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My Mums

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It’s 10:00am in New Zealand and midnight here in Korcula and I’ve just had a big chat with my Mum (she’s in NZ).  I love that technology allows us to keep in touch so easily, we were chatting on skype.  Mum is a pen and paper correspondant, and I love that as well, I have a great pile of her letters collected from the years I’ve been living away.

I miss my Mum, she’s great.  I have four older brothers, three lovely sister-in-laws and a bunch of great nieces and nephews.  None of whom I get to see often enough.  I’ve been living on the opposite side of the world to my family for 12 years now and missed a lot of family birthdays and other events.

Now I have a new family and a second mother, she’s great too.  Mrs Seba senior and I get along really well, I’m not sure how much of this is due to my serious lack of ability to speak any Albanish or Croatian?!! Smiles, hugs and nods go a long way, but not far enough.  There are so many things I wish I could say and share with her.

(Number 1 being how great her son is!)

The tourist season here in Korcula is a very short one and I plan to use the winter months to learn some more Croatian. Will keep you posted on my progess… so far my progress is Polako – slow.  I look forward to learning some language and cooking skills with my mother in law – I have managed to learn quite a lot of food words! Important things first.

However, it’s late and I am catching the 6am ferry to Split in the to meet a dear friend from Scotland who is visiting us and the sun.

I hope I learn to liven the blogs up soon!

Please let me know if there is anything you would like me to share or write about.

Best wishes

Ruth

Where can I find traditional filigree jewellery?

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SEBA Silver is a  fresh new business specialising in traditional filigree jewellery, my husband and his family have been practising the filigree art for over 500 years.  The Seba family pride themselves on creating stunning and original pieces of jewellery to be treasured for a lifetime.

Each piece is a labour of love and involves many hours of work.

If you would like to know more about the filigree tradition or our work leave your questions here and I will get back to you.  Or visit us at

www.sebasilver.com

or folllow us on facebook;

www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn

Can’t see what you are looking for?

Let us create a special something for you, send us your ideas and we can design something especially for you.

Cheers, Ruth

MORNING

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So, have just checked my email and see we have 3 blog followers, it’s a start… thanks for the support.  some quote about from small things big things grow springs to mind – can anyone remind me what it is?

or leave your favourite quote in the comment box below…

SEBA Silver quote for the day;

‘There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.’

– Lorraine Hansberry

ACTION

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ACTION and a CHALLENGE, liking the two in one approach.

I am very new at all this web business, SEO, etc and on a steep learning curve and loving it.  Our business is new and physical footfall is small, with more time than I would like on my hands I decided to create a facebook business page.  This page has become a great opportunity to share what Adolf & I have been doing with our friends and family who are not here in Korcula.

When we arrived back in Croatia 4 months ago our shop was a bar, negotiations on rent and other paper work ensured and here we are SEBA Dizajn. 

Our aim in opening this business was to have a space where Adolf can work and show anyone that is interested the work that is involved in creating filigree jewellery.  We wish to share our passion for this fine art and keep the filigree tradition alive.  Today there are very few people with the skills, training, expertise or patience that we are able to share.

 The SEBA family have been working as jewellers for over 500 years, there are many stories that I hope to share with you about the history and traditions of filigree. 

Please follow the link below & hit the LIKE button to learn more about us and the SEBA DIZAJN story.

www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn

hvala!

Hello world!

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3, 2, 1 – LAUNCH

Brand new blogger reporting in, brand new business to promote and lots of dreams and goals to share.

Our business SEBA Dizajn is located on the island of Korcula, in the south of Croatia.  We are excited to be sharing traditional filigree jewellery skills with customers here and everywhere.   At the same time we are happy to be showcasing the work of other Croatian Artisans and supporting commmunity development in NEPAL through our small Fair Trade range of products.

I have recently joined Nikki Pilkington’s 30 Day Blog Challenge and hope to that blogging skills will improve with her help.  I look forward to sharing our journey with you and would love to hear any feedback on our story.