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Christmas Brooch Release TONIGHT 5th November 7pm AEDST Oh we are so so so close to the end of 2020 but before we say goodbye to a hot mess of a year we really should spend a little time trying our hardest to make it a little happier by wearing our Broochie Christmas love. Despite how much life stopped - especially here in Melbourne with our Stage 4 lockdown, I felt like this Christmas range was rushed and only because when I was supposed to be designing my Christmas range I was instead on the couch recovering and healing a...

Halloween Release 2020. **Monday 14th September 2020 - 7pm AEST** This years Halloween release is much much smaller than previous years. So much has happened and yet nothing has happened. I am located in Melbourne, Victoria and we have been in Stage 4 lockdown since June and this has had massive impacts to shipping. When I could design something on day 1, have it cut on day 2 and have it in my hands on day 3 it was so much easier. Now with lockdowns my laser cut pieces are taking up to 1 week to arrive to me. It's frustrating...

Who would have thought that a microscopic virus had the potential to cause so much distress in our world!  You had to have just crawled out of a cave to not know how the world is changing one day to the next. It was only 3 weeks ago we were watching people fight over toilet paper and now I have my whole family at home. Doing everything we can to avoid contracting Covid-19. A real life zoomed up pic of the Covid-19 bugs in a test tube*   The upcoming Boating with the Broochies event that was schedule for May...

Just like that it's already March!  I always feel like Summer, Christmas and the start of the New Year pass us in a flash but the middle of the year drags on so slowly. The good news is this coming May is the first Brooch event for Martinis and Slippers. We were in Brisbane last year for Brooch Lovers and had such a great time, the weather was perfect and catching up with so many familiar Broochies was so much fun. I'm truly blessed that I get to do it all again and this time with way more amazing makers and...

If you know me, you know I'm a sucker for Christmas! I love the food, I love the decorations (even the ones in the shopping centres), I love the music, I love the people who decorate their houses with fairy lights, I love the smell of the fresh tree we buy, I love the warmer weather. I love love love this time of the year. Creating Christmas brooches was another thing I love! I had so many cool ideas this year (well...every year!) but it really comes down to time. How much time I have to create the artwork and...