Er, I have to admit, I did not go for a walk this morning. Instead I was in my studio! The day before I set up for my SALA exhibition, and I’m almost there, but it’s a bit chaotic!
I will be at the opening of my SALA City Library exhibition on Friday from 6.00-7.00pm. Hope to see you there!
I have a very special offer for the next market that I am doing at the Flinders Street Market….are you ready?
For every purchase over $15, you will receive a FREE bracelet making kit!! There are 12 left to choose from, and they contain all of the beads, findings and instructions needed to make a really sweet bracelet!
I will be at Flinders Street Market on Saturday and Sunday (18-19 July) from 10am until 3pm. Hope to see you there!!
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.
I would normally post something today, but life has kind of gotten in the way this week.
You know how it is? Kids. Business. Problems. Life.
I have some exciting new things in development, but they are going to have to wait until next week to share with you.
Until then, have a great week!
And don’t forget to sign up for my monthly newsletter for your chance to win a pair of earrings from my online shop!
April was an eventful month, with school holidays and some other exciting things happening, and that also meant I didn’t get a lot of new work made.
Instead I have a special offer for Mother’s Day.
I am making some new beads and jewellery! I am Artist of the Month at the Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery in January and February! It is quite cool that this coincides with me moving to Murray Bridge. We didn’t know that at the time we were organising it all. Now it seems like it was meant to be.
I love the new drip beads that I have made using wine bottles. I made some for another artist who is using them for a very different type of exhibition (1000 Cups of Cranes). When I made some for her, I got a bit excited about the possibilities for my own jewellery, and couldn’t wait to get back on the torch to make some more. I think they are shaping up quite nicely.
I spent the day at T’Arts yesterday, and set up my work up on the Sale Table. It was exciting to watch people look through the work, and pick items from there. Mostly people were treating themselves, which was really nice to see.
The items that I have on the Sale Table are a mixture of:
So, on top of all the madness that is this time of the year, we are also moving!
I am looking forward to the move. We will be living closer to Adelaide, which will be great. It’s a bit unsettling at the moment, because we while we have looked at lots of houses in Murray Bridge, none of them have been confirmed for us yet, so we are waiting to find out exactly where we are moving to, and still trying to do everything else!
I still have 2 more markets to do, and I’m really looking forward to them.
That’s about all I have time for right now.
I think it would be safe for you to assume that I don’t take negative feedback very well!
It’s tricky running a small business by yourself. I know my husband is here, if I ever need to run things past him, but essentially all of the decisions about my business are my own. Sometimes I get it right. Sometimes I don’t.
Sometimes I know when I’ve got things wrong, and sometimes it comes as a bit of a shock. So, the email about “discounting” my work really surprised me. I wasn’t expecting it. I thought I had come up with some fun ideas (some discounts, some freebies) for the silly season. Someone questioned my integrity. That hurt.
On reflection, I think that person was partly right, but I think I was also partly right too. And I still want to enjoy my favourite month of the year!
Here’s how the rest of December will work in my Etsy shop:
Happy December!