest issue of Making Jewellery has hit the shelves and it’s packed full of wonderful projects inspired by the Orient. I’m delighted to say that my Kirakira bangles feature this issue, you can find out how to make them on page 17. Stitched using Starman QuadraLentils, seed beads and sparkling Swarovski crystals these bangles […]
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Crystal Galaxies at Spoilt Rotten Beads
Last 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 […]
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Making Jewellery – Issue 81
Summer is definitely on its way and right now the shops are full of bright tropical colours and prints. These are some of my favourite colours to work with so when Making Jewellery magazine asked me to create something for their Tropical Splash issue, I jumped at the chance! Imagine my delight when I discovered that my […]
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Making Jewellery – Issue 80
I’ve been looking forward to this issue for a while. We designers were challenged to create projects inspired by photographs and I had a lot of fun with my design! I take a lot of photographs; of my guinea pigs, friends, my creations – but I also enjoy taking photos of things that catch my […]
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