Do you like to see a Bow used in beautiful pearl jewellery? I have searched high and low to find a worth-wile piece of stunning jewellery with a bow, to no avail. In the end, I decided making them was the best idea. I designed and produced these lovely Julleen sterling silver textured Bows, to add to the pearls, I visualized and work then worked them into the design you see here. I then made a Sash of silver to added a sizeable pearl for matching earrings. I love this Bow and Sash style because it’s a wonderful combination of textures, besides which, it adds a certain charm to a jewellery piece . The glow of pearls and the texturized sterling silver both compliment one another perfectly. There are many bows used that are not genuine sterling and so please beware of copies. Our Bows we make at Julleen are of course 100% genuine and beautifully individual.
Lime and particularly a lime coloured stone has always been a favourite stone for me. I like adding shock colours together. As Wimbledon and the tennis is on each night I am reminded of the purple and green I like to use in jewellery and so I thought a picture paints a thousand words. Here’s to the celebration of green and purple gemstones used together. I hope you enjoy what you see.
I am not a world expert on nature by any means and my posts come from what I have learned over the years in the pearl industry. Often I write from the heart and it comes out exactly as it would, if I were talking to you directly. I do this on my youtube videos also. Today I revised a listing I had on Etsy for Black Baroque Pearl Earrings. I have loved these particular pearls for a long while now and sometimes I find it hard to part with things that are special, to me. Yet often inspiration comes from strange and unique things. I decided to match these pearls into sets, then mount them into single bezels and create special black pearl earrings in sterling silver. These sorts of pearls are not for everyone but there are many people, just like myself that adore what nature has to offer, even in crude or rough ways and when I saw these beauties I had to show them to the world. When black pearls are formed the irritation often starts with one grain of sand and a black lipped oyster (that can only live in areas where the sand is black..makes sense right?). Black sand comes from volcanic residue formed countless years ago and so when you look at these simply amazing pearls surely if you can stop and just think for a minute then nature is showing you something extraordinary. Enter…my baroque black beauties into Julleen Earrings. Available only on Etsy.
Here are some images of the black lip oyster and finding one in Cape York Australia. (note the black muddy sand) Some oysters can live for 30 odd years…remarkable isn’t it?
Who would have thought that Australia would be cheaper than China to buy a luxury watch. Apparently some Chinese tourists are snapping up mega expensive watches… because they can and because we sell them cheaper than their own country. Luxury watch sales are up 25% in Australia and although the world wide trend in luxury watches is up to 36.9 percent for retail sales, Australia has done us proud. Recently a stunning watch was sold for a world record price for a Swiss made Girard-Perregaux Haute Horlogerie Cat’s Eye Tourbillon, which was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, to hold a price tag of a staggering 650 K.
This watch took 700 hours to make, and so obviously labour costs were incorporated into the price , a system which is well over due here in Australia and something I personally think is appropriate (speaking as one, who spends many hours making new designs). The components of this spectacular time piece are numerable but worth mentioning is the 280 baguette diamonds with a total weight of 20 carats! adding a whopping boost to the value. This was sold to one of our own, a punter from Victoria, who bought it at this brand’s world record price. This mega luxury watch does not even gauge the depth of the water or alert you of the date and needs to be rewound every few days, but ah…what a status symbol it is! Not everyone can afford to buy a watch for over 1/2 million dollars but we can take a quick look at it… and so I thought I would share it with you.
Love the Peacock Green of this dress and we love Peacock Green Pearls at Julleen. One of most cherished colours in the black pearl category. Here are some of my personal favourites that I think would look fabulous with this dress from JJs.
When I create designs often my inspiration comes from colours I fall in love with. Green in many shades usually is a wonderful colour for pearl jewellery if you have all the gemstones at your disposal in the palette around you. When I work…I spread containers of my loose components in front of me..and just let the ideas flow. Long necklaces can be swooshed around to make double rows and the stones arrange themselves in gorgeous off centred patterns with scatterings of random sizes around the neckline. For wearing with an evening gown like this, you can wear it long and create a very glamorous and individual look.
Have just finished a nice range of long necklace for Mariko in South Perth and wanted to share some with you. I’ve added a few matching earrings too. These items will soon be available. Will keep you posted
Comfort is important for many of us these days. Being comfortable with yourself is just as important …however… there is nothing like a trip to the hairdresser for a fresh haircut and colour to lift your spirits just as the cold weather sets in…and that’s exactly what I did today and recorded it for prosperity with a quick snap shot at my desk…am not used to showing an image of myself without eye make up….but I felt comfortable enough to capture it and then share it on my Facebook page so why not in my little blog. As I am writing this… I realize I too..that I have had my earrings on all day without feeling any pain or a need to take them off..you can’t see them as well as in the 2nd picture….but they ARE there…and I’m really proud of myself that what I preach …is what I actually DO! I am also so pleased I made a video for you all… a while back …describing the best way to put on a clip on earring and have it stay THIS comfortable for the entire day … here’s the link to view it. I hope you enjoy it.
Pearls baby! What a fabulous image taken by one of my favourite photographers Ashley Jacobson from I SHOOT PPL Photography in Las Vegas. Had to share this with you.
Here are some long necklaces you might like to get the look.
With almost 3.5 million unique users visiting the site every month, Hotfrog is quickly becoming the business tool of choice for small-to-medium sized businesses across Australia. Perth-based label, Julleen Pearl Jewellery Designs is one such company effectively utilising Hotfrog and experiencing increased success as a result. Director and designer Julia Ray has been with Hotfrog since it was first established in 2005 and now, six years on, credits a staggering 90 percent of the label’s online sales leads made through Hotfrog referrals.
Overview
Julleen Pearl Jewellery Designs is a company born out of a passion for pearls. Following a decade in Indonesia, Julia developed an interest in jewellery making which, thanks to the support from her admiring friends, quickly gave her the confidence to expand her love of pearls beyond a hobby. She began selling her own unique sterling silver and pearl designs to the likes of Duty Free Indonesia and as a result of her success overseas Julia was able to establish her label, Julleen Pearl Jewellery Designs, locally upon her return to Perth in 2000.
Challenge
With the wholesale side of the business growing steadily, Julia needed to incorporate a consumer focus into the business plan in order to maintain steady growth across a broader market. To do so, Julia recognised that Julleen Pearl Jewellery Designs needed its own identity as a brand. Noticing the growing popularity of online shopping sites, Julia established her very own e-boutique and with the help of her son’s design-savvy friend, created a more professional image and re-launched the new look label online, making it accessible and appealing to the wider online consumer market. Having never explored the possibilities of an online business — and with minimal funds — Julia needed to source marketing tools that would suit her needs.
Solution
Upon searching for free online business listings in 2005, Julia stumbled upon Hotfrog and within a few days, Pearl Jewellery Designs was listed and a long-standing relationship with Hotfrog as the chosen service to help market her business was established. As both companies have grown, so has the ability for Julia to update her Hotfrog profile at no cost, a feature which she says has allowed her to utilise the service as more than just an online listing, becoming a second website for her business. “Online marketing is a learning experience, you try something new, you monitor the reaction and either do it again or tailor it to make it work better”, says Julia.
Result
With 90 per cent of all online business leads generated through Hotfrog, Julia is open about how much Hotfrog has contributed to her business success. “Hotfrog has been very rewarding and has opened so many doors for my business.” Being online has allowed Julleen Pearl Jewellery Designs to extend its client-reach beyond Western Australian borders and as far as the UK where she is now beginning to establish a small following. As a result of the growing business’ success, Julia, just this weekend, launched her new label Julleen Bridal, at Perth’s premier bridal exhibition, where her new label was the sponsor of the fashion stage and where she christened her new bridal E boutique called My Bridal Jewellery, and Hotfrog as always, is her first port of call. “Hotfrog is a very powerful tool for internet marketing…I recommend it to everyone and anyone who is starting their own business.
