Creatively Belle
Handmade Artist Ceramic Jewellery and Greeting Cards and Wall Art Print Stationery Made with Love Made in Sydney
Finding that right balance between indulgence and meaning can be a bit tricky with Easter and all that chocolate. I love the traditions many have of giving a mixture of chocolate with lasting treasures, little presents that come to symbolise the family time shared over Easter. So to help with your own Easter present hunt […]
I love colour and patterns and you’ll find this is reflected in the range of options available for the Every Day Treasures collection. I’ve learned a lot from my creative business over the years, both at markets and fairs and here online, and one of the most important things with handmade jewellery collections is how […]
When I started my own creative business I knew there was a great deal to learn but I didn’t understand just how varied this could be or the colourful combinations of common threads running through it all. But by bit the journey through each lesson has changed my business, made it viable and 17 years on […]
Making my living from what I craft is something I love but it certainly isn’t always easy. I sell my work every week at market and have learnt that a lot of my success comes down to my attitude, how I feel on the day. 5 Tips for Selling So I’ve had to learn a few […]
Like most makers my creative muse calls to be expressed in many ways and sewing, quilting and needlework are some of my favourite outlets. So when I read my Opendrawer email about celebrating Hari-Kuyo, the 400 year old Japanese Festival of Broken Needles my heart took a little leap of delight. It is a festival to […]
Being featured in one of your favourite creative magazines is turning into one of the highlights of my year, especially as I’ve been able to share it with my mum during a really difficult time with my much treasured dad going through serious surgery. My mum, Helen Stinson, is a very talented creative woman who […]
When I first started working in porcelain to make my ceramic jewellery I was stunned that some pieces would come out of the kiln with a curve in them when they had gone in flat and were sitting on a flat surface. I didn’t understand how that had happened and while I was told it […]
I’ve always been a sensory creature; where the touch and feel of something matters a great deal. It’s the same with sound, taste, vision and smell. I’d rather do without than have lots of something crap. I can also have an overly strong reaction or response to something, my mum would say as a child […]
After a lot of thought (maybe a bit too much), an unwarranted amount of procrastination, and too much time, the Creatively Belle blog is coming back to life. In a nutshell I found the back end of a Word Press blog uncomfortable to work with, a technical gremlin moved into the website with the product […]
