Gorgeous jewellery - Something for Mum with a personal touch and made with love
23 April 2009
I've always valued my individualism and have had a great deal of fun exploring my creativity in recent years..a bit of a rebirth of sorts really.
It seems I'm not alone. Many women I know in my lifestage (post intense paid career, dedicated mum (paid in kisses not dollars) and now, re-establishing a sense of self) are tapping into their creative reservoirs and loving it.
When you couple social networking with creativity, something very powerful happens. You link, join, follow, post...one thing leads to another, leads to another...and before you know it, you've found something really inspiring, interesting and gorgeous (all 3 in one if you're having a really good day).
It's the 'hand made, made with extra love' phenomenon that is feverishly taking the world by storm...or maybe, it's always been that way, the internet just makes it more accessible and those that do make their products with love, have a place to come together and showcase it to the world. Maybe too, now that I'm in this space more and more and I'm looking for it...who would know?
Here are a few of sites that showcase the talents of women (and men I'm sure) who 'hand made, made with extra love':
- Etsy - a site with enormous following based in the USA
- Made it- 100% Aussie made and independent products
- Skout Tradefair - started by the lovely Lou - the place to be seen if you buy, sell, show, design, represent, write about or even photograph fabulous kids, baby & yummy mummy products!
- Made By Miffy - a great Aussie site for gorgeous girls frocks, boys boardies, work of art aprons and more.
And then I found....Love Stamp. Love Stamp...share the love. Just fabulous!
The girls and I have always thought that this kind of personalised jewellery was special. I think it appeals to the mother in us perhaps, or the woman who is over 'labels' and superficial pursuits, and values meaning itself more and more.
In the true spirit of sharing, something we women are exceptionally good at, here is a link to Jo's store. Have a browse around.
With Mother's Day just around the corner, it could be just what you are looking for either for your mum or to hint at strongly for yourself!
Jo's running a competition at the moment too...very handy. No, I'm not blogging to win. I have admired Jo's work for a while and we've exchanged a few emails. Today, one thing lead to another, lead to another and so I finally did something about telling you all about it.
Enjoy your find!
Until next time.
H.G.
xx
Related Link: Love Stamp jewellery by Jo
