New Designs for Spring and Summer 2013

We have been busy with some new designs for Spring and Summer 2013 - this one is called the double multi-coloured.  Here is a sneak preview of the design in progress.  We have discovered that they are harder to produce than we first anticipated as the beads have to "work" both in size and colour over two strands...it has been a very interesting experience.  Let us know via email if you would like to attend our showing in Melbourne next week.

 

 

Delicate Beads add Spring to Vintage Pearls

This week we are drawing inspiration from our Vintage Pearls for a fresh look for Spring.  Most of us have a pearl necklace that is waiting to be redesigned into a new piece. 

We love incorporating different beads into our designs to bring a new career

 to that gorgeous string of pearls. 

Do you have pearls longing for a revamp in your jewellery box?

 

 

Draw some inspiration from our favourite books and let us know

if you would like to have a piece redesigned...

 

 

 

NeckSpice in Melbourne

Today I was wearing one of the new Clove designs (from the Winter range)

however as I was standing in my garden I noticed that Winter had morphed into

Spring, and it caught me a bit by surprise...whilst Jane and I have started planning the

Spring collection we are still happy to wear and enjoy the Winter pieces for a few days yet!

 

 

New Baby in Our Lives

A new baby has entered the NeckSpice circle ... a friend has had a much anticipated little girl. 

We thought that we would celebrate with a gift for the baby

 and something from NeckSpice for MUM. 

Dad will have to make do with champagne! 

 

Colourful Winter

There is always a space for grey and black in one's Winter wardrobe but with the happy news of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby we thought we would knit a
Colourful Winter. 

 

 Here are our NeckSpice creations in a very striking green and deep magenta with coordinated hippie beads and a bracelet from our Peaceful collection.  Tania and I are not so good at knitting booties so we will keep designing scarfs for now...

 

 

NeckSpice in the Life's Little Treasures Foundation video

Life's Little Treasures Foundation recently launched its exciting new promotional video. We are so proud to be associated with this marvellous charity.  Please have a look at the video and see how LLTF is making a difference to the lives of premature babies and their families.

We were thrilled that Parool Shah Harrington (president of LLTF) chose to wear her NeckSpice pieces (from the Hippie range) for the LLTF video.  The production of this video was made possible thanks to the amazing generosity and skilled services of Keith Webb, Director of Image Control. Keith has 30 years experience in video production and brings commercials, corporate communications and documentaries to life.   To see the LLTF video visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYnFPPOKVY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

What does one do on a cold wet Melbourne day?

Make necklaces of course...and drink 3 cups of tea...and have 3 squares of chocolate...and a cupcake...to celebrate a girlfriends' daughter's birthday...and ignore all the household and administrative chores for the whole day...

 

and fiddle around photographing my new creation

 in various different areas with different light...

 



 

 

and put off cooking dinner

 (I may delegate that to another family member)

 because I am now excited about designing another necklace...  

 

 

and photographing it...and I can sense another design

bubbling away in my brain...I will have to

delegate all other household activities to... hubby and the kids...

there is no other solution!!

 

Note to self: Must remember to tell Jane

 how good designing is when

no chores are taking up any brain space

She is SPECIAL ... let her know

Mums Grandmothers Yiayias Mothers Grannies 

they all deserve a tribute for being the financial wizard, gardener with special skills relating to flowering and citrus trees, tutor (often in multiple languages and subjects), caregiver, go to girl in medical emergencies, cuddle distributor, bus/taxi/van/small car/ big car/ various-coloured car driver and navigator, food ingredient coordinator, chef with food entertainment skills, IT manager, mobile phone APP store director, cinematic and electronic device censorship board member, sports activity fundraiser, hairdresser, couture costume coordinator working within limited time and financial resource allocation project, internal and external chemical colour application specialist sometimes referred to as painter ... there is a necklace in our range for each of these wonderful women. 

 Hope that all these amazing women have a great day on the 12th of May.

 

Blessings of the Season

We wish all our readers and customers a wonderful Christmas

filled with the blessings of the season.  Here are some of the beautiful necklaces that Jane has designed for Christmas - you will see her and myself wearing them as we spread some NeckSpice cheer amongst our family and friends. 

May the angels, elves and reindeers sprinkle their magic

throughout your homes.  We look forward to seeing all of you in 2013

for more cups of tea while we chat about fashion and of course our passion...beads.

 

 

End of Year Gifts

This year some of our friends found that their children had multiple teachers (as they have entered the Senior school phase where there is not one classroom teacher but a specialist for each subject).  They wanted to give a small but unique gift to each of these fabulous women.  This is one of those pieces that left the NeckSpice design lab this week to be presented to one of the many wonderful teachers that inspire, guide, challenge and nurture the next generation.