The utterly fabulous Jean Power is holding a Secret Bead Along for National Beading Week. It’s £5 to participate, or if you either subscribe to her newsletter (recommended – always interesting, you hear first about new designs and usually get a discount code for patterns) or are a member of the Beadworker’s Guild its’ FREE. I have my instructions for the pre-work, and am currently faffing about what colours to use (normal for me I know, but worsened by not knowing what I’m actually working towards)! Hopefully my sister Susie Hoad will also be participating – we are off on holiday together towards the end of that week and it would be great fun to finish off together. I don’t get to bead with other beaders in person very often, so I love the idea that so many of us will all be beading together around the country (or perhaps the world), and even if we’re not in the same room it will be supercool to see what everyone produces.
Above is a picture of one of Jean’s designs (beaded my me) so you can see just how exciting her work is!
The Indecisive Beader 
Hello there, My name is Carolyn Turner, Captain of EBEG. {Etsy Bead Embroidery Guild} We are finally trying to work on our blog. We just started following your blog and I was wondering if you would reciprocate. We recently started having a monthly free draw of beadwork donate by one of our members. I was wondering if you could share this FREE giveaway on your blog? If, so could you please email me at gitksanfire@yahoo.com? Thanks very much. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Carolyn Turner
Hi, no problem, will send you a mail. Thank you.