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Jeff's interest range from anything to do with science, the arts, philosophy, writing and much more. He is really a jack-of-all-trades, and probably master of none. However, working with glass and the arts are probably his main passion.
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CUA Market for Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

CUA Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Market

On Saturday 22 September we were at the CUA Community Hub for their market for the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. Such a great day. The staff at CUA went all out to decorate the Hub with a great theme for the carnival.

We have to thank them immensely for their efforts and congratulate them on the day.

If you weren’t able to make it down there this video below will give you a great idea of the atmosphere and the range of great items that were available from the stallholders.

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A Quick Update

Yes, I know. Why haven’t we posted anything much recently. It’s coming.

Been very busy trying to get our site and social media accounts working better.

Have spent time in developing the Supplies section of our store here. Listing cabochons and making it synch with our Etsy store. Many more supplies to come.

Have tided up the site generally, linking to our social media accounts and making sure everything is synced. You will find a shop on our Facebook account that mirrors our site here, listing everything. But you can only purchase through our store here. Have also improved the checkout from our store to better connect with PayPal, making the checkout much simpler.

Check out our new Resources section. This will be developed over time as we add content, including tutorials, and it also links to our video resources on YouTube.

And on our YouTube channel you will find a bunch of videos, including our new Welcome Video.

Please have patience with us. A few good posts coming very shortly.

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We’ve been busy!

Just want to summarise for you what we have been doing over the last couple of months. Believe me, there has be a lot of that proverbial water go under our bridge. Some crystal clear and good, some not so much. But that’s life and we move on.

We recently made a big decision to devote more time and resources to promoting what we do, including our online presence, this blog and our new online store. In addition, we want to get the word out about our home gallery so that hopefully our locals and maybe visiting tourists will pay us a visit looking for a unique gift.

The biggest change has been on our website. You have probably noticed the new look and feel. This was necessary to add our new online store to the site.  We have decided to host our own store in addition to our Etsy store. With luck we will eventually let the Etsy store go. As this is very new I would love your feedback on how it looks, and if you have the time please try it (you don’t need to buy anything) and let me know of any issues you may encounter.

Grand Central Market RoomFor several weeks we had a stall in the Market Room at our local large shopping center. This really took up a lot of time as we were there for minimum of nine hours three days a week which then reduced the time we had to do other things. Sadly, the response there was not great. All the market stall holders suffered the same outcome – poor sales. Seems like everyone is having the same downturn in sales, even the permanent stores in the center. But we will be back at some time. Things may change in time.

CUA May StallWe also spent a week at a great venue sponsored by the CUA here in Toowoomba. They have a great showcase area they make available to local small business so we just had to try that. Sales weren’t bad, but could have been better. The miserable weather at the time didn’t help.

A suggestion was made by a couple of customers that we should have a trade name for the pendants and earrings we make that incorporate dichroic glass. Mainly because of the process I have developed that makes them quite different to the normal dichroic jewellery. So we took that suggestion, had a discussion, and came up with a name. You will find that we now refer to our Jefanite™ Pendants and Jefanite™ Earrings. I’ll leave it up to you to work out how we came up with the name Jefanite. Please bear with me as I slowly photograph and list our stock.

Another decision we have made is to include a video in our product descriptions wherever possible. We now have a YouTube channel that you should visit. This takes a little time to do but flat 2D photos really don’t do the items justice. The videos should show the products much better.

On top of all this we have had a few private issues come up recently that just made it difficult to keep everything current. If life is kind we will be able to post more regularly and keep things fresh and interesting. Be careful out there and hope you stick around for much more.

 

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We are at the CUA Showcase Room, Ruthven Street.

CUA May Stall

Hi Everyone.

MOTHERS DAY SALE – 20% OFF EVERYTHING

Just want to let you know we will be at the CUA Showcase area in Ruthven Street next week from Tuesday 8, May through to Friday 11 May.

You can find us by walking through the CUA or off the lane from Ruthven Street through to the Waltons Stores. We will have A-frame signs in the lane and Ruthven Street.

We will have many wonderful and unique gifts suitable for Mothers Day so please do come in and have a look. Best of all, a massive 20% OFF Store Wide. That’s off everything, so a great opportunity to get mum a wonderful gift.