I am learning more and more everyday, and loving it. What I have found the most interesting is the vast, possibly endless amount of free information and advice that is available on-line, it’s amazing. There are so many helpful websites and blogs for me to refer to, I just have to find them! The links to links and tweets to links are constantly being updated, and I have spent more time on-line this last week than I ever imagined that I would (or could).
This very short post is my thankyou to everybody offering advice, answering questions and generally sharing ideas and advice just because they can.
For anyone that is new a newcomer to Social Media I would like to recommend any of the 30 Challenges offered by Nikki Pilkington, I have learnt so much in a short time from these well pitched and easily followed Challenges, an additional thanks to you Nikki.
This photo is of school girls eager to learn in Nepal, in my previous job we raised funds for two additional classrooms for this school in the Kathmandu valley, enabling village girls to continue their education without having to leave home.We are about to launch our Seba Dizajn Christmas shopping website and 5% of all sales will go towards purchasing school uniforms for village girls whose families are unable to afford the uniform.
Our shop is tiny, we have a small display window outside that showcases a few of our unique Seba designed pieces of jewellery. I often long for a great big window, both so that I can see out and so that passers by can look in and see that we create jewellery RIGHT HERE. It is so nice to have the chance to share our passion for filigree with visitors to Korcula and we have met some really lovely people here at Seba Dizajn. It is especially nice to see our young visitors enthralled as they watch jewellery being made – we have a few children wanting to stay long after Mum & Dad are ready to leave which is funny.
This morning we met a lovely group of Americans who were here on a chartered yacht trip, 20 friends sailing in Croatia for a week, understandably they were having a fantastic time. It was so nice to start my day chatting with them, this bracelet in our window display was what drew them into our shop;
Silver Filigree Bracelet by Seba Dizajn
It was nice to be able to explain some of the filigree techniques used in making the bracelet and for them to be able to watch something being made was a special experience.
Coincidently when I opened my email after this group had left I found a message from a customer that was here in June asking about a price for this same bracelet!
Please visit our facebook page, www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn if you are interested in seeing any more of our unique jewellery.
Today I am really happy to introduce you to, Sharon Howard who has contributed a piece about her favourite piece of jewellery. Sharon blogs too! You can find her own blog here, http://showard76.wordpress.com/
My favourite piece of Jewellery by Sharon Howard
To be honest I’ve never been the greatest jewellery fanatic. I know lots of women go crazy for jewellery and it’s usually a typical ‘good’ buy if you are trying to impress a girl, another way in which I’m just awkward I guess lol. I don’t own much jewellery; I have a few rings and necklaces and a bracelet.
The one thing I get through lots of though is earrings; I have a nasty habit I finding a pair I love and wearing them to death or loss, loss being more common! I also have a habit of buying a pair to suit a particular outfit and then not wearing them again.
But a favourite piece of jewellery is something I had never really thought about. I have several items that I wear for the majority of the time, but I think that’s more due to not being bothered to change for other items than them being favourites? I nearly always where my gold pentagram necklace, my gold ‘mum’ ring, my white gold Celtic style ring and of course my engagement ring. Of my earrings the pair my fiancée bought me last Christmas is the set I wear most of the time.
So, what is my favourite piece of jewellery and why?
Pentagram necklace - similar to mine
I guess really it must be the pentacle necklace. It is slightly unusual as most pentagrams are silver or ‘costume’ jewellery items; silver is most popular as it represents the moon in paganism. I found my gold one in a small independent jewellery store in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, about 4 years ago, and just had to have it. It represents my ‘erring towards paganism’ beliefs, although I am not actually a pagan. I suppose it also is quite a symbol of ‘me’ now as well, people identify me with it – unique, different.
It is also a good talking point, a conversation starter when I meet new people. For some, who recognise the symbol appropriately, it will trigger a conversation about paganism and views on the topic. For those who don’t recognise the symbol correctly it becomes a learning experience as I explain the difference between it and what they mistake it for; for example the most common mistake is for people to say “Oh, are you Jewish?” as they mistake it for a Star of David –
Star of David
which just shows how little they know as the five pointed pentagram is quite different from the six pointed Star of David the most shocking example of this is when I met Russell Tovey (who plays George in Being Human) his character wears a similar pendant in the show, but even he thought it was the Star of David! The other common mistake is to think I am a devil worshipper, as some people think it is a satanic pentagram, which always makes me laugh, fair enough it is the same symbol, but for so called devil worship it is placed upside down/inverted.
If you would like to share something about your favourite piece of jewellery we would love to hear from you, sebacroatia@yahoo.com
I have travelled reasonably extensively in the last 12+ years, often giggling at a silly sign, mis-translated restaurant menus etc. Sometimes a sign just makes me smile for no particular reason, or reminds me of a dear friend, the ‘Senzy Bakery’ in Kathmandu unsurprisingly reminded me of sweet friend Senz.
I wish I had taken more photos of these signs on route. Here are two of my favourites;
A warm welcome to Tracey Phillips of Bridal Designs: OUR FIRST GUEST BLOG POST!
At Bridal Designs we specialise in handcrafted bridal jewellery , it’s all made with Sterling silver and Swarovski crystal so will not only be beautiful on your wedding day but for the rest of your life, and to be handed down to future generations.
Our latest wedding jewellery collection is the ‘Adore’. Made with white Swarovski pearls and Swarovski crystal navettes it suits all styles of wedding from
vintage to contemporary.
The ‘Adore‘ collection is divided into two different parts, the original ‘Adore’ is larger in size to suit brides looking for a statement item of jewellery while ‘Adore Petite’ is a smaller version of the same designs for a more delicate look or for bridesmaids or flowergirls.
The trouble with just having photographs of jewellery on the website is that it can be quite difficult to pick up details and sizes so for the first time I decided to make a video of this collection to show you in close up…I hope you like it and our new collection!
For more information n the Bridal Designs collection head to;
