Links: Jewellery, Design, Business & More

Below are links to a series of articles written by Australian jewellery designer Simone Walsh, along with websites and organisations we know and like - and more.

Key jewellery & design articles

These are some of the major articles written by Australian jewellery designer Simone Walsh on the subjects of jewellery, design, business skills and more. You can find many more articles on Delightful Details, our jewellery blog.

• 15 jewellery style tips you need to know
  Simone gives us 15 nifty fashion tips and tricks for styling jewellery like a pro - but without losing yourself and your personality in the process.
• What it means to truly support indie designers
  Musings about cheapness and handmade jewellery and other products created by local designers in Australia and elsewhere. And how you can go about supporting the designers whose work you love.
• Caring for precious metal jewellery
  An in depth article all about how to care for and clean jewellery, especially precious metal jewellery and gemstones.
• 10 great tips to help you care for and clean your jewellery
  Jewellery designer Simone Walsh give us the lowdown on 10 tips to help you understand how to care for and clean your jewellery. Includes her magical low tech Yeah, science! jewellery cleaning method.
• Jewellery Glossary
  Simone Walsh Jewellery's comprehensive glossary full of definitions of jewellery-related terms.
• Gold jewellery types: solid gold, vermeil, gold filled & more
  Understand different types of gold jewellery: what is gold vermeil? Gold filled? Gold plated. An Australian jewellery professional gives you the lowdown.
• 25 years of designing & making jewellery
  To celebrate 25 years of designing and making jewellery, our founder and creative director, Simone Walsh, tells all about her history of creating jewellery and her business in Australia.
• Gift giving for the style challenged
  A very handy article to help the style challenged or generally confused to work out the perfect gift for the women in their lives.
• Quick and easy Christmas pudding recipe
  This recipe for Christmas plum pudding has been in Simone's family for generations. Best of all it's a very quick and easy recipe to make, plus it's very delicious.
• All about Christmas puddings and Christmas pudding coins
  Learn all about the history, traditions and facts concerning delicious Christmas puddings - and the silver Christmas coins that go into them.
• Professional pricing for craft and design - part 1
  A very in depth article with step-by-step instructions to price jewellery, crafts and design the professional way. This is a must read article for those who are starting out in the field of jewellery design, crafting and other creative fields - and even for those more experienced in these areas.
• Professional pricing for craft and design - part 2
  Part 2 of our in depth article about professional pricing jewellery, craft and design.
• 5 ways to stay ahead of the game in life and business
  Article by Simone Walsh featuring her top 5 business tips for women.

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Jewellery & metal

• Ganoksin
  Almost certainly the best jewellery making resource on the web.
• Metalcyberspace
  A great resource for anyone interested in contemporary jewellery and metal.

Craft, art and design

• NAVA
  National Association for the Visual Arts - Simone is a proud member.
• Object
  Australian Centre for Craft and Design.
• Craftsouth
  Leading South Australian organisation supporting South Australian creative practitioners

Design & handmade sites

• Dexigner Design Directory
  Dexigner is the leading online portal for designers, architects, illustrators, engineers, artists, and creatives of all kinds.
• Handmadeology
  The science of handmade.
• Bindarri: Australian creatives for positive change
  Green and sustainable design

Friends

• The Write Association
  Professional writing services from the very talented Kylie McShane.
• Inaluxe
  Beautiful art from our beautiful friends Jason & Kristina.
• Off2Class
  The ESL teacher toolkit