That just about sums me up right now after seven weeks away in Thailand with no housework and only fun shopping :-D. Back to Melbourne's fickle weather and the start of Hay Fever season. It always feels like an evacuation when I leave and a crash landing when I return ! But despite my inner resistance, I have had a fun couple of days uploading new stock. The latest offering is similar to the designer range I brought in before, but the production is much higher quality. Just looking at the latest uploads and wow we've uploaded some classy stuff lately ! Remember I started with a Market Stall...

Well I got back yesterday. Been all over the place. Jet Lag is not just a temporal thing. It's really a psycho-spiritual feeling of dislocation. There was the Me in the Shop before I left, and then the Me on Holiday. So when I return there's a confusion of Me. Trying to bridge that gap is exhausting. But. This afternoon I crashed out but woke up with the happy feeling of Hey ! I'm still the same me that left ! The same me that enjoyed a holiday and returned. Life is evolution. Continual change. Even though things seem the same we do change all the time. Every day it's a new world. Maybe tha...

Hi everyone. Hope you've all been doing well. Today once again is that happy sad time when I finally send all my goodies off via UPS. The show is over once again. Back to the grindstone :-) We did well on this trip. No Sugilite anywhere but I did find some lovely loose stones to set. Many of my own settings from the last trip are on their way. Lovely Dioptase crystals, Aqua Aura and other special Quartz which look great and are really affordable. I've been away a long time. 7 weeks in all.  I'm calling it my long service leave as I haven't had 4 weeks to myself since we moved to Melbourne i...

Well, Holiday over now the "work" begins. OK it is a bit draining walking round all day but buying beautiful stones makes it all worthwhile. Gem Show doesn't start for a few days but there's a few favourite suppliers in Bangkok I can visit. I got a few more of those gorgeous Epidote Quartz Phantoms, some really lovely chunks of Morganite to make into Jewellery, nice Kunzite Pendants - the natural crystal shape, polished and set really simply. Managed to find some Chrome Diopside beads, not often seen, and some lovely faceted Tourmaline beads - expensive always, but we got a good price. Of c...

Hi Everyone. Nice to get back in touch after a few weeks out ! I'm still in Thailand having a holiday before the gem show. I'm proud to announce I've achieved my goal - this is the most boring holiday ever ! Here it's just gym swim massage eat well so I can get my body back, Yes, exactly what I wanted because the last 5 months at the Heart were exciting and stressful enough. As the uploads from the previous trip wound down I got to work on the new website - hope you love it - and then in the last two weeks big buys from Julio and Marco. Which are being uploaded daily 'cos I'd hate you to ge...

Just as Summer seems endless, so does Winter, even the Weather does Karma ! Basically this means that on Thursday and Sunday we will close at 6 pm instead of 8 pm. We will still be open 7 days a week, and will maintain our late nights on Friday and Saturday when we are always open until 10 pm. I'm still uploading Jewelry, so stay in touch ! Enjoy your Winter Evenings one and all. Love from the Crystal Heart Team,