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You Are Fabulous
Sometimes we forget how fabulous we are, this blog is to remind you. Here are some inspiring sentiments.
Advice on How to Book a Workshop
Often people want to attend a creative workshop or want to book a workshop but unsure what to do so here are a few tips to help. Some people offer standard packages from you to choose from. However, I offer bespoke workshops. This requires a few more questions to be answered but it is to …
Finger Monsters
Hello Fabulous Let’s have some doodling fun this Halloween with Finger Monsters. It can be hard to come up with a monster design from scratch; where to start? This is where Finger Monsters come in. They are really easy to do, all ages can get involved and they are super fun to create. 1) Get …
Talk To The Alien
Hello Fabulous Communicating can be difficult, well, effective communication anyway. We live our lives and so often we presume that others have similar experiences and stories. We know about cultural differences but the term ‘culture’ is far greater than race or home country. We all have out own micro cultures. Think about it; how different …
Pride Earrings
Hello Fabulous It’s PRIDE month so let’s make some Pride earrings. You don’t have to spend a lot of money, you can use things from around the house. Go to your junk box. Let’s face it, we all have one. It’s full of those bits and pieces that must have a purpose, they just need …
7 Stupendous Words
Words have power and the English language is so expansive, it provides us with so many words to choose from. Here are 7 stupendous words that are great to know. Serendipity – Desirable discoveries by accident. I love this word. It is not only a nice word to say but I love the idea that …
The Theory of Fabulous
Hello Fabulous Many of your know, that Zinfinity is all about the happy. Whether it is in the jewellery you wear, the bags you carry or the creative workshop you attend, I’m about celebrating you and joy. My ‘Fabulous’ campaign has been going for several years; this where I want everyone to celebrate themselves as …
Jewellery at a Distance
Hello Fabulous In these strange times we may not be able to go to shops to buy jewellery but celebrations still go on and jewellery is a great way to feel special. Buying at a distance is a difference experience and communication is not always clear when you are not face to face. I wanted …
Love You Daddy
Fathers Day is coming (21st June) but we still have plenty of time to get out creative juices flowing.
Creative Egg Hunt
Hello Fabulous The Easter Bunny is super dooper busy this year so let’s help him out by decorating our homes with our own Creative Easter Eggs. To help, I have drawn some simple egg templates for you to copy and paste / download and colour in. Please share your Easter art work. Feel free to …
Passing Time
Hello Fabulous We are all living in some strange times so let’s have some fun with it. This blog can be useful for the young, adults, those who in a group, a pair or by themselves. Game – I played this as a child and again when my friends and I were creatively stumped in …
I’m Not Creative At All
Hello Fabulous I just wanted to address something that I am told again and again. So many people say to me ‘I would love to be like you but I’m not creative at all’ or ‘I’ll let the kids join in I don’t have a creative bone in my body.’ I was told the latter …
Spread The Love
Hello Fabulous I know many people think that Valentines Day is about showing love to your boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife but here at Zinfinity I believe it is about Spreading the Love. Show your siblings, cousins, friends etc. that you care. Yes, this is a day to remind people that you love them. This doesn’t mean mad …
Only 9 Days Left of 2019
Hello Fabulous There are only 9 days left of 2019. We are all focussing on Christmas, the food, the presents and family togetherness. Straight after Christmas we are focusing on News Years, the fireworks, drinks, the parties. What about that little time in between? Let’s use that lull, and play a little game. Write down …
I’m an Individual….
Hello Fabulous I believe we are all fabulous and should celebrate our individuality. To embrace this I created ‘I’m an Individual Don’t Compare Me.’ I detest how we compare people to others and strip them of individuality. A few years ago I turned this message in to a live installation and photography exhibition for The …
Collaberation is KING
Working together is wonderful and I’m a big fan of ‘together we stand.’ The advantage of being a micro business is that ideas to actions can be done quick quickly because we only have to get approval from ourselves. The perfect example of this are collaborative photo shoots. This is when a group of individuals …
Power of Jewellery
Hello Fabulous Many of my readers and followers know that I am on a mission to ensure everyone feels as fabulous as they are. This comes in different formats but I believe that jewellery has the power to make us feel better. Just something tiny can make us feel stronger, beautiful and more confident. The …
Get Out There With Creativity
Hello Fabulous Sometimes we want to get out there, to leave the house or office and be creative but don’t know what to do and don’t want to spend a fortune on it. Well here is a idea for you. Sketching is a great activity that be done as a peaceful, individual, mindful exercise or …
# Joy Beautiful Inspiration
Hello Fabulous So often I’m asked about my inspiration, where do my ideas come from and what is my work and ethos all about. Whether it is designing and making my fabulous jewellery or teaching my super fun workshops, I’m all about the joy! My jewellery isn’t just something that happens to go on your …
Easter Pocket
Hello Fabulous Easter is hours away and chocolate is coming our way. At first we shove as much of that yummy chocolate in our mouths as possible but when the giddy yummyness fades and we gain our composure, we want to each chocolate bit by bit. So if you want a stylish way to carry …
Thank You Mum
Hello Fabulous You do not have to spend a load of money on presents this Mothers Day, most people just want to know that they are loved and appreciated. So this year lets say Thank You Mum in a personal and inexpensive way. No matter if you are 5 or 50 the women who raised …
Made With Love
Hello Fabulous I wanted to introduce my brand new collection ‘Made With Love’ to you. This collection is quite different from my others but still embraces the same values. It celebrates love, friendship, passion, fun and meaning. I have made the pieces colourful and comfortable so you wear them with a smile. Each piece has …
The Launch
Hello Fabulous Thank you to everyone who participated in the launch of funding for Social Entrepreneurs in the Edmonton Green Area. This was such a fun event, I wanted to share some behind the scenes information and fabulous photos of the event. I was told by Untld (the brilliant funders) that there was some money …
Hints of Green
Hello Fabulous We all know we can help the environment but so many people don’t know how to do it. Zinfinity is an awarded and kite-marked ‘Green’ business and I wanted to share a few simple tips that don’t cost the world to achieve. 1) Use Recycled Pinter Paper. These days recycled paper is of …
Jewellery At Play
Hello Fabulous By now you know me at the Fabulously Quirky Designer-Maker. My jewellery is about joy but what happens when it inspires you to play. Here are some little fun films and photos of my jewellery at play. Have the sound up, they’re fun. Ring Garden Photo Interavtive Inspiration Specs-tacular Cable Tie …
10 Simple Rules to Customer Service – Simple things that we think we do but probably don’t
Hello Fabulous Customer service is always important no matter what your business is. Here are a few tips. Smile, Say Hello, Be Friendly Location – When meeting think about location, is there a car park, how is the public transport, does it have disability access? Make sure you and your client can easily get there. …
Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
Hello Fabulous There are good people and bad people but most of us float about in the middle. This month’s blog is about how teeny tiny steps can make life better. I have collected advice and combined it with my own experiences that improve the days of others and ourselves. Smile The simplest thing of …
Cheap Easter Thrills
It’s only a few days left until lovely Easter is here. Celebrations can turn out to be quite pricey so here is a fun, cheap crafty idea to amuse you and the family. Buffy, Fluffy Egg Decorations. These are simple, fun and can be made with scraps of material. They can be used as hanging …
Eye of the Tiger
Hello Fabulous You Did you know Tigers Eye Stones come in a range of colours including red, brown, gold, cream, black and blue. Gold is the one you will see most often and has lovely bands of yellow-golden colour through it, mimicking the eye of a tiger. It is the stone related to the star …
From Their Mouths – A collection of quotes and poetry
With all the colour and fun of Christmas and New Year gone, here is a little something to make you smile. ‘A day without laughter is a day wasted‘ Charlie Chaplin ——————————————– I saw a Jolly Hunter I saw a jolly hunter with a jolly gun walking in the country in the jolly sun. …
Inspiration
The question I’m asked most of all is ‘Where do you get your idea?’ This is a tricky question as inspiration comes from everywhere and you never know where something will lead. By being open to the things around you lead you to ideas. Often people think that to create jewellery you must research jewellery. …
Make a Great Meeting
When we go to a meeting, whether a proposal or discussion we want to make the best meeting we can. Here are some simple tips to make the best of the time. 1) Find out who you are meeting. Look at their website, Facebook page etc. 2) Before you set off make sure you have …
Secrets of Sapphires
A stone known for wisdom and royalty. It is associated with sacred things and considered the gem of gems, a jewel steeped in history and mentioned in nearly every religion. It was believed to bring protection, good fortune and spiritual insight. It was a symbol of power and strength, kindness and wise judgement. In an …
Magnetic Personality
We often see magnets as those things on the fridge that hold children’s art work and dental apportionments. We actually use magnets far more than we think and have great uses. Here are some uses along with some fun facts. Over 80% of all households have a promotional magnet on their fridge. Your logo on …
Godwin Lawson Foundation, Story of the Badge
Being creative is wonderful but when it is for a worthwhile cause it makes it all the better. The Godwin Lawson Foundation empowers young people to become future leaders and contribute positively to society through programmes focused on personal development, sports and education. Therefore creating safer communities for the benefit of all. My task was …
Parade of Lights – Rainbow Unicorns
How fabulous was this years Parade of Lights!! Unity 70 looked great in my Rainbow Unicorns and their giant horns spraked in the lights. Here are photos of the parade as well as behind the scenes. Bubble gun at the ready Battle of the horns
Pumpkin Carving Mad
I ran a Pumpkin Carving workshop for Edmonton Green Shopping Centre. We went through so many pumpkins! Everyone had so much digging out pumpkin guts and creating their scary, funny and weird designs. It wasn’t just for kits, it was a family activity, so mums and dads were able to have fun too. Save
Rainbow Unicorns
It is that time of year again. The Parade of lights is just around the corner and this year I have designed Rainbow Unicorns! Don’t ask me why, I thought it would be fun. Spending days cutting, gluing and glittering 101 stars, only another 99 to go. I feel so sparkly.
Sensations The Movie!
Such excitment, my Sensations collection is now on film. A 3 minute short has been made with real people wearing and experiencing the jewellery their way. There were sexy poses Jewellery that holds perfume Silly poses playing with tactile jewellery and lots of laughs Look out for the film COMING SOON Save
Jewellery Fun
I taught a workshop in Jewellery Making for complete beginners. Working with different abilities, all made fabulous jewellery and had lots of fun. Just by using a simple loop and connect technique so much can be achieved.
BBC Get Creative
As part of the BBC Get Creative Day I ran a Giant 3D Punky Bird Badge workshop today and it was brilliant! These are birds with attitude! Some had spiky hairstyles some quiffs other giant plaits. These bird badges scream to the worlds Fabulous!!! Must say a thank you to The Dugdale Centre for letting …
In Sue’s Name
I met the lovely David Alan Taylor today who is the director of the amazing In Sue’s Name; a charity raising funds for clinical research into Brain Cancer. David’s story was so touching and empowering how he turned a tragedy in to something positive. I would be delighted to donate my sterling silver jewellery to …
What a Lovley Idea
I wanted to share my favourite Mothers Day commission. Two sterling silver hearts, one with a matt finish and the child name with a tiny heart and the second framed the name with its polished beaten finish. This was commissioned by a husband as a gift for his wife from their baby some. Lovely idea.
We Can ALL Make a Difference
Had a lovely afternoon today. I was invited along with some of the participants of my Creative Workshops for Adults class to the North London Hospice’s Tea at 3. The workshops raised £284 for the Hospice by charging £1 per person, per workshop. This small charge came together and we were able to buy a …
Parade of Lights is Getting Closer
The costumes are looking FABULOUS!!!! It may be big headed on my part as deisnger-maker but they are looking good. Just need to add a few finishing touches and lights.
Plaster Casting
It may have been raining outside but the creativity shone inside! In today’s Plaster Casting Workshop, there was great initiative and experimentation. There was consentration when building a bunny out of plaster sheet. There was layering of colour to create lovely creatures and fruit. Some work is just at the beignning and all these loops …
Funky Ring Madness
Todays Funky Rings sparked the madness in imagination. So much consentration, sorting through the glass beads to star shapped buttons. We didn’t just decorate pre-made rings, I showed the class how to make the shanks from stratch.
Make a Fabulous Bag
In my Make A Bag workshop there were some wonderful creations. Some took inspiration from my samples, some went straight for their own crazy designs. Fabulous!!! So much consentration went on tiny bags, the room was full of colour and glitter.
Mini Pics
Todays workshop was Mini Pics. Using drawing techniques to create small works of art. These were then made in to magnets or picture stands. One participant said she could only copy and not make up things. She ended up designing her own logo. I’m so pleased for her.
Parade of Lights
It’s that time of year again. I have designed fabulous ‘Funky Woodland Folk’ costumes to go in to this years Festival of Lights. My costumes are for Unity 70 so I have been making the costumes to fit all. Today I started to make a tutus. Such Fun.
Wonderful Wire Work
The sun was shining and the creativity was flowing. Todays workshop was Wire Work. Manipulating colourful wires in to shapes and designs to create works of art. Some made jewellery while others made thoughtful gifts for the home.
Fun in Uxbridge
A manic couple of days teaching cap and bag decorating workshops. Nearly 300 children got their creative juices flowing. Adults had as much fun as the kids and were deep in concentration. I made a spider to go on my sample and it was VERY popular. There were spider covered caps everywhere! Glad no one …
Being Bookish
Today’s workshops was about making books. They could be photo albums, note books, sketch books or memory books. They are a pretty way to hold your recipes and your favourite jokes or poems. Imagination was the only limit. A wide range of exquisite papers were used combined with bold markers to create the covers. Some …
Bag Factory
Today’s workshop was lots of fun. I cut out a flat bag pattern and everyone made little bags. At first look these bags have no use but they have been used for make-up, batteries, sweets, medication and to hold gifts.
Whacking Out Fustrations 🙂
Don’t hold it in, take out fustration on the metal. The Metal Stamping workshop was a great way to have fun and release fustration. So cleansing!! There was some wonerful hammering to create charms, earrings, bracelts and rings. With a few simple tools I showed the class how to decorate metal discs with patterns and …
Precious Boxes
Watch out, these boxes are fabulous!! I introduced ‘Gold Leaf’ and ‘Silver Leaf’ and they were very VERY popular. The consentration in this workshop was intence 🙂 There were times of lots of chatter than periods of silent focus. You can see the creative juices.
Bag Decorating
This weeks workshop was full of colour and sparkle. There were lots of passionate bags and nature inspired creations There was consentration and detail in every bag Everyone interprated their design and bag in a different way and produced lovely smailes.
Mini Pics with Mini Faces
Today I ran a workshop for the Bountagu Community Hub where a packed room of kids designed and make an array of Badges, Keyrings, Magnets and Picture Stands. Every kind of design was created, funny faces to congratulations on new arrivals. So many were made as gifts. Who says kids these days are selfish!! …
Best of British Boutique
Great news. I’m selling through a brand new boutique called Best of British. Check it out http://www.bobboutique.co.uk/shop/tag-me-silver-pendant-and-chain-copy/ There is a great variety of products, including my fabulous jewellery!!! Lot’s of choice and quality. To cellebreate the opening of ‘BOB’ I’m am giving away a lovely star necklace with faux leather cord (no animal products) with …
Jewellery Making
Wow today’s workshop was brimming over with creativity. Full of pretty creations, smiling faces and lots learnt. There were complete novises trying jewellery for the first time to those who have attended my jewellery workshops before continuing their education. Some made to match their outfits some make fun bag decorations others …
Bountagu Community Festival
Today was the Bounagu Community Fetsitval and I ran a Funny Glasses Workshop. Don’t think it was just for kids, the young at heart joind in too. Lots of smiles and funny glasses where made. Families came together to get the creative juices flowing. Look out for MORE …
Jewellery Box Workshop
Jewellery Box Workshop was fabulous. There were some beutiful boxes created that made you go oooo. These lovely boxes will have lovely jewellery to put in them with the next workshop which is Jewellery Making. I could go on and on about the jewellery boxes but I will let the photos do the talking. …
Bag Decorating
It may have been dull outside but todays workshop was full of colour. Lots of chat and laughs, 🙂 consentration and pride.
Photography Cheating
This workshop was about photography on the cheap. How to make your own reflectors, backgrounds and lighting without spending a fortune on professioanl equipment, yet still get a professioanl look! We discussed layouts, backgrounds and what a photo is saying (yes they do speak). The best part was the variety of cameras used, everything from …
Sizzling Wire Work
The sun wasn’t the only thing shining. Today’s Wire Work workshop inspired creations such sexy snake bangle and mixed wire earrings and rose inspired gold and red earrings. Fabulous!
Making Memories
It may have been hot outside but we were making sizzling art inside. In Memory Books for beginners we designed and made Photo Albumns, Sketch Books, Recipe Books and Note Pads.
Plaster Casting Workshops
Another messy, colourful and fantastic workshop. Plaster Casting infused with colour to create bold garden creatures. to the prehistoric!! Even added glam with gold leaf.
Funky Rings – Workshops for Adults
Today’s workshop was Funky Rings. What fabulous rings were made. Bold and Colourful all using glass beads and coloured wires
Lamb’s Festival
Lots of fun at the Lamb’s Festival at the weekend. I ran a Funny Face Badge workshop, lots of laughs & funny faces.











































































