First Week Of The Edinburgh Festival
It's been a brilliant first week (9 days) of the West End Fair as part of 3d2d Craft, Art and Design Fair in The Edinburgh Festival and The Fringe. As before, I am in the top marquee at the Terrace next to St. John's Church on the corner of Lothian Road and...
It’s Festival Time!
It’s the perfect time to update you all about the exciting changes at Genna Design! You may or may not know that I recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to enable me to raise the necessary funds so that I can create a BRAND NEW jewellery collection. The campaign...
Taking Time Off For New Inspiration – Relax, Refuel And Refresh
Since the launch of my Kickstarter Crowdfunding campaign I was constantly working hard to make sure I got fully funded. As I was totally putting myself out there, pushing myself to new boundaries, completely out of my comfort zone, I really didn't want to fail. It's...
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!
Thank you so, so very much!!! We have totally smashed my kickstarter target and I can't thank you enough for all your support and kind pledges. It's been a hard working and emotional 4 weeks with the launch of my kickstarter campaign, but it's now come to an end and I...
Top 10 Things To Do At The Edinburgh Festival 2015
Top 10 Things to do at The Edinburgh Festival 2015 It’s almost that time of year again... The Edinburgh Festival is fast approaching!! Scotland's capital city is soon to be buzzing with people coming from all over to visit the World’s Largest Ever Arts Festival. It’s...
What Is Crowdfunding?
What is Crowdfunding? Some of you may know what crowdfunding is but others might not have heard of this type of funding. So what actually is Crowdfunding all about? "It's the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large...
Genna Design Jewellery And 3D Printing – ‘Expansion’
Kickstarter Crowdfunding 3D printed Jewellery Campaign Well the time is finally here. I've been prepping and planning my Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign for about a month now. We had to make a video and come up with pledges and sort out our social media strategy,...
Finding The Perfect Engagement Ring
Choosing or Finding an Engagement Ring can be tricky and can take a bit of time. So as an experienced jewellery designer who has made a lot of rings for individual clients, I thought I would share with you some helpful tips and things to consider when choosing and...
Tips For Success
I recently got asked to give a talk to the art students of Dundee and Angus College as part of their “Motivate Me” programme. Although it was a positive talk I didn’t want to give a false sense of security to them as running a creative business is not easy. It takes a...
How To Commission A Piece Of Jewellery
How to commission a piece of jewellery Have you ever wanted to commission a bespoke piece of jewellery, artwork, product, garment from a designer, maker or artist but don't know how to go about it? Here are my top tips for commissioning a piece of work. This is...