Beware! I highly recommend pinning the image above to one of your Pinterest boards, as this will be a long read and you might want to return to it later. We collected some very interesting information about natural and imitation pearls for you. Read on, if you would like to know: – how are cultivated… View more
2018 was just as rich in novelties in the bead world as 2017. As a typical greedy little bead horder with a stash worth to introduce on national tv and eyes even bigger, I would love to have them all, of course! However, for the sake of our tiny Amsterdam apartment I have to restrict… View more
This year I had the honour of being ambassador of International Beading Week. IBW is a series of events organised by The Beadworkers Guild (registered in the UK but open to everyone) to attract more attention to beadwork and celebrate this beautiful craft together. I organised a real life meeting in Amsterdam (you can read about… View more
