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Handbag Museum

I was lucky enough to go to Amsterdam for a weekend. I hadn't been before but I hope to go again soon as I really enjoyed it. It is a lovely city to wander around looking at the architecture, the canals and the people. I wanted to blog some photos from my visit to the Tassen Museum Hendrickje  Handbag and Purses Museum . I really recommend a trip there, the bags and purses on display are really beautiful, all housed in a 15th century elegant canal house in the centre of Amsterdam. Here are some pictures of a few of my favourite pieces.

London Jewellery School tutor profile

I have taught PR for your jewellery business at the London Jewellery School for a few months and am now teaching some beading classes as well. My profile has now been added to the tutor section of the LJS website which is great! The classes I am teaching are Taster classes Make cocktail rings Make chandelier earrings Make a fashion necklace PR for your jewellery business One day class Beginners beading You can see my teaching calendar here

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Sazzfest 2012

A friend of ours, Sarah, has a mini-festival in her garden each year. She has bands, DJs, a bouncy castle, nail painting, henna tattoos and camping. This is the second year that it has run and the second year that we have gone. It was a lovely day, fortunately and Sarah had asked me to bring along some jewellery to sell. I haven't sold at any festivals before so I didn't really know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. I set up on a blanket and wrote my prices on a paper plate (not totally organised!) I sold a few licorice allsort bracelets and the silver hummingbird pendant went to a good home which was great. We enjoyed a barbeque for dinner, loved the live music (including a singer accompanied by a cellist - loved their rendition of Raspberry Beret) and the fire breathing. Many people went home but there were a few campers left to enjoy sitting around the fire with marshmallows watching out for falling stars. I got a go on the bouncy castle which I always enjo...

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Via Christine Kane

Chandelier earrings class at the London Jewellery School

 I have been teaching at the London Jewellery School for a few months now and have recently been asked to teach some beading classes. This week I taught the chandelier earring taster class . It runs from 6.30pm until 9pm and one student commented that it was a lovely way to spend an evening after work. I helped the students make two different types of chandelier earring, one with chain and one with memory wire. It's a great beginners class and I really enjoyed it. Thankfully the students did too! And they also made some fantastic pieces I'm sure you'll agree. Hard to believe they were beginners.