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Features
24 RESORT WEAR UNCOVERED
Excited about your summer holiday, but
don’t know what to wear? We can help
26 10 QUESTIONS
The life and inspirations of mother turned
silver jeweller Karen Dell’Armi
50 CREATIVE TRAVELS
A converted Victoria barn in Derbyshire is
the setting for a specialist jewellery school
66 INSPIRATIONS
Shopping
From seed pod to silver pendant – Caron
Burroughs reveals the story of her design 6 READERS’ SHOWCASE
An exclusive selection of the latest designs
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and within a year I had set up a workshop in
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the necessar was the primar How to wire a beautiful beaded fl ower 24 COLOUR & STYLEy tools I needed. My business J b \ y k Z _ \ source f j f ] X j
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