Today I took some photographs in my garden – part of researching for new jewellery designs, but also just because the flowers are so beautiful now that spring is in full swing. So I thought I’d share some of them.

Not sure which – if any – will make it into new handmade jewellery pieces, but you never know! The garden here is certainly inspiring, but so is the national park at the end of my street, where I go walking regularly. I’ve been taking plenty of photos of plants in there too.

You can find more on my Flickr.

I have *finally* (pretty much!) finished a very large and complex web project this week. It’s something I’ve been working on directly since August, but it’s actually been in the pipeline and being talked about and nutted out for over three years now!

In recent weeks I’ve been spending almost every waking moment on the task – with one working day going for over 30 hours straight! As you might imagine, I’m exhausted. Plus I’m extremely behind with almost everything else in my life, having kept up with little else but some sleeping, some eating and getting jewellery orders out for several weeks.

So if I’m overdue sending you an email or a convo right now, this is why!

There are a few loose ends to tidy up on the project, but I’m already starting to catch up on the rest of my life.

And shortly I will finally be able to dive into preparations for the holiday season, which I hope to be a successful one for my handmade jewellery business, given that this will be my first Christmas of being fully self-employed.

If you’re interested in seeing what I’ve been working so hard on, you can find it here: www.ethics.org.au. If you’re familiar with the site, it will probably not look much different to how it did before the new site was sent live. But under the hood it’s been completely overhauled and turned into a dynamic site with much more and much better functionality.