Chunky Cool fall discs tutorial in Beads & Beyond Magazine Sept 15

Hot off the press and fresh on the shelves, the September edition of Beads & Beyond magazine has a tutorial in print showing how to make these Pantone Fall 2015 colours inspired chunky disc beads.

Jolene xx

Happy Hearts Tutorial in Beads & Beyond Magazine

I wrote a tutorial on how to make my Happy Hearts for the June issue of Beads & Beyond magazine but something went wrong in the proof reading stage and the mag went to print with the wrong step by step pictures next to the text.

Soooo now the full tutorial is up on their blog and I get to share the link with you :-D


Have a lovely evening, Jolene x
http://beadsandbeyondmagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/happy-hearts-june-issue.html

Faux turquoise Scarab bead tutorial in Beads & Beyond magazine this month

I'm really excited because I have just received my copy of Beads & Beyond for June and it has my Faux Turquoise Scarab bead tutorial in there :-D It is out on the shelves to buy already I think.

And my beads came back from Beads & Beyond all dressed up and ready to wear, a lovely extra treat for me.

If you would like to see my range of Faux Gem Scarab beads sets you can see them all here in my Etsy shop :-D

Have a super day, Jolene x

Work in Print - Autumn oak leaf turorial in Beads & Beyond Magazine #Blogtoberfest13 day 15

Morning, yesterday I spotted that the November edition of Beads and Beyond magazine is out in the shops now. Each month B&B feature a lampwork tutorial and this month it's one from me, Oak Leaf beads :-D

Have a super day
Jolene xx

Summer Beadathon in the press

Yay, brilliant news, 2013 Summer Beadathon is officially official and in the news! Beady news that is! We have been given a wonderful promo in the current issue of Beads & Beyond Magazine including a snap of Heather Kelly who made the very first bead at the very first Beadathon last year and our lovely Laney Mead too. What a fabulous way to launch the madness.....24 hours of solid lampwork bead making and fun, creating Act of Courage Beads and raising a bit of cash for the amazing Beads of Courage UK program. Can't wait! :-D

Who? A top notch crack team of volunteer glass artists working their tushies off
What? 24 hours of continuous bead making for Beads of Courage
Where? Kitzbitz HQ
When? Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of July
How can you get involved? Why not make a small donation to our fundraiser page or pledge to make some beads at home for BoC that weekend if you are a lampworker too.

https://www.justgiving.com/2013beadathon

If you would like to pledge Act of Courage beads please send them to 

Beads of Courage UK

Be Child Cancer Aware

  Close, Wickford

Essex SS12 9EH

Download a BoC Bead Donation Form Here

http://www.bechildcanceraware.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bead_donation_form.pdf

Thank you and have a lovely day, Jolene xx

My work in print...

I had very much meant to blog about all of my lovely glassy moments over this past year as they happened but somehow when it comes to my work being in print I always feel a bit bashful. Here is a little catch up post of where I have had my work in print over the last year.

The first time I have ever had work in print was in the April 2012 issue of Beads & Beyond magazine when my Frozen Bonsai focal bead was shortlisted for a top ten place in the Jewellery Maker of the Year Competition (lampwork category). I took 2nd place and and was published again in the June 2012 issue when the results were announced. I won a fabulous prize, a CiM glass Shopping spree with Off-Mandrel. It was the first time I have ever entered a competition, colour me happy.

I also submitted pictures that summer to The Flow magazine and was completely thrilled to see one of my encased tree beads in the 8th Annual Gallery of Women in Glass. When I first began lampworking in the summer of 2007 I wondered if one day I might be good enough to be part of this brilliant Flow Gallery tradition some day.

In March 2013 I had my first ever magazine tutorial published by Beads & Beyond magazine, part of a special edition focusing on words in jewellery. I wrote a tutorial showing how to write in glass using a stringer and my word bracelet got a little feature on the cover too. Many thanks to Julie Fountain for recommending me as the right person for the job.

The next two places I have beads in print are the GBUK Journal (which I just adore) and Glasss 3. Both publication have just been released at the UK's biggest lampworking event, the Flame Off, which took place last weekend at Silverstone Racecourse.

GBUK is the UK's society for glass beadmakers and the journal is a wonderful perk of membership. Each year all GBUK members are invited to submit a picture for the journal. I love the fact that the journal is not a juried publication and that inclusion is open to all members. This is the third year I have been part of it and the journal has become a lovely record of my development as a bead maker. This years journal is the best yet with articles and tutorials included alongside the gallery for the first time.

Glasss 3 is the third in a series of innovative books published biennially by Miriam Steger. This publication is another that is open to all, a collection of work by lampworkers from all over the world. Although Glasss 3 is so new that it is not available for sale on the website just yet I was thrilled to see my page as part of the preview :-D Top row, last image, left hand page!

In a day or two my second ever magazine bead making tutorial will be out in the May 2013 edition of Beads & Beyond magazine. I am lucky enough to have received my contributors copy already and my Something Blue tutorial looks beautiful and is jolly easy to follow too so look out for it on the shelves.

Jolene xx