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Author: Manda Kent Burns

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Bead Embroiderer’s Block

13/02/2019 Manda Kent Burns Leave a Comment on Bead Embroiderer’s Block
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And you could take the title two ways – a Crazy Patchwork block or (and this is the real meaning here) suffering from Bead Embroidery block – like Writers’ Block y’know. I’m putting it down to all the machine sewing I’ve been doing lately – our caravan came out of hibernation briefly for her annual…

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Time Out!

01/02/2019 Manda Kent Burns Leave a Comment on Time Out!
  • Home Front
  • Life!

Took a whole day off yesterday – Friend Barbara and I went to the show at Manchester Event City, braving the icy weather.  We must have walked around at least four times seeing something new each time.  We both had shopping/wish lists and got nearly everything on them.  Barbara missed out on some beads while…

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On the Home Front 2019

26/01/2019 Manda Kent Burns Leave a Comment on On the Home Front 2019
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We’re doing a lot of – or rather planning to do a lot of – TLC on our home this year.  I’ve got plans for every room in the house (read bungalow) plus the garage-come-stockroom.  This one is the first on the list.  Originally we were going to get it totally knocked down and rebuilt…

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Crazy Tables

18/01/2019 Manda Kent Burns
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  • Latest projects

Before Christmas I had the insane idea of making both a Christmas Day table setting as well as a New Year table setting.  Then we decided to go to Spain so all those good intentions went out the window. Our Christmas table was therefore just a bought in table runner and a big glass bowl…

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Getting Up To Date

03/12/2018 Manda Kent Burns
  • bead embroidery
  • Bead embroidery course
  • Bead fairs
  • Book In A Bag
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It’s been a busy few weeks (months?) lately but now I can sit back, relax and regroup.  We’ve just returned from a very successful fair  – Makit’s LQN Christmas Fair held at Solihull and now it’s time to take stock, update the website and start thinking about Christmas.  The new Book In A Bag kits…

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Been really, really busy!

28/11/2018 Manda Kent Burns
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  • New Product
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Been getting more books on Amazon Kindle – to date there are 4 Millinery ones (from a previous life) and 4 (5 tomorrow) Cottons Collection ones – I’ve also been getting our new product ‘A Book In A Bag’ ready for December.  This is instead of individual kits which take an age to prepare and…

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New Product Launch!

20/11/2018 Manda Kent Burns
  • Book In A Bag
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  • New Product

We are finally proud to announce our new product – Book In A Bag will be launched in December. There will be 5 books in all The Beaded Chatelaine Cased In Cottons The Decorated Desktop Crimbo 1 Crimbo 2 All will be available either as a Kindle e-book or as a kit for all the…

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IT’S OFFICIAL!

13/10/2018 Manda Kent Burns
  • bead embroidery
  • Great British Bead Show 2019
  • Latest projects
  • Workshops!

I have been keeping this piece of news secret for quite a few months now and it’s been so hard. BUT I can now shout from the roof tops (if I had a head for heights, was wearing a hi-vis jacket and safety harness ….._ I will be running two workshops at next year’s Great…

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October Announcement No. 1

01/10/2018 Manda Kent Burns
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  • Books
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As I have already posted on Facebook, the first two of the Cottons Collections Kindle books – A Beaded Chatelaine and Cased in Cottons, will be free for five days each. Cased in Cottons comes first – 2nd October – 6th A Beaded Chatelaine next – 8th – 12th October So head on over to…

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