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As part of my blogging for the London Jewellery School I interviewed Katie Wallace from Katie's bike . I taught her for three days when she attended the six day business bootcamp at LJS and we have stayed in touch ever since. She makes cool jewellery from upcycled bike parts (look at those rings!). You can read the full interview here read more here

As I teach on some of the business courses at the London Jewellery School  I was asked to write a little piece on blogging for Make and Sell Jewellery magazine . It has now been published! I am looking forward to getting a copy of the magazine for myself.  The London Jewellery School is running a business week promotion this week and are offering 20% off all day and taster business courses:  http://buff.ly/1dq8CTL  - plus the Business Bookcamp:  http://buff.ly/1dq8CTM  if you book between 2 and 9 February 2014. To get your discount call 020 3176 0345 and book your class quoting BIZWEEK20. Find out more here:  http://buff.ly/1dq8B24

For my first foray into being a media star (!) I was asked to film a part of the London Jewellery School Distance Learning Jewellery Business Course DVD. The distance learning course has been available for about a year and has been very popular. The director of the School, Jessica Rose , was keen to revamp the content of the course materials to keep it up to date and respond to feedback. In the original DVD Jessica filmed all the sections herself. This time she asked myself and Hayley Kruger, another tutor from the Jewellery School, to share the filming.  The course covers all the areas you need to consider when setting up a jewellery business including finance, getting online, PR and more. You also get a workbook, free membership for the LJS and a voucher worth the price of a taster class so I think it is very good value.  For my filmed sections I typed up my script so that I didn't stumble on my words! I used a free telepromt app on the ipad called promptware and I h...