⭐️ Flash Book Sale ⭐️ We have had many books sat on our shelves in the shop, some hadn’t made it on to the website, for a variety of reasons. So we have made sure they’re all now listed online too. We have a wide variety of books, from basic beading and… instagr.am/p/Cp5joqKN2oB/

Have you seen our new glass leaf bead mix yet? 🍃 🍁 🍂 It immediately made me think of our Ladybird mix too. So I decided to have a little play and create a fun spring bracelet using beads from both mixes. This gave me the excuse for a good rummage… instagr.am/p/CqFeFd5tbqu/

We have a very limited stock of size 10 white lined seed bead mixes. As limited edition mixes once they’re gone, they really are GONE! A little while ago we had a few requests for size 10 beads, but the general consensus was that they were too close in… instagr.am/reel/CqNjUZdoL…

Meet Lucy! 👋🏻 Lucy is our new apprentice who joined the team in February. Lucy is quite quiet and a little shy, but we’ve already starting to see her come out of her shell. Lucy was one of many young people who’s formative educational years (leading up… instagr.am/p/CqQTz_8ozgm/

We hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend! 🐰 🥚 🌼 The shop is open on Friday & Saturday this weekend and closed on Sunday and bank holiday Monday! Then we’ll see you as usual from Tuesday 11th April. While we’re closed you can still plac… instagr.am/p/CqthYYvtZ_u/

These were really fun to decorate, I really got absorbed mixing colours and painting while listening to a podcast. Just adding a little colour to these wooden pendants completely transform them. If you want to get your hand on one of these Cabin+Cub pain… instagr.am/p/Cqx3Vh-NIlA/

Are you a lefty or a righty? ✍️ Maybe you’ve never thought about it in regards to jewellery before. Most costume jewellery is made with the clasp on the right side, and I bet most of us (since the majority of the population have a dominant right hand) … instagr.am/reel/Cq8NZt8J-…

How many beads do you need to make a bracelet? It might seem like an odd or silly question to those of us who’ve made many bracelets before. However “How many beads do you need to make a bracelet?” is something we get asked a lot in the shop. Usually b… instagr.am/p/CrAZuEUNbRW/

🌈 Rainbow Embroidered Thread Set 🌈 Having been asked by a few customers in the shop if we have any more embroidery thread colours so that they could sew a rainbow we knew we needed to expand the range so that rainbow could be created 😃 To make it… instagr.am/p/CrF2fzmNyHi/

Here’s a another great tip in our series. How to ensuring you get consistent size loops every time you make one. If you put a simple fine line across your round nose pliers at the point you want to make your loops (I go for around a 1/3 of the way alon… instagr.am/reel/CrOetoOPL…

Our glass mushroom beads have been going down incredibly well. We have mixed strings of lovely colours including red, yellow, green, blue, teal, orange… but of course everyone wants red ones. So we now have red ones available that you can buy indepen… instagr.am/p/CrddolgtVmi/

🌧️ ☂️ New Charms ☂️🌧️ How cute are these? Our new little umbrella charms have been going down a storm 😜 So much so that when we first mentioned them in our newsletter they sold out in a day 🙀 We’ve now restocked them 😅 They create lovely quick spri… instagr.am/p/CrlERjVN4gf/

We’ve had a lot of customers, new to jewellery making, creating lovely simple necklaces recently, mostly using seed beads, with a few feature beads or a charm. Which has led to a lot of similar questions being asked of us, which wire to use or how to you… instagr.am/reel/CrqA_cagA…

Fancy getting out of the house and doing something creative this Saturday? We have a couple of places left on our 2 week Resin Jewellery workshop. It runs 2-4pm Sat 6th & Sat 13th May. You’ll learn how to mix resin, add colour and build layers to creat… instagr.am/p/CrxxlFjNnx5/

A reminder that we’re open tomorrow (Mon 8th May) I know many of you have a bonus day off so you can make the most of it and visit your favourite independent bead shop 😃 You can also make the most of our flash sale on all the Crafty Kit Company kit… instagr.am/p/Cr8_e_FNN1E/

Would you do this? Would you even notice? Or would you just leave it? ✂️ 🖊️ I’m sure many people wouldn’t bother, but if like me those tiny white bits of fluffy thread sometimes left from cutting Wildfire really bug you, then this is a great tip. So si… instagr.am/reel/CsEFHHPuI…

I thought I’d share these lovely cheery bracelets today since the sun is shining ☀️ I created these bracelets for a Hen Party I taught recently. The bracelet is based on one of our YouTube videos filmed back in 2016 to make a Right Angle Weave bracelet… instagr.am/p/CsRErraNoCK/

Have you seen our new Preciosa Crystal pearl colour yet? This is Pearlescent Pink - I love all the Pearlescent pearls, they just give an extra complexity to the colours. It is a lovely soft subtle shade with a golden warmth to it. One of those colours th… instagr.am/p/CsZMjuyNryM/

⭐️ New Workshops ⭐️ I have listed 2 new workshops, along with new dates for our popular workshops. New workshops are the Beaded Cactus with guest tutor Lesley Belton and CRAW for beginners or improvers with me (Steph). We also only have 1 place lef… instagr.am/reel/Csi4dn3rV…

Sunday 10th September The 30th Nottingham Green Festival Are you coming? Please RT Can't make it this time? Please RT anyway!