still to come...

Somehow the new year seems like the perfect time to plot & plan & set goals.

I have a whole list of goals & ideas for this year, but this is sort of the general outline:

~ keep creating & pushing myself to try new techniques & materials
~ better promote my etsy store (which is why I've signed up for this)
~ use my time better
~ do some fun stuff, just for me (like trying some embroidery & attempting to sew a skirt)
~ stay fit & healthy
~ be open to new opportunities & challenges, even (especially) if they're not on my list

...& hopefully I'll have lots of good things to post here :)

another view of the butterfly here.

that which has been...

2011 was a pretty good year, with lots of fun, happy times - getting featured in SA Life, seeing Wicked, finishing the City-to-Bay, taking photos, making some jewellery (including this necklace), spending nearly a week in Melbourne (still more posts to come!), attending Tim McCreight's workshop & catching up with some lovely fellow jewellers, getting some film developed (still have some other shots to share, too) - & some sadness too.

So, goodbye 2011 & hello 2012, I can't wait to see what this year brings.

just a few random photos...

I was thinking that I should post some sort of grand 2011-year-that-was blog post. Or 2012-year-that-will-be. And who knows, that might still happen. But for tonight you get some photos from my archive - naturey macro shots that I had taken & processed at some point (this year) & never done anything with. Just a random selection that caught my eye as I was scrolling through my photo folders.

& why? you might ask. Well mostly because I couldn't quite work out what such a post would look like...favourite blog posts, images, creations? a list of things that have happened/I've done this year?...as I said it might still happen, but I figure there's no rule it has to be before the end of the year (if there is I'm breaking it. so there.)

Oops, that's a lot of words for a post that was going to be mostly photos, so I'll just be quiet now...

wishlist wednesday

light & bright to welcome the new year...

Jewel Tone Bubble Necklace by TaylorsEclectic

 dahlia top by zelaya

daydreamer print by geishaphotography

 Red Bamboo Porcelain Earrings by MrsPetersonPottery

Organic denim wrap skirt by SimonesRoseBoutique

Merry Christmas!

Just wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, may yours be filled with wonderful 

people, laughter, food, fun & memories.

silver & patina...

Some fine silver (pmc) creations. Also playing a bit with patina.

this pendant with the orange cz was Amy's birthday present, I just borrowed it back to photograph.

the dark earrings & the pendant with gold on it are from the workshop I went to this year...a proper post to come on that, probably in the new year.

small beginnings...

also here