It’s been such a busy year with lots of new designs taking shape and being launched at the AGHA Gift Fair. I hope you’ll join us and other stockists in Melbourne 3-7th August at the MCEC as over 20 new designs are launched at the Creatively Belle stand 1413 in the Gift Zone near Door […]
As an animal lover I know how important our furry family members are and the impact it has on all of us when we have to say goodbye to someone we love so dearly. I had to say goodbye to Shelly the Studio Supervisor cat last year and receiving beautiful sympathy cards made such a […]
I’m excited to announce that Creatively Belle will be exhibiting at the AGHA Gift Fair at Homebush 23rd – 26th February so please come join us at stand 4B8. We will have our range of porcelain necklaces and brooches as well as the full greeting card range available to order from. Stockists Existing stockists and new […]
Well 2018 was one of those whirl wind years and while I did my best to keep up, some things simply got past me, including this blog. The biggest was the passing of family members, including my treasured and beloved dad. Thankfully he had a peaceful passing in itself and it came after a relatively […]
To make life easy I’ve come up with over 101 messages, sayings and quotes to go in greeting cards to help make it easier to find the right sort of words at the right time. Click here for a great selection of messages, sayings and quotes to inspire you. Types of Greeting Card Messages Birthday […]
I always find road trips great for clearing the cobwebs, something about being out on the open roads with rolling paddocks either side of the highway that opens the creative pathways for me. So within a week of returning from my journey to the Tasmanian Craft Fair I was back to designing more cards. While […]
While there’s been a heap of talk about Amazon coming to Australia and shaking up the local retail environment I’ve set to questioning what this might mean for me and my fellow small business stockists? Is it Doom and Gloom or Opportunity? Will it mean we lose our businesses? Is it all doom and gloom? […]
I’ve always loved going on adventures and taking my hiking camera – well that’s the name I’ve given my favourite digital camera with it’s zoom lense and compact size – with me. So a series of my favourite photographs of Australian animals are now featured on my greeting cards and are doing really well. A […]
Every year I find August and September to be super busy with the need to be transforming clay into porcelain and every year I think I really should be more organised with this earlier in the year! And this year is no exception as I’ve been knocked sideways with that stupid flu/bug that saps energy […]
On International Women’s Day this year I went to the NSW State Library to find my first female ancestor to arrive in Australia. Little did I know when I was tearing up seeing her name in the Convict lists that I was also contracting the family history research bug. I’m thinking it is one I’ll […]
Having taken the flying leap into becoming a small, independent stationery publisher I decided that growing the collection of greeting card ranges bit by bit was the best way to make sure it all happen. It’s making for exciting days as I keep taking the next step and this new mini collection is bringing to […]
For years now the Creatively Belle studio has had a very diligent supervisor, one who makes sure that work is done, especially if there’s a chance to be in the middle of it, and attention is paid to the finer details. Her name is Shelly, the beautiful tortoiseshell (or calico, if you’re in the USA) […]
