Ta da! This is the brooch that I made at the Alice Potter workshop! Admittedly, there were a few modifications after my daughter wore it to school today and lost some of the pieces, but it’s pretty close to being the same. I think I’ll be able to wear it with just about all of the clothes in my wardrobe! Funny how you gravitate to what you like.
I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop, and I look forward to seeing what other workshops the Jam Factory have to offer.
I went to a very inspiring workshop at the Jam Factory last night. It was “Making Wearable Art” and it was led by the fabulous jeweller Alice Potter.
We were given a little goody bag filled with all sorts of interesting bits and pieces. Alice showed us examples of her amazing jewellery, gave us a few tips and suggestions, and then let us go crazy for the next couple of hours making whatever we wanted. I had a lot of fun just messing around with all of the things we had been given, but I thought I should try to make at least one thing.
I would show you a photograph of that piece, except my daughter took a bit of a shine to it this morning and wore it to school for Harmony Day! I will photograph it and show you tomorrow.
I felt so grateful that I was able to go to the workshop. It really opened me up to new ideas and new way of doing things. I had a lot of fun making the brooch, and I am looking forward to wearing it (if I get it back)! I realised that brooches have been something I have always wanted to make, but have never quite worked out how to do them with glass + beads. It’s not impossible, but it is tricky. The workshop has made me start thinking about making brooches again. Wonder where that will end up? Stay tuned!
I have a lot of jewellery in the sale section of my Etsy shop that is about to expire. If you were tempted to buy an item at a discounted price, now would be a great time to do that!
It was my first time attending/being part of A Boutique Life Design Market yesterday, and one of the questions we were asked on our feedback forms was “Did we meet our business objectives?”
At first I thought only in terms of $$. I did make some sales on the day, but I had thought it might be possible to make more. It was a bit patchy, but still worth getting out of bed for!
Then I thought:
Yes, I think I met my business objectives for being part of the market. I was really happy to be part of it, and hope to be part of it again at some stage.
These were the “old” tags I used for my jewellery. They worked well. I used Moo to create the tags, and the quality was perfect for that job.
When I went to make them again, they had taken this particular way of making mini text cards out of their range! I couldn’t even re-order the cards, everything had changed.
Oh no, what to do?
It took me a long time to come up with this new style of Mini Card (see below). On one side is a pattern, and next time I think I will use my own design. On the other side is my business name, people can use that to search for me on the internet.
What I really like about the new design is that I’ll use the red cards for my Italian glass range, and the blue cards for my Recycled glass range. I think they’ll work well.
We have had family visiting for a couple of days, it has been lovely!
We went to Monarto Zoo with my brother (Paul) and his partner (Bea) yesterday, and the kids loved it (well, so did the adults)! If you have not been to Monarto before, it’s well worth the drive and the entry fee. The guides/rangers are excellent, and really made the trip interesting.
Then it was home to cook a roast! Mum and dad were over, so it was full on family time! I loved every minute of it to be honest, I’ve been craving family time for a long time. It was like a late Christmas/early Easter catch up for us all.
Can’t wait to do it all again. The house feels very quiet today!
Tomorrow I pack up my jewellery from the Resonate exhibition that was held at Gallery M. I’d just like to take a moment to say some thank you’s:
I will bring the remaining jewellery to A Boutique Design Life Market on March 15 for those who might have missed out on seeing it in person.
I made this set for a customer recently. The beads were made from a Peroni beer bottle. I have been loving the Peroni green colour. Here is what the customer had to say:
“Didn’t arrive until yesterday but WOW, it was worth waiting for. Looks even better than the photos! Just love the set. And thank you for my extra set of earrings.”
My pleasure!
