Yes, it’s that time of year again (I can’t believe it’s come around so quickly!)
As I hand make each piece of jewellery just for you when you order, I need to allow enough time to complete your piece and have it winging its way to you before the Royal Mail deadlines.
Read MoreOur lovely friends got married at Villa Palazzola just outside Rome a few weeks ago. Having spent an amazing day exploring Rome, a friend who was also attending the wedding kindly offered to drive us to the Villa. Driving in Rome is a once in a lifetime experience, partly on the grounds that you may not survive it!
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we went on holiday. It was much needed. I have been spending so much time trying to juggle everything - working on the house, my day job and running my business, as the boy has been super-busy studying for important work things for the past year or so - that I was a little burned out.
Read MoreI was recently asked by the boy’s lovely mum to make a special necklace for her sister’s 60th birthday. As the birthday girl is an amazingly talented creator of interior furnishings, the design brief was a trio of sewing charms in sterling silver - a thimble, a cotton reel and scissors.
Read MoreI'll be at the Walthamstow Garden Party in Lloyd Park again this year, on Saturday 14th July, with the lovely E17 Designers. Come and visit us in the marquee as you come through the gates. The weather forecast is scorchio, so bonus points if you bring us ice-cream or a cold glass of Pimms!
Read MoreYou may remember that earlier this year I found an old stash of bullet gemstones from my post-uni days. Well, I've finally made some jewellery with them. I had another go at some wax turning (so fun, so messy!) to make some little settings of different sizes to house the bullet gems.
Read MoreA previous customer asked if I could make her some baby initial letter charms to be added to her star necklace. We had a chat about fonts and sizes and decided on Copperplate Gothic at a teeny tiny 7mm in height
Read MoreI mentioned in a previous blog post that something exciting was appearing over the horizon. Well, here it is! I am very pleased to say that I have been selected, along with over 120 talented designer-makers, for Handmade in Britain’s new online marketplace, Handmade in Britain Online.
Read MoreI really enjoyed creating the moon crater texture on the recent moon and cloud necklace commission, so I’ve been having a bit more of a play with it
Read MoreWhen the boy asked me what I wanted for my 40th birthday (40 - eek!) I really couldn’t think of anything I needed, so I thought it would be nice if we went away somewhere instead
Read MoreI love doing these custom roller derby skate numbers in silver, but often forget to take pictures of them before sending them out.
Read MoreI have been redesigning my little silver roller derby crash helmets for a while, and finally got around to finishing them! All of the original helmet necklaces (jammer, pivot and plain) are back in stock now.
Read MoreThis lovely (and slightly unusual!) commission saw me creating a little allen key from solid sterling silver.
Read MoreI was tidying out some of my old stuff the other day (I still have unpacked boxes even though the boy and I moved into our house nearly four years ago!) and came across a box from university.
Read MoreAnother Christmas order for a baby girl, this time a bespoke silver initial bracelet. I was asked to make the bracelet to fit a child, so that my client’s beautiful daughter, Harriet, could wear it when she was a bit older.
Read MoreThis was such a lovely commission to work on. I was asked to make an interlocking silver friendship necklace as a first Christmas present for twin sisters.
Read MoreI was commissioned to make a pair of gold wedding bands to go with this lovely couple’s gorgeous vintage engagement rings.
Read MoreAfter many, many weeks of hitting things with hammers, my new Ebb and Flow jewellery collection has finally been photographed and uploaded to the website.
Read MoreIf you'd like to get a head start on all that Christmas shopping, come and visit me at one of the E17 Designers Christmas events. We'll be starting off with a fabulously festive evening at the beautiful William Morris gallery on Friday 24 November
Read MoreNow that Halloween is over, I can officially mention the 'C' word. Yep, Christmas! I know, it's still November, you don't want to think about mince pies and shopping just yet,
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