I will spend the next week getting my studio in order for a busy 2014! I have some ideas for a new range and hope to present new pieces at an exhibition early in the new year. I have some exciting new ideas for exhibitions next year - details to follow ; ) watch this space!
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have played a role in getting my business off to such a great start this year! I have been so extremely blessed and give all the glory to God. He is good and so so faithful! A few months ago, I read somewhere, that the essential purpose of business, is to bring glory to God. I pray that that would always be my vision!
I have been blown away by the amazing support of friends and surprised by the positive reaction to my jewellery in Namibia! Whether you are wearing numerous items of my jewellery, have spoilt your wife or girlfriend to one of my pieces, visited my exhibitions and markets or enthusiastically followed my blog (...dankie papa!), THANK YOU.
The biggest thank you goes to my husband. This business is definitely a partnership! When I was just starting out, he would encourage me every evening when he got home by looking at my days work and getting excited with me for each and every item sold. He would spend evenings building display cases and coming up with new ideas for the business. Excel sheet upon excel sheet he designed for his technologically challenged wife...
2014 will be a year filled with exciting new adventures! I hope to keep you all interested for another awesome year with beautiful jewellery and exciting new ideas and projects. I will also finally have a room all to myself, just for my studio! No guests sleeping on the sleeper couch next to the acid pot ; )... just a side note: To all our friends and family who spent a night in the studio: whilst the sleeper couch might have felt like you were sleeping on a wooden floor, I think each one of you have been sprinkled with some 9ct gold dust! Count yourselves very special.
My work for the year is finally done and now I can dust off my files, do some final Christmas shopping, pack my bags for Mozambique and give my workshop assistant some TLC before he heads off for a month long holiday at the doggy lodge.
Friends in Swakopmund, I will be exhibiting at Oscar & Olive form 09h00 till 12h00. Come and pop in for a hello and some Christmas shopping! Final opportunity for my work to be on display for 2013.
Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and New Year! May the festive season refresh you and have you excited and ready for what 2014 holds! May you cherish the time with friends and family, and not take any moment for granted.
Here are some final pieces.
Wedding bands for a beautiful couple. Can't wait for their wedding!
18ct Rose gold and Blue Sapphire. This one took a lot of thought, for a very special aunt of mine.
Wedding bands to match.
Africa.
Daisy daisy...
A very special piece for a daughter.
Gold jewellery for a busy mom!
A BIG THANK YOU to the best assistant I could have ever asked for. Helping out at every market in the past month. Ek waardeer jou hulp so baie. Jy inspireer my met al jou mooie idees!
Happy holidays. Till next year. x
