This is a question that I get asked quite frequently at craft fairs and I answer as honestly as I can, In my experience no item of beaded jewellery is guaranteed or expected to last forever. Saying that I often see people wearing my jewellery and sometimes those pieces are more than twenty years old and are still going strong! But what about my bead bracelets, can they be worn all the time? I was asked this earlier this year and my answer was "I wouldn't advise you to sleep w

I am sat here, in the middle of England, with the temperature well into the thirties, wishing I lived closer to the sea. I love the coast and always have. I have always been fascinated with exploring rock pools, watching the fish and crustaceans weave between the sea weeds of many colours and equally delighted to see the anemones, mollusks and barnacles clinging to the rocks so effectively! So it is not that surprising that I have quite a large selection of handmade bead j