Melbourne Bead Show

My sale has now finished. However many of your favorite pieces can now be found in the $10 and under category. I went to the Melbourne Bead Show last weekend. This event was bigger than I ever imagined it would be. The quality and quantity of merchandise availiable was truely outstanding. You would not think that one event could have so many exhibitors.
Needless to say I picked up some truely remarkable beads and gemstones to create my new line of jewellery. Please start checking my site as I begin the process of designing and uploading my new pieces. I can hardly wait to start!
I was pleased to bits to find in the last week that I had made my first sale on kikiburravictoriana. This shop appears to be gaining a following, this I am most thrilled about. Like kikiburrabeads this shop will soon be getting new designs as well. So stay tuned.

My Sale has been extended

The bead show is on next weekend. I had a look on the internet at the sellers that would be attending. I have seen so much more that I want to purchase. This being the case I have decided to extend my sale as I need to make even more room in my shop.
Please check my etsy store as I will be uploading even more designs at discounted prices.


I have opened a new shop on etsy called kikiburravictoriana. This shop deals with handcrafted vintage originals such as lockets and pendants. I am looking forward to making my first sale.

Custom made jewellery

This was my very first custom order for my website. I was absolutly thrilled to think that someone loved my work enough to have a piece made for themselves. This bracelet was the first one that I had ever made in gold, it took me a little time to find my feet as I did not know which shades of purple would look best together. Finding all the purple beads that were the right size and colour was the greatest challenge of all.
As you can see I finally got my head around the design, it looked amazing and my client adored it!
I hope to make many more bracelets for people like this one in the future. These designs are my one true passion, I am constantly uploading new designs onto my etsy shop. Feel free to log on and take a look. If you contact me through my etsy shop I can custom make any colour bracelet in gold or silver fitting all wrist sizes.
This is what my client said about the piece - After purchasing a bracelet for a friend's birthday (and envying her wearing it), I asked Kristen if she could make me a similar one in different colors. She did, and the results were truly amazing. Not only did she use the colors that I wanted, she also consulted with me as to how I wished the bracelet to be arranged (for placement of the charms). She also let me choose (from several choices) the items I wished to have on the bracelet. Needless to say, the piece is truly "one of a kind" and I absolutely adore wearing it! I always get compliments on it; people want to know where I got it, and when I tell them it was made FOR me, they want to know WHO did it! Kristen's work is genuinely unique. I now have several of her items in my collection, and am sure I will be adding more as time goes by. She is an artist to be appreciated.

End of financial year $10 Sale

The Melbourne bead show is coming in a few weeks and I want to create some new styles from beads and findings I will be purchasing. I am going to clear out some of my one-of -a-kind pieces from my etsy shop and my loungroom so that I can create more lovely pieces. My sale starts on July 10th and finishes July 13th. Please visit my etsy shop at http://kikiburrabeads.etsy.com
When these pieces sell there will be no others as they are the end of the range