It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to close my jewellery business.
When Mr planet retired 18 months ago and we moved and travelled and lived in a caravan for a year, I thought that I would eventually start going to markets again.....but this is just not going to happen.
I still love designing and making jewellery (and other things) and I adore my beads, but the will to get out there and do the hard hard yards has just gone.
Before we moved I had some really successful outlets - The Nook Leura (a co-operative I was a member of), markets and festivals in the Blue Mountains, Sydney and other parts of New South Wales, plus a few other outlets.
I had an etsy shop which, to be honest was never really worth the time I put into it - selling on a big on-line platform is hard.
But, I have a huge amount of stock!
Silly me.
I am having a sale on over on etsy - 50% off.
I will also be destashing my supplies as I get time to list them.
I hope this will give me the time and inspiration to explore some other areas of my creativity as I have always been a bit of a dabbler, but trying to make and sell stuff kind of gets in the way!
If you would like to get some real bargains head on over to my etsy shop and use the code CLOSINGDOWN at checkout.
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Monday, January 18, 2016
Friday, December 13, 2013
Meet some of my crafty friends
It seems I know a lot of jewellers, so instead of just focusing on one today I'll introduce you to several of my jewels of friends.
I've known Mandy of Beads Me for a few years now. We first met through DUST which is a team of Australian sellers on etsy.
We are almost neighbours as well!
Mandy's range has really expanded over the years - from beadyness, to glass jewellery and now photography.
She is one talented lady.
I'm a huge fan of David Loong's quirky metal pendants.
David is another Blue Mountains resident and used to be a member of the craft co-operative The Nook Leura.
You can still find his work in his etsy shop.
Rachel is the creative behind rmdjewelleryjewellery, .
Rachel's work has also evolved over the years I have known her and I just love her modern silver designs with a splash of colour.
Alison of My Red Scooter is on a journey too!
She has travelled from fabric accessories to her newest venture - colourful resin jewellery.
Mel is someone I also met through the DUST team on etsy.
She is one talented lady!
If you have a look at her etsy shop you will see the breadth of her work - and she makes some pretty awesome silver jewellery.
Why don't you go on a little journey and pay them all a visit?
Have a lovely weekend.
I've known Mandy of Beads Me for a few years now. We first met through DUST which is a team of Australian sellers on etsy.
We are almost neighbours as well!
Mandy's range has really expanded over the years - from beadyness, to glass jewellery and now photography.
She is one talented lady.
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| beach grass pendant by BeadsMe |
I'm a huge fan of David Loong's quirky metal pendants.
David is another Blue Mountains resident and used to be a member of the craft co-operative The Nook Leura.
You can still find his work in his etsy shop.
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| apple core by David Loong |
Rachel is the creative behind rmdjewelleryjewellery, .
Rachel's work has also evolved over the years I have known her and I just love her modern silver designs with a splash of colour.
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| red resin and silver earrings by rmdjewellery |
Alison of My Red Scooter is on a journey too!
She has travelled from fabric accessories to her newest venture - colourful resin jewellery.
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| stacking resin bangles by My Red Scooter |
Mel is someone I also met through the DUST team on etsy.
She is one talented lady!
If you have a look at her etsy shop you will see the breadth of her work - and she makes some pretty awesome silver jewellery.
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| By the Rivers of Babylon bracelet by wiccked |
Have a lovely weekend.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Anyone for Macrame?
Who remembers macrame?
Me me me!
I remember pot holders made of macrame (the hanging plant pot holders - not the ones you use to hot cooking pots!) and maybe belts - they were a very 70's thing weren't they?
Now macrame is making a come-back and I am especially liking macrame jewellery - it's bright and fun and funky, from simple little bracelets -
To amazingly complex creations incorporating gemstones and other beads -
I'm very taken by these sweet little czech glass earrings -
The possibilities for macrame jewellery seem endless!
Would you like to try it?
Here's a nice simple tutorial for a beaded bracelet - shamballa bracelet on youtube.
Or something a whole lot more complex - but very effective, by beading4perfection also on youtube.
There is a whole site dedicated to macrame patterns (of course there is!) - free macrame patterns.
I was just blown away by the number of different knots there are. It is fascinating.
Making jewellery using macrame is also called micro-macrame, because you use finer threads.
According to wikipedia macrame has been around since the13th century and was first of all used by Arab weavers to make decorative bits and bobs.
It was also a popular craft amongst sailors - something to do during all those long boring days at sea! They used to make hammocks with it, so that was pretty useful.
So - off I go to find some long bits of thread and knot, knot knot away!
Me me me!
I remember pot holders made of macrame (the hanging plant pot holders - not the ones you use to hot cooking pots!) and maybe belts - they were a very 70's thing weren't they?
Now macrame is making a come-back and I am especially liking macrame jewellery - it's bright and fun and funky, from simple little bracelets -
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| orange bracelet by alexandrajewelryshop |
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| irish knot bracelet by elwynjewelry |
To amazingly complex creations incorporating gemstones and other beads -
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| macrame necklace by mabutirit |
I'm very taken by these sweet little czech glass earrings -
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| beaded macrame earrings by glassdancer |
The possibilities for macrame jewellery seem endless!
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| blue bead macrame bracelet by spiritysol |
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| butterfly necklace by spiritysol |
Here's a nice simple tutorial for a beaded bracelet - shamballa bracelet on youtube.
Or something a whole lot more complex - but very effective, by beading4perfection also on youtube.
There is a whole site dedicated to macrame patterns (of course there is!) - free macrame patterns.
I was just blown away by the number of different knots there are. It is fascinating.
Making jewellery using macrame is also called micro-macrame, because you use finer threads.
According to wikipedia macrame has been around since the13th century and was first of all used by Arab weavers to make decorative bits and bobs.
It was also a popular craft amongst sailors - something to do during all those long boring days at sea! They used to make hammocks with it, so that was pretty useful.
So - off I go to find some long bits of thread and knot, knot knot away!
Friday, November 15, 2013
Suzanna Coombes - adventures in metal and stone. Friday Friends
I'm a big fan of the work of today's Friday Friend....I possibly own 3 of her rings and my daughter has earrings....and I could easily acquire more!
Not only that but she is a beautiful person.
Who are you and what do you do?
My names Suzanna Coombes, and I make jewellery from silver and semi - precious stones, some not so semi and some not so precious.
I also do some lapidary and stone carving. My work has a strong focus on Australian stones ranging from local sapphires, opals and quartz, to the lesser know jaspers, agates and chrysopraises.
Who or what inspire you?
Beautiful things; colours, shapes, and ideas. Nature. All of it. Seeds, ferns, flowers and symbolic motifs.
Your signature or favorite item?
At the moment into faceted stones the bigger the better.
Rings, love big bold rings.
What do you most enjoy doing?
Figuring out how to make them big bold rings and gardening.
What you would rather be doing?
Eating but its actually possible to do both at the same time.
(I like Sue's style!)
Where you see yourself in 5 years time?
Good question don’t know the answer.
How did you start along this road?
I always loved making things, anything really. In the 80`s I went to a Drop In for young unemployed youth in Rozelle. There was a guy there teaching silver jewellery making, so I joined in.
Starting with a few tools at home I soon realised I needed some help and a lot more tools so I ended up at Randwick TAFE for 2 years to studying Jewellery design.
After a 10 year gap spent designing clothing and fabric prints I eventually rediscovered my silversmithing and haven’t looked back.
5 words of advice for others?
Eat lots of green vegetables and have fun.
5 things you would say to other new artists/crafters/home businesses.
Stop doing the house work, go make.
Turn the phone off.
Make set times for facebook (including candy crush) and stick to it.
To see more of Sue's work visit her on-line shop over at metalandstone.etsy.com.
You can follow her on facebook https://www.facebook.com/suzannacoombesjewellery
Or if you are in the Blue Mountains you can see a selection of her designs at The Nook Leura.
Not only that but she is a beautiful person.
Who are you and what do you do?
My names Suzanna Coombes, and I make jewellery from silver and semi - precious stones, some not so semi and some not so precious.
I also do some lapidary and stone carving. My work has a strong focus on Australian stones ranging from local sapphires, opals and quartz, to the lesser know jaspers, agates and chrysopraises.
Who or what inspire you?
Beautiful things; colours, shapes, and ideas. Nature. All of it. Seeds, ferns, flowers and symbolic motifs.
Your signature or favorite item?
At the moment into faceted stones the bigger the better.
Rings, love big bold rings.
What do you most enjoy doing?
Figuring out how to make them big bold rings and gardening.
What you would rather be doing?
Eating but its actually possible to do both at the same time.
(I like Sue's style!)
Where you see yourself in 5 years time?
Good question don’t know the answer.
How did you start along this road?
I always loved making things, anything really. In the 80`s I went to a Drop In for young unemployed youth in Rozelle. There was a guy there teaching silver jewellery making, so I joined in.
Starting with a few tools at home I soon realised I needed some help and a lot more tools so I ended up at Randwick TAFE for 2 years to studying Jewellery design.
After a 10 year gap spent designing clothing and fabric prints I eventually rediscovered my silversmithing and haven’t looked back.
5 words of advice for others?
Eat lots of green vegetables and have fun.
5 things you would say to other new artists/crafters/home businesses.
Stop doing the house work, go make.
Turn the phone off.
Make set times for facebook (including candy crush) and stick to it.
To see more of Sue's work visit her on-line shop over at metalandstone.etsy.com.
You can follow her on facebook https://www.facebook.com/suzannacoombesjewellery
Or if you are in the Blue Mountains you can see a selection of her designs at The Nook Leura.
Monday, October 7, 2013
What I make - blogtoberfest 2013
Hello, my name is Tess and I am the designer, creator and chief cook and bottlewasher of planettreasures.
Just thought I would show you a few things that I make.
I am always making something different. I love a challenge!
You can see more here if you like - planettreasures.etsy.com and here madeit.com.au/planettreasures
Just thought I would show you a few things that I make.
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| earrings using Venetian glass |
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| Venetian glass earrings |
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| glass drop earrings |
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| fabric stud earrings |
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| chunky many treasures necklaces using a mix of gemstones |
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| longer mixed bead necklaces |
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| one of a kind necklaces |
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| I make pendants encased in glass or resin |
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| add charms for themed long necklaces |
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| brooches made from dominos |
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| sometimes I play with little glass seed beads and make bracelets |
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| memory wire bracelets with gemstones and pearls |
You can see more here if you like - planettreasures.etsy.com and here madeit.com.au/planettreasures
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Rocks and seeds - my creative space
I got my mojo going....so......
I got my rocks out!
And some seeds -
and here's what developed -
A series of simple long necklaces.
Look out for them soon in my etsy shop or at The Nook Leura.
I got my rocks out!
And some seeds -
and here's what developed -
A series of simple long necklaces.
Look out for them soon in my etsy shop or at The Nook Leura.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Owls and trees and a bit of seed beading - my creative space
I'm still finding inspiration from Beadfreaky's lovely little ceramic pendants.
I bought a few of them!
Here I combined an owl pendant with some nighttime themed components.
Some gorgeous rainbow moonstone beads, silver beads that look like birds nests. Contrast comes from the blue agate beads and labrodite beads and chips. I found some glass star beads to continue the theme and add some depth.
Here I used a tree pendant for a woodland theme - brass bird components plus some beads in the same tone family. A wonderful mookite beads, some rutilated rhodonite (the slightly pinky flat ones), a couple of green ceramic bead tubes, accented with the bright green howlite composite beads and a few unakite beads (the pink and green ones).
I used a small portion of chain at the back for lightness.
I'm pretty pleased with the way these turned out - but time will tell if anyone else is!
I also wanted to do a small project that I could do while the tennis is on (yes, it's Wimbledon time again).
I had an idea for some circle earrings - I guess it was making the large loopy ones awhile ago that kept the idea in my head. You can see them here.
I thought I'd have to use different size beads for this, but I really don't like the really little size 15 ones - and I don't have a great variety of this size anyway. But realised that I'd have to use them and some size 11's plus maybe size 8's in order to get the circle thing going.
Now I realise that I'm not inventing the wheel here and that there is probably a tutorial somewhere about how to make circles - so off to the interwebs I went - and I didn't have to look far.
If you haven't already found it, Interweave Press's Beading Daily site is a wonderful resource - there are many free downloadable projects as well as tips, technique tutes and all sorts of other grand stuff.
I happened to spot a beaded toggle clasp by Melinda Barta in the free peyote stitch projects ibook - that would tell me how to do it!
Sure enough it told me what I needed to know - bead sizes, number of stitches, number of rows - easy! So I could also concentrate on the tennis (Our Sam won and then our Bernie : D )
This is as far as I got last night and I think they might need to be a bit bigger, but I'll see what they look like when I finish.
How has your creative week been?
Do you have any favorite in-front-of-tv projects?
Joining in with My Creative Space at Village Voices on Kidspot - hop on over and have a look.
I bought a few of them!
Here I combined an owl pendant with some nighttime themed components.
Some gorgeous rainbow moonstone beads, silver beads that look like birds nests. Contrast comes from the blue agate beads and labrodite beads and chips. I found some glass star beads to continue the theme and add some depth.
Here I used a tree pendant for a woodland theme - brass bird components plus some beads in the same tone family. A wonderful mookite beads, some rutilated rhodonite (the slightly pinky flat ones), a couple of green ceramic bead tubes, accented with the bright green howlite composite beads and a few unakite beads (the pink and green ones).
I used a small portion of chain at the back for lightness.
I'm pretty pleased with the way these turned out - but time will tell if anyone else is!
I also wanted to do a small project that I could do while the tennis is on (yes, it's Wimbledon time again).
I had an idea for some circle earrings - I guess it was making the large loopy ones awhile ago that kept the idea in my head. You can see them here.
I thought I'd have to use different size beads for this, but I really don't like the really little size 15 ones - and I don't have a great variety of this size anyway. But realised that I'd have to use them and some size 11's plus maybe size 8's in order to get the circle thing going.
Now I realise that I'm not inventing the wheel here and that there is probably a tutorial somewhere about how to make circles - so off to the interwebs I went - and I didn't have to look far.
If you haven't already found it, Interweave Press's Beading Daily site is a wonderful resource - there are many free downloadable projects as well as tips, technique tutes and all sorts of other grand stuff.
I happened to spot a beaded toggle clasp by Melinda Barta in the free peyote stitch projects ibook - that would tell me how to do it!
Sure enough it told me what I needed to know - bead sizes, number of stitches, number of rows - easy! So I could also concentrate on the tennis (Our Sam won and then our Bernie : D )
This is as far as I got last night and I think they might need to be a bit bigger, but I'll see what they look like when I finish.
How has your creative week been?
Do you have any favorite in-front-of-tv projects?
Joining in with My Creative Space at Village Voices on Kidspot - hop on over and have a look.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Take some memory wire - my creative space
Take some memory wire - you know, that springy stuff like a slinky?
Add some silver tubes...
Or some rubber tubing...
Mix in some random beads...
Or some bright stone beads....
Or some freshwater pearls...
And what have you got?
A wonderful selection of easy-to-put-on bracelets!
What's in your creative space this week?
Hop on over to My Creative Space at Village Voices on Kidspot to see what others have been up to ...or to join in!
Add some silver tubes...
Or some rubber tubing...
Mix in some random beads...
Or some bright stone beads....
Or some freshwater pearls...
And what have you got?
A wonderful selection of easy-to-put-on bracelets!
What's in your creative space this week?
Hop on over to My Creative Space at Village Voices on Kidspot to see what others have been up to ...or to join in!
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