Tasmanian Inspiration

I’m just back from a quick trip down to beautiful Tasmania and I’m all refreshed and inspired! It was a spur of the moment decision when I saw airfares at amazingly cheap rates and I’m so glad I did it. I returned to Cradle Mountain for a 3 day visit...

New Graphic Design Intern Starts

The last few months have simply flown by and I have my new graphic design intern starting with me. We’re going to be redesigning Creatively Belle online – a duanting task but one that will be done with a team of us – my friend Libby is helping with...

Start Your Rat Race Escape Part Time

I have quite a few conversations with women who are in the corporate world and are looking around with an interested eye towards the future. Then they look at me as see that I’ve escaped and wonder how it is possible for them. From my vantage point you start making...

Booked in for the Writers Festival

Keeping the creative spirit fresh and alive can sometimes be a tad challenging but it’s really necessary when you have a creative business. So I decided that having really enjoyed the Sydney Writer’s Festival for the last 2 years that this May I would book...

International Internships in Australia

As part of the aim for this year the redesigning of the Creatively Belle website is a key priority and with such a big website the prospect of doing it is a tad daunting. So today I took a creative step towards the solution of sharing the load of making it happen. I...

Australia Day at Mollymook

We’ll be at both Mollymook Markets and The Rocks Markets for Australia Day so be sure to get out and enjoy the festivities! I love going to Mollymook Markets with their holiday on the coast atmosphere, friendly stall holders and wonderful views. Mollymook...

Anything Is Possible If You Have the Nerve

Coming back from holidays to a hot and steamy Sydney has me taking things more slowly than I’d expected. It’s just too hot to settle down and make jewellery right now. I’ve been escaping to air conditioned cafes to read and I’ve ended up doing...

Jewellery Prize Pack Online Competition

We know you love them and we love competitions too so we have a really fun competition to kick off the year with – all with the view of helping you Get Organised at the start of the year with your jewellery. So we’re running an online competition with...

Friday Nights at The Rocks

Great news for summer in Sydney! The Rocks Markets are continuing to be on Friday nights in town – making a vibrant and creative atmosphere that is proving to be so very popular. We’ll be in Playfair street from 5.30 – 10 pm so when you’re out...

End Of Year Taking Shock

Each December I seem to find myself looking around wondering how it got to be December again, even though I do understand how time works. Then today on the radio there’s a discussion about the finishing of a decade. Well that really got me. The question was what had...