{"id":313,"date":"2010-03-14T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2010-03-14T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T19:36:21","slug":"me-and-my-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Me and my Mum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is Mother&#8217;s Day over here, and having <a title=\"Link to Etsy blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/storque\/handmade-life\/uk-edition-crafty-mums-and-daughters-7346\/\" target=\"_blank\">read this post on Etsy<\/a> about crafting Mothers and daughters I wanted to write about my Mum &#8211; without her I wouldn&#8217;t be sewing\/beading\/knitting\/drawing&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_314\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-314\" title=\"PICT0226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My Mum\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mum sitting in the snow at the Budapest Christmas Market - see the beaded necklaces at the stall in the background?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For as long as I can remember Mum&#8217;s been teaching me to make things.\u00a0 One of the first crafty things I remember was Mum showing me how to stitch a snail shape in chain stitch.\u00a0 All my teachers and relatives got handmade presents until I was in secondary school &#8211; cross stitched pictures, painted wooden spoons, orange pomanders&#8230;\u00a0 I can even lay the bead obsession at her door &#8211; she taught me to make headpin earrings when I was about 8, took me to bead shops, and bought me my first seed beading book.\u00a0 We laugh at the same things, she encourages me when I&#8217;m down or stuck, and gives me a kick whenever I need one!\u00a0 In a minute I&#8217;m off to cook her a lovely (hopefully) meal, but I also wanted to say Thank You Mum!!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_317\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-317\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-317\" title=\"PICT0224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Me and Dad\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.bearlybeaded.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PICT0224.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Dad at the same Christmas Market - I was only allowed to put up a picture of Mum if I promised there would be one of me too!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is Mother&#8217;s Day over here, and having read this post on Etsy about crafting Mothers and daughters I wanted to write about my Mum &#8211; 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