Month: December 2015

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On my walk this morning…

I’ve been thinking about 2015 a lot.  The good, and the not so good things.  It’s been helping me to think about what I want to do in 2016.

2015 was actually a pretty good year, I can’t complain.  We moved to Murray Bridge, and that has worked out so well for us that we ended up buying a house here.

I was most pleased with the following things from 2015:

  • Window Artist of the Month for January/February at Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery
  • “Resonate” group exhibition at Gallery M
  • Finalist in Reart International Upcycle exhibition
  • SALA solo exhibition at City Library – “Fleur Verre”
  • SALA group exhibition at Pepper Street Art Centre – “Renew”
  • Nominated for a Brand SA Regional award
  • Kirra Galleries “Flame On” exhibition
  • Work selected for Canberra Glassworks gallery shop
  • Finalist in the Mansfield Art Glass Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition

It’s lovely to reflect on what has happened this year.  Now I can’t wait to start dreaming about the future!

Morning Walk

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Nearly sale time…

Around this time every year I have a look at the jewellery that I have on hand: some of the jewellery returned from consignment shops after they have been refreshed, some from exhibitions, and some experiments.  I spend a bit of time thinking about whether to take them to markets or whether to put them in different galleries, or whether to sell them online.  It’s kind of tough.  Most of the time I just think “I’ll put them on the Sale Table at T’Arts, and whatever doesn’t sell, then I’ll think about what to do with that.”

So, this year there is, for some unknown reason, an abundance of earrings!  Not so many necklaces.  Not sure if I’ll find any bracelets yet.  I haven’t quite finished getting things ready, but here is a sneak peak of the earrings that I have got ready:

Sale Table 2015

The sale starts on Saturday, December 26 at 10.00am.  T’Arts is located in Gays Arcade, off the Rundle Mall in Adelaide.  The sale will finish after about 2 weeks.

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On my walk this morning…

Over the weekend we celebrated Christmas with my family.  In our new home.  It was wonderful. We kept calling it Fake Christmas.  We don’t often get to spend much time together as a family, so it’s really nice when we do.  It was especially nice to celebrate in our new home.  Even though the weather was extremely HOT, and it changed a lot of what I would have liked to do, it was still perfect.

Morning Walk

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12 Days of Christmas – what happened?

Every year December takes me by surprise!  Some shops where I sell my work are busy…some shops are super busy!  I never know what to expect, and of course, I’m never really prepared for it.  It’s hard to predict what people are going to buy!

Same thing this year.  I had made enough new work to show in the 12 Days of Christmas on my website, then I went to the market and sold several of the pieces, and then one of the shops where I sell my work needed more of my work…and I had that issue of time, and not enough of it to do everything!

So, I am just going to apologise to you if you were looking forward to new work.  I’m sorry, it didn’t happen on the website.  Not this year.  I’ll try to put some new work up next year.

I have been inspired to try some new things next year.  Let’s hope they work out!

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12 Days of Christmas – Day 6

I took the jewellery I made for the 12 Days of Christmas special to the Flinders Street Market over the weekend, and I actually sold several of the pieces there!

Day 6 was going to be another colour variation of the leather wraparound necklaces and simple bracelets, but it has sold (along with a couple of the other items I have already shown).

I have had requests for specific colour combinations, and if you do like any of the necklaces in the shop, but you need them to be specific colours, please let me know and I will create a custom order for you.  You can email me, or send me a convo on Etsy, or a message on Facebook (whatever is easiest for you).

Thanks for understanding.

See you back here tomorrow for Day 7!

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On my walk this morning…

Thanks to everyone who braved the heat and visited Flinders Street Market on the weekend.  It was great to see so many people out and about.  That was my last market for this year.  And for the first time in a long time…I have no idea what markets I will be doing next year!

I will have some more new products to share with you this week.  Stay tuned.

Morning Walk