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What You need to Know About Bronze Jewellery

4/3/2025

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Golden Coloured Bronze Oak Leaf Pendant Necklace
Golden Bronze Oak Leaf Necklace
To celebrate 10 years in business, I created a special collection with bronze metal clay. This was my first time working with this medium. Keep reading to learn more about bronze jewellery and how to care for it.

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How To Spend 8 Days in Rome In The Winter

1/29/2025

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Outside walls of Rome Colosseum
Colosseum in Rome
I thought London, England was my favourite city to visit.  But you know what, I fell in love with Rome! I had spent a couple of days in Rome a few years back. I travelled there while I was recovering from food poisoning that I got at a Blue Jays game. I wasn't off to a great start.

But this time around! My family and I visited Rome after Christmas and spent our time in the city with a couple of day trips. One was to Florence and one to Orvieto.

How We Spent Our Time in Rome


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Things I Learned in 2024 About Applying to Craft Markets

1/9/2025

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Last year I was a vendor at 15 craft shows ranging from smaller indoor ones to larger outdoor ones.  
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Overtime I have learned a few things to improve my applications to craft shows. Today I wanted to share a few of them with you.
Craft Market Jewellery Display
Clay Tulips by C Holiday Market

5 Tips to Improve Success at Craft Markets and Your Applications


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Holiday Gift Guide 2024 - Made In Ontario

10/18/2024

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It's back! The 2024 edition is here. I have curated a list of 5 small businesses to shop from this year. All of these small shops handcraft their products. From one of a kind dog accessories and market bags, to cute crochet animals. Plus, beautifully scented soy wax candles, whimsical needle felt and more, please check out the following businesses.
sewing bags, dog bandanas, jewellery bag and embroidery
Dog Bandanas and Bows, Market Bags, Embroidery & More

5 Local Businesses to Shop from this Holiday Season


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Caring for your jewellery Chains!

9/17/2024

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broken silver polo chain necklace with knot
How to Prevent This From Happening!
Broken chains can happen! Perhaps you tug on the chain or clasp a little too hard and it breaks. You have a pet who jumps up on you and their paw catches the chain. Maybe you have a pendant that's way too heavy for the chain. Today I want to share with you ways to help so your chains last longer.

5 Reasons Your Jewellery Chains Are Breaking


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A Summer Adventure: Exploring London and Somerset, England!

7/14/2024

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Man of War Beach along English Channel in Dorset England
Man O' War Beach, Dorset, England
When you think of England, what comes to mind?  Royal palaces, museums, shopping, theatre and of course rain! But if you go in the summer months when it's warmer and less rainfall, you won't be disappointed.

In July, my family travelled to England to spend 10 days between London and the countryside of Somerset. Upon arrival, we picked up our car rental as we wanted to have the flexibility to discover quaint small towns and beautiful cliffs along the sea. Driving on the left side along narrow country roads  is not for the faint of heart. If you can easily drive in downtown Toronto then be confident you can do it there.

We began with 4 nights in the Somerset area and then 6 nights in downtown London (with a few side trips along the way). 

5 Awesome Reasons to Visit England in the Summer


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BTS of Handcrafting A Fine Silver Shell Necklace with an Authentic Pearl

5/5/2024

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Todos Santos Sign in Baja California Mexico
Todos Santos, Baja California Mexico
During March Break this year, my family and I visited Baja California, Mexico, where we discovered an old, quaint Pacific Coast town for the first time called Todos Santos. Known for its artistic charm, it is filled with galleries and unique  handmade jewellery stores.  

While in our tour group, we stopped in at a local jewellery shop call The Velvet Box Todos Santos. Here we had the opportunity to learn about the formation of pearls . To our delight, the session ended with a GIVEAWAY coincidentally on National Jewel Day. Much to our excitement, my son drew the lucky number and won a  12mm authentic pearl - which he gifted to me . 

Intrigued by how pearls are formed, I wanted to share this process with you. Keep reading to learn what unique piece of jewellery I crafted.

Handcrafting a Fine Silver Pearl Necklace


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Lost earrings & tangled necklaces! Here's what to do!

3/3/2024

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Silver 5 petal flower studs with brown alcohol ink painted centre
Floral Silver Studs with Painted Centre
Do you find yourself left with one earring and the other one lost? I am guilty of this. I have lost one of the earrings above multiple times and have luckily found it each time. If I have done the following, I would probably never have had to go looking for it!

4 Tips to Prevent You From Losing an Earring


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Costa Rica Should be on Your Bucket list for travel

2/4/2024

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If you are wondering if you should visit Costa Rica, stop wondering! PURA VIDA...that's their motto. It means "pure life"or "simple life". It's a way of life for Costa Ricans. They use it to say hello, goodbye, cool....we heard it a lot! 

Do you love wildlife? National parks and volcanoes? Latin American food? 4 different types of rainforests? Water activities?

​If you answer YES to any of these, then perhaps your next trip should be there.

5 Things to Experience When Travelling to Costa Rica


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Improving customer Shopping Experiences at Craft  markets

1/12/2024

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My first blog of 2024 is starting off with a behind the scenes look at my  in person markets from 2023. I had the opportunity to work with a group of McMaster University students last fall.

​Their project was to focus on a small business and find ways to improve some aspect of it. We decided to focus on customer experience when shopping at my market booth.

In person markets are where I generate the majority of my sales. I don't get a lot of clicks to my website. (Even though I receive a lot of spam emails from unknown addresses saying they can get me on page one of Google).  I am curious how  did they find me?

My social media engagement has declined overtime. So attending markets are very important for me.

The McMaster students did the following:
  1.  Interviewed me
  2.  Attended my markets in the fall
  3. Made observations and asked questions
They collected their data and they had three recommendations to help improve customer experience. 
Clay Tulips by C Table Set Up for Christmas Craft Show in Mississauga, Ontario
Clay Tulips by C Market Set Up - Mississauga Festival of Trees

3 Ways to Increase Customer Experience at In Person Craft Markets


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    I love nature and it inspires me to create sustainable, eco-friendly jewellery using recycled silver. I love helping people find that perfect gift of silver jewellery.

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