Cut off for online orders is 12 noon, Monday 19th December.
Our last shopping day this year will be Wednesday 21st December when we will be open until 12 noon.
We’ll be back on Tuesday 17th January, 2012.
Customers may continue to place orders online and these will be sent out as soon as possible upon our return.
Baroque Art Gilders Paste is used to colour and rejuvenate wood, metal, wax, ceramics and much more. Accentuate the best bits with this waxy medium, a concentration of wax, resin and pigment. Read the rest of this entry »
Believe it or not, this ingenious little tool is actually called Ring for opening/closing jump rings. Not very imaginative, but certainly descriptive.
Dear Customers,
While Robyn is on a two week holiday, the shop will open from 9am until 2pm, except on Mondays when Rachel will be here until 5pm.
So: Monday 9am to 5pm; and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 2pm until Friday 21st October.
Normal hours will resume on Monday, October 24, 2011.
I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience while we are short staffed.
Carmen
I can hardly believe it’s been a year since I began my series on birthstones, and now it is time for the last one – in this set, anyway.
The versatile mineral corundum comes in many colours, all of which, except for red, are known as sapphires; red corundum is, of course, ruby. So those of September birth can choose almost any colour they like, but the most popular by far is deep blue. Read the rest of this entry »
Fantastic if you want to add a personal touch to jewellery elements, punches come in all sorts of designs, including upper and lower case letters, numbers, flowers, hearts, and stars. Read the rest of this entry »
A curious myth surrounds the peridot; it is believed to glow at nightfall. I wonder if it really does posses this ghostly quality. Has anyone ever observed a peridot in the early evening? Was it phosphorescent? Read the rest of this entry »
Words that describe one of our favourite customers, Rhonda Lenton, include cheerful, colourful, creative and friendly.
And we couldn’t be more delighted to tell you that Rhonda came THIRD in the Wiring Category of the Jewellery Makers section at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, earlier this year!
Congratulations Rhonda!
Rich, red and radiant with an inner fire, the ruby represents love and passion and is the birthstone associated with the month of July. Prized for its warm, glowing colour since the earliest of times it has been the world’s most valuable gem for thousands of years. Read the rest of this entry »
Constant friction with hard or sharp metal findings like jump rings and clasps can cause excessive or premature wear in the threading material of your jewellery. Wire guards and french wire are both designed to help prevent this, whether the stringing you use is wire, cord or silk thread.
But what is the difference between these two protectors?
