Yes, it’s that time again! Can you believe it?

I thought it would be a good idea to give people an idea of cut off dates for Christmas delivery from my handmade jewellery shop.

If your jewellery order is to be sent outside of Australia and New Zealand, you should place it by 16 December 2009 at the latest. The earlier you order overseas deliveries in particular, the more likely they will be to arrive in time for Christmas, so don’t delay.

Orders being sent by standard post to Australian addresses should be placed by 21 December 2009 at the latest to arrive by Christmas eve. However, the earlier you order standard post items, the better.

Items sent by Express Post to Australian addresses can be placed as late as the night of 22 December Australian EST, provided the address you are sending to is within a guaranteed next business day delivery area. Learn more.

Orders to New Zealand should be placed by 20 December at the latest.

If you place an order later than these times it will still be posted as quickly as possible.

Orders placed from Christmas onwards may be delayed due to public holidays, but I will still be sending orders out on business days as usual. They will continue to be sent from just outside of Sydney as I will not be going interstate for Christmas this year.

Note that dates listed above are based on Australian times.

Christmas pudding tokens

If you’re looking for my Christmas pudding tokens (an English tradition still celebrated in UK, along with Australia and some other places), you can find them in my international shop and in my Australian shop.

My blog has been down for days, but I’m finally able to let people know that my new range of handmade jewellery is now listed. Yippee!

There is likely to be a couple more pieces added soon, but the bulk of it is now for sale in my handmade jewellery shop.

I’ll share more about the range shortly.

I’ve finished more of my new range of handmade jewellery now. There are a few loose ends to tidy up but it’s pretty much ready for being photographed properly.

Until then here are some more ’sneak peek’ photos I took today.

I’ve been working hard on some new handmade jewellery designs. The new range is still being completed and then I need a sunny day to photograph it all properly.

But for now here is a sneak peek of some of the new jewellery pieces.

The new range is inspired by the nature all around me – both in my large and mostly English-style garden as well as in the beautiful wilderness of the national park which is almost on my doorstep.

The new designs feature plants such as banksias, poppies, mock-orange, coral heath, guinea flowers, wattle and more.

These are just some of the new jewellery pieces, mostly in a semi-completed state. I completed more of the range today and will keep working on it tomorrow.

Then there is all the photography and listing to do, but I hope to have the new range in my jewellery shop in the next week or so. Keep your eyes peeled!