It's the middle of summer, weather permitting as always, and it feels like the perfect time for all things flowers, hence my favourite photo of my favourite flower (this week anyway!), a simple poppy.
The light shining through its delicate petals kind of sums up how fragile and fleeting summer can be, how we should enjoy it while we can... If you know anything about poppy flowers, you'll know how brief their life is, their paper-thin petals falling to the ground within days of blooming... but they're beautiful all the same.
Hope you enjoy the links I've collected from my travels on the web lately.
~jewellery links~
Easily made mistakes that are made when photographing your own jewellery. And how to avoid them.
This applies to any small business type set up, but also to selling jewellery - (deep breath) how to create a simple and streamlined order processing system. This is a long one so worth bookmarking and giving it time and thought.
How to get somewhere fast with your jewellery.
From horticultural supplies to faux gold jewellery - a how-to necklace in leaves.
More faux gold, more leaves, but this time with an owl as well. Seriously.
If you're doing any shows this summer then this list of different ways to display your wares may come in handy.
46 simple DIY jewellery makes. Enough to keep anyone busy through the holidays. Also nicely inspiring even if you're a dab hand. This is one of my favouites as the matt muted colours are just gorgeous...
A Folksy blog guide to customer service - not just for jewellers...
~non-jewellery links~
Paper-cutting as you've never seen it before.
Very scary images from the 70s as photographer Arthur Tress brings children's nightmares to life - I'm so glad he didn't do mine...
Speaking of photos, share your own images this August on Susannah's Summer Break
Have a coffee break to fill and fancy some ultimately pointless online quizzes? Check these out:
Can playbuzz website guess your age? Well, they failed to guess mine, but since they shaved well over a decade from my real number, I'm not complaining ;)
Which generation do you belong to? They got me right on this one...
If you were a classic children's book describes your life? I know, slightly unlikely question, but it turns out I'm Pat the Bunny. No, I've not heard of it either...
And another time-waster/article of irrelevance - famous people who look like historical famous people, or just historical unknown people...
Get your brain back into gear and discover why we like to name things we own or use.
Do enjoy and savour the rest of your summer...
