Canny Ellen Jewellery

I'm not one for New Year's resolutions (I don't need that pressure!), but the start of a New Year is a good time to reflect on what has been achieved in the last orbit round the sun.

Like many of you, I am feeling the excitement of spring waking everything up, colliding with a hectic life...

...my dandelion mind has been whirring away again after another successful Yard Market craft fair in Dundee...

Can we finally dare to dream of warmer weather and turning the heating doon? It feels closer and just as far away in equal measures...

...life requirements are always plotting to derail my creativity - is it something you struggle with too?

Crafting silver is not just about bending metal and polishing it to shine; it's about weaving stories into the very fabric of the jewellery

...there is nothing quite as good as face-to-face human contact to market yourself...

...felt like going out for a walk in the sun however, walking up the stairs soon demonstrated that was a daft idea..

I've been focusing on the website for my parallel career of jewellery making and forgot about Craft Fairs...

I have been around the internet long enough to know SEO is a thing - implementing it (or REMEMBERING to implement) is another matter...

I have to confess, I am the absolute best at procrastination - I have been making pieces of jewellery for six months now, and I have lost...

The more I have taught myself the confident I have become, but I fell into a trap.....

Learning silver smithing has so many learning curves - filing and polishing is currently my steepest!

The ability to form, work, melt, bend, pickle, heat and repeat was a huge moment of realisation for me.