Tag Archives: inspiration

Association of Contemporary Jewellers Conference

Posted on Jul 4, 2022 by DawnGillDesigns

I’m a member of the ACJ and this weekend was their/our conference. It was a special conference to celebrate 25 years of the guild and they chose to hold it in Exeter, my home town so of course I bought … Continue reading →

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Time to step it up a bit

Posted on Jan 1, 2020 by DawnGillDesigns

I’ve been making and selling my silver jewellery for a while now, and as much as I love being ‘in charge of my own destiny’ (that’s what #MrG calls it!!) one thing I realise I miss a little from my … Continue reading →

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March Meet The Maker 2019

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 by DawnGillDesigns

Many of my friends have been participating in #MarchMeetTheMaker over on Instagram. I didn’t – in part because I didn’t want to overload the kind people who follow my accounts and in part because I try to make each post … Continue reading →

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My attempt at a USP, and connection

Posted on Mar 23, 2019 by DawnGillDesigns

Something I have been planning to share for a while, is how I approach the whole ‘interacting with paying customers’ part of my little jewellery business, and why. When my newly-wed, city dwelling parents moved to rural Devon from the … Continue reading →

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I made a new tool!

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 by DawnGillDesigns

This entertained me. I joined a few jewellery / metal-smithing forums over the past year, and one of them mentioned using a clothespeg as a useful tool. Now, I love to get something for nothing, and also to find something … Continue reading →

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