2015 – Page 9 – Julie Frahm

Posted on July 6, 2015 by admin

On my walk this morning…

Thinking about the following dates:

July 11 – I get to play shop in T’Arts today! Come and visit me if you are in Adelaide. I’m there from 10-5.
July 18 and 19 – I will be at the Flinders Street Market “Craftapalooza” special weekend. From 10-3 each day, there will be lots of awesome things to do and see. I will be giving away my bracelet making kits (with any purchase over $15), but this is limited to only 12 kits.
July 31 – SALA at the City Library opens officially at 6.00pm. Have you seen the SALA guide yet? So many great exhibitions at the City Library, definitely worth checking out.
August 2 – SALA at Pepper Street opens. I won’t be at the opening, but I will have some very exciting new jewellery there! All made from recycled glass, I have been experimenting with all sorts of new ideas and liking most of what I have done!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by admin

I mentioned last week that I am able to make the Italian Glass range of jewellery listed in my Etsy shop in a variety of colours. I have created a page to showcase each of the colours that I can easily do. You can find it here: Italian Glass Colours.

If you need something slightly different from this, please just ask.

Posted on July 1, 2015 by admin

The Colour Brown – with Purple

This is part of a series of posts about colour. This month I am focusing on the colour brown.

Brown with Purple! Yes, an all time favourite, I love how feminine this colour combination is! I wrote about it over here too. This is the colour combination that inspired me to dedicate a whole month to the colour brown! I’ve really enjoyed looking at brown, and all of the colours that work with brown.

You can find the following necklaces in my online shop, just click the photo and it will take you to the shop.

Next month will be a surprise! If you are subscribed to my newsletter, you will find out about the Colour of the Month tomorrow, and you will have the first chance to buy the jewellery listed (at special prices)!

Posted on June 29, 2015 by admin

On my walk this morning…

Oh, how I needed a walk this morning!

I have a lot of work to do at the moment, and I am struggling to find the time to get it done. I have to work out what makes the top priority, and what can wait until later. I have to find a new work schedule, now that my youngest son has dropped his daytime sleeps, finding time to get things done is tricky! I think I might have to work at night time. I can’t get up any earlier!

How do you manage your time/priorities?

I was using an app on my iPad to manage all of my work…until it accidentally got deleted last week. It was a terrible day, and it has really made me reconsider how I manage my time. I am back to pen and paper for now, just trying to find the best system to keep track of everything. Do you have any suggestions?

Posted on June 25, 2015 by admin

Back by Popular Request…

I am re-listing some red Italian Glass jewellery. I have had several requests over the last few months for some of this style of jewellery, and it made me start thinking about what I was offering in my online shops.

So, now I have re-listed the red version of the jewellery that I have been making, but you can always change the colour if you like. So, for example, let’s say you like the red necklace on the leather…but you wanted black beads…just let me know and I’ll make it for you. I’ll even take a photo before I send it, just to be sure you are getting what you want.

Coming soon: I will put together a special page of colour options that are really easy for me to do, but again, if you are after a specific colour that is not there, just let me know, and I’ll see what I can do!

Posted on June 24, 2015 by admin

The Colour Brown plus Turquoise

I ended up liking every colour that I put with brown this month, which is really amazing, because I don’t really like the colour brown! When I put it with turquoise it ended up looking very retro and funky, and I nodded my head approvingly! The turquoise really pops on the brown. And I especially love it on this dark blue/grey dress.

Posted on June 22, 2015 by admin

On my walk this morning…

I nearly didn’t walk this morning! It was raining when my alarm went off, and I started thinking about just staying home and drinking lots of coffee. But when it came time to actually go for my walk (after a cup of coffee and a to-do list review) it had stopped raining, so I went for the quickest walk possible. The morning still looked ominous, and the forecast was for rain. I didn’t really feel like getting wet, but I did feel like getting out for a walk.

I am quietly freaking out about how quickly time is going at the moment.

Set up for SALA is 5 weeks away!

6 months until Christmas!

Posted on June 18, 2015 by admin

South Australian Style Magazine

Thanks to the Jam Factory, a pair of my earrings were featured in the South Australian Style magazine!

Posted on June 17, 2015 by admin

The Colour Brown – add some Green

This is part of a series of posts about colour. This month I am focusing on the colour brown.

Remember last month when I was talking about the colour red? I mentioned that the complimentary colour for red was green. And I might have mentioned that I wasn’t a huge fan of that colour combination because it looked a bit “christmassy”?

Well, the same cannot be said for the colour brown with green. Colours straight out of nature (think trees), but they work so well in jewellery too! What I really like about this combination is that it can be worn with lots of different clothes. All of your browns, greens and even RED will work with this jewellery.

Posted on June 16, 2015 by admin

Jenny Knight and Lyn Branson

I wanted to share with you a selection of work by Jenny Knight and Lyn Branson. Jenny is also a member of the Textile and Arts Collective – T’Arts – in Gays Arcade. This month it is her turn to display her work in the window, and she invited fellow bead enthusiast Lyn Branson to also display some of her work.

Jenny and Lyn are both extremely talented seed-beaders. They make very unique and original pieces of jewellery, that are exquisite in their details.

What I also like about their work is that they also incorporate some of my beads in amongst what they are creating. I love it when people use my beads in their designs, and both Jenny and Lyn use my beads in ways that I never could.

Enjoy the photos below, and if you would like to have a closer look at any of their work, it will be on display at T’Arts until Saturday July 27.

Work by Jenny