Kit Heath Captured Competition

Kit Heath are excited to launch the Captured Competition! 

Enter the Kit Heath Captured Competition for a chance to get your hands on on of our popular Beachcomber bracelets!

To enter the competition upload your favorite holiday picture on to our Facebook page and tell us about it!
We’ll pick out favorites and then you can get to choose the winners!
The 3 most inspiring photos and memories will win a Beachcomber bracelet full of beads that match their memory!
For an idea of what we are looking for please have a look at our latest news letter:

The competition is open to all as long as they are not employed by or are family of a member of staff of Kit Heath.
This competition is not open to stockists of Kit Heath. The competition closes on 31st August, we will then post our favourites in an album for the public to choose, this will be posted up on 1st September and voting will close on 5th , prizes are as follows – The prizes are from the Beachcomber Collection

1st prize bracelet and 6 beads
2nd prize bracelet and 3 beads
3rd prize bracelet and 1 bead

(All beads will be chosen by the winners)

Entries will be short listed and displayed on our Facebook page to be judges by our Facebook users, the most popular and the image with the most “likes” will win the competition.
The winners entries will be displayed online and in our newsletter, only the winners first name will be displayed.

What a really fun way to get to know our lovely fans! 

For full information, terms and conditions please visit our website. 

i'm off on an adventure....see y'all next week :)

*images courtesy of in flagrante, stylish bird, sheridan french, cup of te

why are monday's so painful?!!  i did a nose dive onto the bed when warren got home from work this afternoon...he followed...we both looked at each other and knew that our days sucked (excuse my french)...today, i made it a goal to start the day on the right foot and be happy- no matter what!

*images courtesy of old brand new, citified, frolic

Kit Heath Destination Inspiration

We are often asked at Kit Heath about what inspires us in what we design and create for our collections, and it has to be said as soon as someone mentions spring/summer collections we stare off into a dreamy land of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and shangri la!

Kit Heath Holiday Jewellery

So here we are a taster of what we dream about along with the results. Gorgeous jewellery to be worn with your favourite denim cut off's or maxi dress!

Thank heavens for the good weather and the summer holidays have begun - we thought it would never arrive!

Persistence vs. Publish Pressure (PPP)*

An anonymous commenter on a previous post asks, "How do you balance persistence and pressure to publish?".

The big question I have is - who is pressuring you to publish?

If it is yourself, then the way I view all publications/research is: 1) What is the big idea I want to do, and 2) How do I best tell the world about it?

Sometimes, if it's a big idea with lots of pieces, you publish as you go. This is another reason why it's good to diversify your publication venue. So, when you're just sketching ideas out, workshop. Maybe you have some preliminary results, low-tier conference. Maybe your research is rocking the house, top-tier conference / journal.

Some people say, "Bah, least publishable units, growl." But it's not about that necessarily. It's about telling a story, building on previous work, figuring out where you're going. Instead of waiting three years and squashing everything into one paper, you keep the ball rolling.

Sometimes you Don't Publish. And that's ok too. For example, in the middle of my PhD I spent about 6 months doing exactly nothing. Nada. I realized I was spinning to far out into the wrong direction. It was time to retool and rethink my plans.

Now, if someone else is pressuring you to publish, that's a whole other ball of wax. I think in that case it's a question of what relationship they have to you (dean, chair, advisor, colleague, student), and whether their request for you to publish makes sense. Are they pressuring you because they think your work is amazing and ready for the world to see? Are they pressuring you because they think you publishing now will help your career later? Is it to help their career? It helps to explore motives here.

If you need time to persist on a research thread, drop the self pressure to publish and find your center. If you have someone breathing down your neck to publish tell them to lay off for awhile while you get your groove back. The last thing you want to do is publish junk science just because you're being pressured to publish for the sake of publishing.

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* For the geeks out there. (See also: this shirt.)