Ok I’m getting very exited now, my very first collection “Blooms” is almost due for release, this collection has taken me many month to develop, design, find and import the materials and produce, (this was in part due to my house move, but also due to the total lack of information available to design regarding releasing collections).
The collection is made up of necklaces, earring, rings, brooches, and jewellery set (featuring brooches, earrings and bobby pins on cards). Each design features an assortment of carefully selected vintage cabochons, findings and beads, in vibrant colours which invoke the sense “warmth” and “light” associated with summer time.
As the name suggest “blooms” a collection of flowers, roses and bird themed wearable art designs, each is unique and inspiring.
For some time now i have been collecting quirky Japanese and retro vintage fabrics. I would go to local trash and treasure markets every weekend when i lived in the city, there would usually be a couple of stalls that had random lengths of fabric, beautiful retro vintage design for 20 cents a pieces. Very soon i had a whole crate full of fabric pieces and not really sure what to do with them. Buy sheer luck one night on during one of my “late night online expeditions” i found a supplier of hand bag handles and purse frames. After s few trial designs my “Quirky Coin Purse” line was born. These were and instant hit and immediately picked up by a couple of my suppliers.
After many months....7 in fact we have finally moved into our new house, in a quiet little South Gippsland country town. One of the space rooms in the house has now been converted in a studio/workshop/office/storeroom/place for magic and wonder and creating. Complete with tacky old 1960’s floral wall paper and matching curtains?????...!! The carpet is old, worn and going to get replaced when i find the time, but the cute little window fill the room with many hours of glorious sunlight and the whole room as a sense of warmth and belonging to it.....it already feels like home.