Posts Tagged: beaded jewelry

Change is good

So this beautiful trip I took across Canada in September was truly inspiring in many ways. As many of you know I picked up a dear friend who has been living in Kelowna for the past 12 years.  She made a decision to move back to Ontario for many GREAT reasons.  Still, she left behind… Read more »

Making it Just Right

As you all know most of August was taken up by moving into our NEW studio space.  We are all loving the new space and owning it makes it even more special. When we started packing boxes at the old place I felt so overwhelmed!  How am I ever going to get to unpacking?  How… Read more »

The How’s Don’t Matter

Do you ever over-analyze EVERYTHING???? I sure do!  I think it’s what makes us the smart, intelligent, powerful women that we are!  But when is enough? Enough? Dawn and I sat down a while ago and talked about how we were working the business and whether or not our “jobs” were in line with what… Read more »

New glam girls in Bruce Mines

Last week I headed out with my favourite traveling buddy, my Mom, and went to see all of my Northern Ontario customers!  Along the way Mom and I stayed in a little town outside of Sault Ste Marie called Bruce Mines.  We stayed at the Bavarian Inn, a quaint little motel right in the heart… Read more »

Movin’ on up!

Wooo Hoooo!!!!! We did it!!! Due to a lot of hard work and devoted fans, friends and family, we have been able to BUY our very own Studio Space. Over the last 12 years we have moved from a Bedroom Office to leasing various Garage/Basement/Office/Studio spaces, it’s so crazy to look back and see where… Read more »

What’s inside my jewelry box?

Hmmmmmm……a jewellery box you say?  Well I do have one but I can never find anything in it!  It gets messy fast!  Since is all about colour, I need to make sure that every morning when I get dressed I am perfectly accessorized in matching julz!  That means they need to be in clear view…. Read more »

One of A Kind

Woooo Hooooo!!!! What a great time we had at the One of A Kind Show this spring!  I am truly grateful for all of YOU!!!!!  Let’s face it, it’s been a loooooonnnggg winter and many of us have been feeling fed up and frustrated.  We were all so excited about the OOAK show here at… Read more »

Montreal

Let’s go back about a month……..so it’s one week before the One of A Kind Show…there is lot’s to do and I find myself hovering….”Wayne is the website up to date?…..what are you doing about our booth lighting?” “Dawn do we have enough julz?….have you made enough earrings to match all our necklaces?”……geeeezzzz even I’m… Read more »

Jeff Bartels

Well let me introduce you to another famous brother!  This is Dawn’s brother Jeff Bartels.  Many of you know how talented Dawn is with all of the beautiful julz she creates here at , well apparently that talent runs in the family. We had the pleasure of seeing Jeff at Studio 561 in  Toronto where… Read more »

Gobsmact

I am so excited to be writing this blog that I don’t quite know where to start.  I suppose I should start by saying that I am a VERY proud big sister!!!! Even though my brother is going to be 40 this year…..is it wrong for me to say that I am still a proud… Read more »