Inspiration for my work, both painting and jewelry making, comes rather sporadically sometimes and is often in stops and starts. After a few troubles in my life recently this certainly has been the case. So after reading an article in the recent UK Coast Magazine I have been inspired to write about it and to [...]
As many of you readers have probably noticed from my many Artfire posts, I am in the process of moving house. My studio is half packed, half unbelieveably messy and stacked full of boxes. I do however, have a small space on my desk with the essential tools for my jewelry making so all is [...]
I am proud to bring you the news that I have been invited to sell my work on Not Mass Produced! They are a UK based website dedicated to promoting hand made products from local artisans in the UK and Europe and strongly believe in environmentally friendly products, reducing our carbon footprint and keeping traditional [...]
Wowee what a hectic day! I have been trying to juggle my day job as well as organise myself with jewelry/artfire marlarky. I have a list of things to do longer than an A4 page… I am on the hunt for a mac compatible bookeeping program. Inevitably, after posting this to my Twitter I have [...]
I have not been doing this craft selling for long, so I am by no means an expert. However, after having been on Etsy and ArtFire for just over a month now I would like to share 10 of the key things I have learned in this steep learning curve when you first start out…