Australian Beading magazine

What a whirlwind weekend!  Managed to help the hubby renovate the bathroom (tiling, grouting etc – what a messy business that is!) and still made quite a few new designs that I uploaded onto the website last night – no wonder I’m feeling abit jaded today
What really made my weekend though (apart from [...]

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Thursday already? What happened to Monday…?

I don’t know where this week has gotten to…seems like yesterday it was Monday???
I’ve had a busy week.  Altering a bracelet for Carol (always a pleasure to help!), staying home with Cam on Tuesday as he was not well (very high fever) and making up a custom necklace for Sue, which I’m really happy with, yesterday.  And [...]

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Valentines Day preparation

True to my word, I’ve started to prepare for Valentines Day this week.  I just hope there are a few diligent males out there (my husband included – if you’re reading this sweetie, luff ya!) who realise that getting their amour something small and gorgeous for Valentines Day scores them MEGA brownie points!
Of course, if [...]

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SRAJD – Member No. 1332

Wow!  I’m so excited!  I have finally received my logo from Laura Bracken (co-ordinator at www.srajd.com) – I am now proudly displaying it on my website, and I’m member number 1332  
For those that don’t know, SRAJD stands for “Self-Representing Artist: Jewelry Designer”.  I am so proud!  To be in the company of other [...]

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What was I thinking??

Well, I sat down in front of the TV last night and just felt like having a play with my work in progress basket.  There was a good movie on tv (“Jarhead” – awesome!) and hubby and the kids were long in bed (he’s an early-to-bedder, I’m a night owl!). 
So, I finished the pink charm [...]

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Work in progress

Here I am again…twice in one week, I wonder if I can keep this up?!
Below are a couple of pics of items I am currently working on.  The first is a cuff bracelet – antiqued silver, with loads of holes through it that I am using to individually wire on lots of different types of [...]

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Wow, my very first blog… :)

I’m not sure how often this blog will be updated, but I’ll do my best, I promise!
Pallina Designs (I am based in New Zealand) has been going for almost 3 years now – my one of a kind jewellery has morphed into one of a kind boutique handbags and who knows what’s next…! 
With a great client [...]

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