I have neglected my blog.To be honest i never gave it a real chance. I could sit here and list the many numerous excuses for such neglect, but truth be known... I was a little scared.
Fearing that I would have to follow a strict routine and blog frequently, I felt I had smothered the joy out of it. The idea of having a routine for this blog has now gone by the way side and I am now going to blog when I feel it. I feel I need to recap as there has been quite a few months since the last post. I seemed to be going along quite successfuly with Elms Creative, loading jewellery on Etsy, Facebook and Made It. For those new to the craft/ internet scene, Etsy is an amazing website that focuses only on handy crafts. Crafters can have a page on Etsy and display and sell their craft. Etsy also presents "how to's" which are fantastic. One can sit down and watch them for four hours if one was so inclined. Made It is an Australian equivalent of Etsy and it is also fantastic. Facebook has proved to be the most successful so far, as you can tap into your own resources of friends straight away and get a great fan base. So electronically there are heaps of options out there, above are only a few.
Fearing that I would have to follow a strict routine and blog frequently, I felt I had smothered the joy out of it. The idea of having a routine for this blog has now gone by the way side and I am now going to blog when I feel it. I feel I need to recap as there has been quite a few months since the last post. I seemed to be going along quite successfuly with Elms Creative, loading jewellery on Etsy, Facebook and Made It. For those new to the craft/ internet scene, Etsy is an amazing website that focuses only on handy crafts. Crafters can have a page on Etsy and display and sell their craft. Etsy also presents "how to's" which are fantastic. One can sit down and watch them for four hours if one was so inclined. Made It is an Australian equivalent of Etsy and it is also fantastic. Facebook has proved to be the most successful so far, as you can tap into your own resources of friends straight away and get a great fan base. So electronically there are heaps of options out there, above are only a few.
Towards the last few months of last year, a very good friend of mine and I landed a gig playing at a pub at Coolangatta, west of the Gold Coast and so my focus was re-directed and a lot of my energy was put into getting our guitar act into something acceptable. It was a great creative distraction, but I did feel that I was neglecting my precious little jewellery thing.So after the new year the gig fell through (it helps if the owner pays the manager... It's a long story) I am now finding my direction and my focus again and it feels great.
I spent the Christmas with my family in Far North Queensland and worked on clay masks - for the tribal range and firing glass - for the 750's range. I also spent some time finding soem new inspiration for the line and took some great photos of some "interesting things" 
that may find their way into my designs in the future.
In the last few weeks I have been attempting to down size my belongings and craft supplies and this is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have a lot of craft "things", much to my own (and past room mates) surprise. So in helping with this down sizing I am on the band wagon to build more jewellery and use up the stock that I have on hand.
So let's get rolling on that shall we??
In the last few weeks I have been attempting to down size my belongings and craft supplies and this is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have a lot of craft "things", much to my own (and past room mates) surprise. So in helping with this down sizing I am on the band wagon to build more jewellery and use up the stock that I have on hand.
So let's get rolling on that shall we??
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