I have been very busy lately working on my new website. As my old camera couldn’t cope with taking any more product shots it was time to upgrade and get a new one, a Canon Powershot SX 20 IS. It’s a great camera – it has 20x Zoom and a macro and is the next [...]
Jun
01
Slight change of blog focus
I haven’t posted for a while because I am currently busy setting up my online jewellery business www.helenkawhitedesign.co.uk, which is quite a daunting task. Creating jewellery is the fun part, but the administration, pricing, photographing and setting it all up is not so much fun. I am hoping to launch by the end of July, [...]
Jan
07
What good are New Year’s resolutions?
..when you can’t fulfil them. Every New Year’s Eve the same thing – you think about the past year and resolutions for the coming year. Usually these are things like giving up smoking/drinking/chocolate etc. or things you want to learn/achieve or change. It’s mainly about self-improvement. You start with the best intentions and come March it [...]
May
19
“Aura” jewellery exhibition in Swansea
Last Saturday we went to the refurbished Norwegian Church at the Waterfront Development in Swansea to view an exhibition of jewellers from Wales, Yorkshire and Germany. A friend of ours, Mari Thomas, is a well-known jeweller in Wales and has started her business with her friend Nicola Palterman three years ago( www.paltermanandthomas.com) and they have [...]
Helen's Paws for Thought
- Bobby in a box September 6, 2010Our cat is incredibly nosey and likes small boxes – she even sleeps in them. I thought I share a few photos of her which we took a couple of weeks ago. […]helen
- New layout for my blog September 6, 2010I decided it’s time to change the blog’s theme and layout and I hope you like it. I always wanted to incorporate Bobby’s paw into my blog’s header and thanks to this new theme I found I was able to. I am still working on my new website -hence the lack of blog entries lately. […]helen
- Ukuleles August 2, 2010I am not normally a trendy person, but in March I ordered an Ohana Ukulele from Music Is Life http://www.musicislife.co.uk/ (also called the Southern Ukulele Store on Ebay) which finally arrived a few weeks ago. Ukuleles are very popular at the moment – even the Guardian has dedicated an article to a Ukulele teacher in […]helen