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Bec chose this pair of Kronenberg Flower Earrings. Nice choice, they are in the mail.
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I am frantically getting ready for SALA at the City Library!
It’s such a great opportunity to display my work to a new audience, and I’m trying really hard to get it just right. Some things are working perfectly…others are leaving me a bit disappointed. Time is running out, and at some stage I will just have to be happy with what I am exhibiting. This happens every year, and is part of the process for me.
I feel really fortunate that I am able to participate in SALA at the City Library this year. When I opened the SALA guide I couldn’t believe how many great artists they are exhibiting at the same time! It’s definitely a perfect place to start the month of SALA. Our opening is Friday 31 July from 6.00pm until 7.00pm. The exhibitions will be opened by Councillor Susan Clearihan with emcee Amanda Blair.
Here is a list of the other exhibitors and their exhibitions:
To find out more about the exhibitions please visit the SALA guide or the Adelaide City Library Website.
Here is one of the pieces that will be on display; one that I am happy with!
These necklaces are available in my shop. I’m celebrating the colour wheel this month, and clicking on the photo will take you to the product in the shop. A mixture of beads on sterling silver wire, there is a shiny and an etched version available.
Freezing cold on my walk this morning! Frosty grass and icy tin roofs. Foggy river. My hands were numb for at least one kilometre!
Then I warmed up.
I have lots of work to do this week to make sure I am ready to set up my SALA exhibitions! I will have my work in 3 locations around Adelaide.
Oh, there is going to be so much to see and do at this weekend’s Flinders Street Market. There are loads of different workshops on each day. Loads of great stalls (including mine)! I’ve heard there will be lots of great special offers. Yummy food and drinks. It’s all indoors too, so you don’t have to worry about the weather forecast!
My special offer for the weekend (or while stocks last) is a free bracelet making kit with purchases over $15. If you want to hang out for a while, I’ll even help you make it!
Check out the workshops on offer via this link: Flinders Street Market Workshops.
I have had a lot of fun making this series of colour wheel inspired necklaces. What I liked about putting the beads onto the leather was that it didn’t look like a colour wheel when it was finished. It does have all of the colours, but when you layer the necklace, the result is a lot more random. You can layer the necklace at least 3-5 times, and each time you get a completely different look.
It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s school holidays!
I am trying to get as much work done as possible. I have deadlines looming!
I am trying new things. They are not always working!
I am looking forward to being part of the Flinders Street Market this weekend. It is a special “Craftapalooza” weekend and there will be lots of cool stall holders, and some of them will be running workshops. Worth checking out if you are in Adelaide.
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!!
At the moment I am slightly obsessed with the colour wheel! I have always worked with a colour wheel in front of me when I am making beads, hoping that it will help me choose colours that work “well” together. And now that I am making “Colour of the Month” jewellery, I have been even more obsessed.
I love how the colour wheel works. I love how you can look at one colour on the colour wheel, and then look at the colour opposite that and see it’s complementary colour. That idea doesn’t always work for me, and I tend to look at the colours next to that complementary colour, also known as the split-complementary colours.
I love how there are general guidelines that do seem to work when putting colours together, but then I also love how you can put unexpected colours together, and that can still work too.
To celebrate the colour wheel I have dedicated the month of July to a range of necklaces based around the colour wheel. Today I am showing you the simplest and sweetest of the necklaces, the one that I have been wearing almost every day since I made it (the one my daughter and I are “sharing”). The beads are strung on silk cord, and the necklace is adjustable. I have been wearing it at it’s longest measurement, and it looks super on all of my black clothes.
If you click on any of these necklaces, it will take you to the shop where you can find out more about them.
Thinking about the following dates: