I was talking with my treasured friend Libby Heasman of Crimson Pear about how frustrated I was feeling about getting the next stage of a project for my porcelain jewellery designs going because I felt like I just needed a bundle of things in place first. To my...
For years I had a burning desire to paint yet was too scared to give it a go, fearing the unknown. Once I gave myself permission to be crap at it life got a whole lot easier. I bought a box of paints and some brushes for my birthday and sat looking at them for weeks....
When I first started working in porcelain to make my ceramic jewellery I was stunned that some pieces would come out of the kiln with a curve in them when they had gone in flat and were sitting on a flat surface. I didn’t understand how that had happened and while I...
Listening to the radio this morning with the reports about how women continue to be paid substantially less than men across a range of industries (let’s admit it, all industries!) I was disgusted and appalled at stupidity and sexism of it all. I started...
I’ve been running my little business at markets since 2001 and I’ve always been delighted by the number of the businesses at market being run by women. We are in the majority. Yes, there are some male market business owners but they are usually running the business in...
As an artisan who makes her living from what she makes and sells I’ve had quite a few lessons about pricing. I sell my work at The Rocks Markets and a select number of fairs each year. Being based in Sydney I have a fairly competitive selling space and this has never...
For quite a while I’ve been thinking about going carbon neutral for Creatively Belle and I’ve finally made the decision to make this happen. For years now I’ve had my household electricity usage at about 55-60% of the standard household for my size...
It is the end of one of my favourite months of the year, November, and I’m starting to look ahead to the coming new year. What will it hold? Will I have way too many ideas again and overwhelm myself with too many options? (Well the answer to that will be a loud...
You always hear how long it takes to get a website going, whether it is starting from scratch or designing a site that needs a refresh and those who have gone through it nod in sympathy and those who have yet to have that particular experience are left a little...
I’ve always been a sensory creature; where the touch and feel of something matters a great deal. It’s the same with sound, taste, vision and smell. I’d rather do without than have lots of something crap. I can also have an overly strong reaction or...
