We Come in Peace...

Is it just me, or does this strange little fellow look rather other-worldly?





We found him exploring a can of spray adhesive in the backyard late one afternoon, and I think he may have made our asparagus fern his new home. No problem, Mr Caterpillar.

Isla was a little unsure though.

Lovely, lovely Lucy.

One of the other major things that happened over the long weekend was that Sparky's sister and I had an impromptu photoshoot, which was lots of fun. I needed some shots of my jewellery on a human person to use as display shots at markets, trade shows etc and this is what we came up with:







What is lacking in creativity was made up for in beer...

I'm so happy with the way the shots came out, particularly considering there was next to no preparation, the model was sick and it was raining. Despite that though, it was lots of fun! (Partly because the boys were all inside cooking up salt and pepper squid and seafood laksa - DEEEEELISH!)

Positively Medieval.

So I have *just* figured out how to get photos from my camera to my computer. It's really not very difficult at all. At. All. It's quite embarrassing really.

Anyhoo, this grand discovery means that I can now inundate you with photos of Isla. 'Hurrah', I hear you say. Hurrah indeed!





As you can see, she's just about the cutest kid ever.

The End.



Of course, I'm only joking. She clearly is THE cutest kid ever.

Biased parental opinions aside, I have quite a lot of work to do today, including a very large gluing session, followed by an immensely huge trimming session. If time permits, I'd then like to undertake the mother-of-all pours. But time will not permit, because time is a bitch.

Speaking of time, I told myself I had until 7:30am to faff about doing my computery business and it is now 7:26am. I still need to check Twitter and have a quick read of The Sartorialist (who I saw in action at RAFW, and lordy, a pair of bluer eyes I have never seen), Dooce and The Black Apple, so I shall be off.

Hope you have a fabulous day!!

x

Pressy McPressface

While I was away at fashion week the Courier Mail's 9 to 5 magazine featured my new Elements necklaces! Exciting, no?

It was my first "real" media feature and it made me very happy. Sparky had sent out media releases for me and this was the first response that actually made it to print (so far).



My grand plan to take over the world includes sending a parcel of Trove goodness to each and every relevant magazine, newspaper and media outlet, so I hope the feature pleasure continues!

This week though I am focusing on my upcoming launch party, which should be a lot of fun. We've invited around 100 people (mostly loyal customers from the local area) and I hope to launch the Elements range with the help of some lovely champagne and a few orders.



These are some of the beautiful shots I had taken at my first professional photo shoot, just before fashion week. Ads, the photographer, did such a fabulous job considering he had over 80 shots to take in just a few hours and we had to contend with two little bubs (his son was born the same day as Miss Isla).





Speaking of the gorgeous Miss Isla, I'd love to post some more photos of her (she's changed so so much) but I'm having camera-to-computer relationship difficulties so I'm unable. But hopefully I'll be getting a new computer soon (iMac - whoop!) and I can shower you with photos!! Aren't you excited??

Best be off. Coffee to drink, work to do.

xx

Grey Days and Cardigans.

I am officially loving this change in weather. Normally it would really be depressing to me but seeing as I'm currently the size of a bus, feeling every degree of heat and the fact that we've had 2 weeks of excessive heat, I am relishing in the fact that I'm currently wearing a cardigan. CARDIGAN!! Can you believe it?!

As such, I love this cardigan from Branch Handmade.



Aaaanyway, I've been rather busy retaking some of my product photos, but I'm just not sold on them. Would love some opinions on them. I'll give some before and afters.

The Stork Necklace - BEFORE


The Stork Necklace - AFTER


Life Aquatic Necklace - BEFORE


Life Aquatic Necklace - AFTER


Joli Rose Necklace - BEFORE


Joli Rose Necklace - AFTER


Jumeau Necklace - BEFORE


Jumeau Necklace - AFTER


I think I really like them, but that could just be because I've spent the past 18 months with the all-white photo style and it feels a little stale. Let me know what you think...

In other news, I really think that The Arcade Fire should do a cover of Elvis' Suspicious Minds.

That is all.

xx