Two weeks back now. Love to say that I've settled back into the flow but frankly it's felt more like being thrown into the rapids ! Perhaps it's the Two year in full swing now. Everyone around me is going through life changes, mostly positive ones they've been wanting to achieve for a while. All the shifts in the shop have changed along with that so I've been putting a few shifts on the shop floor as well, where I've noticed one positive change in myself. In the last few years where I was full time IN the shop I'd really begun to develop the character of John Cleese in Fawlty Towers ! Happi...
I've been back since Saturday and caught up with 5 weeks accounts just in time for UPS to deliver all the goodies today. Already everything is priced and bagged according to Stone. It will take a long time to measure photograph upload and describe each piece ~ so as always, for those of you who can get in to the shop there's a 10% discount for these beauties. Just ask at the desk if you can see the new stuff.
Already out on the shelves we have lovely specimens of Amber, Kunzite, Red and Blue Spinel, Lazulite, Epidote Quartz, Emerald with Pyrites and Aquamarine.
For those special customers w...
Wow. Always a bit of a let down when the Gem Show ends. The party's over. But hey I picked up a lot of beautiful gems :-) Over the last 3 days I've been glued to my computer pricing everything and realise I spent more than usual because prices creep up each year ( and the exchange rate drops ) but you can't sacrifice quality for price. Instead I've cut my margins wherever possible to keep things reasonable.
Stand out has to be yummy Watermelon Tourmaline Pendants like the rings I found a few years ago. Just checking out a new supplier and there they were nestled in a little drawer among al...
Wow, here I am back in Bangkok. It was a great holiday ~ like a health farm in terms of working out and healthy food, but also a happy farm with evenings out and some lovely cocktails :-) But now it's work time. That holiday mode has been neatly amputated. I love that old saying ~ Wherever you go, there you are. I'd add to that ~ wherever you go, you're there forever ! So it is that now I'm back in Bangkok it's as though I never left, and it will be the same when I get back to Melbourne. Living in the moment.
Yesterday was a very long moment. A full day buying before the Show, we bought pre...
Wahay ! I'm writing these words from Sunny Thailand ~ Just Like Melbourne it's gone from baking hot to raining and cloudy the last few days :-) I've had a perfect week just gym, swim, nap, eat well, bed early . . . . with a few relaxing drinks :-) It took me a long time to appreciate the true value of a Holiday. Holy day. Time to become more whole and reconnect with the self you are outside the boundaries of normal life.
Anyway, thanks to our wonderful team at the Heart I can now enjoy this stress free. Thanks, guys. I really appreciate you.
But of course the website runs 24/7 & my ne...
Hi Everyone, and hoping you're all finding your feet in this New Year. After 3 frantic months of running around and uploading I'll be glad to take the weight off mine a little bit !
But there's still some nice pieces trickling through. Recently I uploaded some lovely Star Rubies with really nice rich red colour rather than the more anaemic ones you usually see. I remember very clearly my pleasure at finding them on a buying trip in India ...... over ten years ago ! In all that time they've been sitting in my tin box of stones to set. Many times I'd admired them and deciding to do something,...