Grey Diamond Earrings

There were so many beautiful gemstones at IJL this year, but my eye kept being drawn back to some beautiful grey diamonds. They had unusual salt and pepper speckles and a beautiful sparkle

Custom Work, Jewellery, New Stuff, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceOctober 20, 2017diamonds, fine jewellery, grey diamondsComment

Busy Bee

Recently I have been busy. Very busy. Oh, so busy! Which is great! This week I have, rather appropriately, been busy making a lot of bees...

Jewellery, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceOctober 1, 2017bee jewellery, Queen beeComment

Sparkly Things!

Yesterday I went to the International Jewellery London show at Olympia. I try to go every year - it's really fun to wander around looking at all the amazing tools and machinery, and of course all the amazing sparkly gemstones!

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Carving an Elephant

I was asked by a client to make a necklace for his girlfriend's 21st birthday. Sure, I said, no problem, I said, expecting them to ask for maybe an initial necklace or a diamond solitaire. Can I have a silver elephant hanging from an umbrella, they said…

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Hearts and Stars

My new Electric Dreams collection is coming along nicely, just need to photograph and list everything on the website now. I've had some of my cloud and star earrings gold plated

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New Stacking Rings

I've previously resisted making stacking rings from beaded wire, as you can buy them everywhere and I prefer to try and keep my designs original! I finally gave in

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Walthamstow Garden Party 2017

My jewellery and I will be in the E17 Designers tent at the Walthamstow Garden Party again this year on Saturday 15 July 2017. It was brilliant fun last year, so we’ll be doing a little sun dance and hoping for lovely weather again

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We have a kitchen!

After finally getting the bathroom renovated, our next task for the house wreck was planning the kitchen. Ours hadn't been touched since some time in the late 1950s

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New Neon Art Jewellery

My recent necklace based on the wonderful Gods Own Junkyard enter sign also gave me the idea for some more neon art inspired jewellery in sterling silver.

Jewellery, New Stuff, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceJune 23, 2017electric dreams, neon art, new collectionComment

Wax Carving Project (Part 2)

My epic wax carving project is finished! Inspired by the neon art of God’s Own Junkyard, I wanted to make a jewellery version of their iconic Enter sign. Starting with a block of wax

Custom Work, Jewellery, New Stuff, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceJune 1, 2017electric dreams, neon artComment

My First Stockist!

Rather excitingly, I now have my first bricks and mortar stockist for my jewellery. A lovely art gallery in Cambridge, The Art Hound Gallery, asked me to supply some of my weather pieces and biscuit jewellery.

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Silver Circus Light Initial Pendant

My epic wax carving project is still in progress, but has wound up inspiring a whole new collection of shiny things and a lot more wax carving!

Events, Jewellery, New StuffLaurenGraceMay 27, 2017circus lights, electric dreams, intial necklaceComment

New Wax Carving Project

I have a slightly epic wax carving project in my head. I don't find wax carving easy, but I do find it strangely therapeutic - I think it's a type of mindfulness just sitting quietly filing bits of wax.

Custom Work, Jewellery, New Stuff, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceApril 14, 2017Comment

Pink Party Ring Biscuits

I loved the rose gold plating on my little lightning bolts so much, I decided to give my silver party ring biscuit necklaces the same treatment. So pretty!

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March Meet the Maker

Instagram is my favourite social media platform, so when I spotted Joanne Hawker’s March Meet the Maker challenge, I decided to get involved.

Events, Random MusingsLaurenGraceMarch 31, 2017Comment

Rose Gold Lightning Bolts

My mini lightning bolt earrings have been very popular in both sterling silver and 22k gold vermeil finishes, so as an experiment I decided to get a pair plated in rose gold to see how they looked.

Jewellery, New StuffLaurenGraceMarch 11, 2017rain or shine, weather jewelleryComment

New Custom Skate Necklace

I still love doing these little silver skate numbers! This one was nice to cut out and carve – lots of lovely curves.

Jewellery, Roller DerbyLaurenGraceFebruary 15, 2017roller derby, skateComment

Tiny Teacups

I recently decided to re-carve my little teacup charm from scratch. I carved my original a good few years ago and, being a wax-carving novice at the time, I made the setting edge too chunky.

Jewellery, New StuffLaurenGraceFebruary 11, 2017tea and biscuits, wax carvingComment

I Have Been a Busy Bee

Mostly, I have been busy making bees this week. My silver mini bumblebees have enjoyed a flurry of orders recently

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Valentine’s Day Hearts

I know, hearts for Valentines Day. Groundbreaking. But with Valentine’s Day dancing merrily over the horizon, I thought I would share some of my silver and gold heart jewellery

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