I’ve been working hard on some new handmade jewellery designs. The new range is still being completed and then I need a sunny day to photograph it all properly.
But for now here is a sneak peek of some of the new jewellery pieces.
The new range is inspired by the nature all around me – both in my large and mostly English-style garden as well as in the beautiful wilderness of the national park...
I’ve finished more of my new range of handmade jewellery now. There are a few loose ends to tidy up but it’s pretty much ready for being photographed properly.
Until then here are some more ’sneak peek’ photos I took...
Did you know that the garnet was named after a fruit? The ancient Greeks thought that garnets looked like the seeds of the pomegranate – thus, garnet! In the Bible, garnet is mentioned fairly often, usually called carbuncle.
The Victorians were especially fond of garnets and mixed them often with pearls, opals, coral, cameos, and one of my favorite combinations, turquoise. But they were passionate...
One of the favorite gifts for Valentine’s Day (in years past anyway) has got to be bracelets, necklaces, and earrings made of aquamarine. So here are some new aquamarine pieces that will be up on the site within the next day or two. Above, an aquamarine bracelet with sharply faceted nuggets of wonderful practically inclusion-free crystal quartz, and smaller nuggets of aquamarine. Below are...
January’s weather has turned from snow to rain; I can’t wait for more snow! I am working (and have been on the new Spring jewelry for this year, and there’s something about a heavy coating of snow on the ground that is inspirational when it comes to jewelry. Meanwhile, I’ve also been getting ready for Valentine’s Day and working on a special page of earrings!
Above are two...
Is this ok, all the original pictures are the same except for the agyness deyn one, I’ve attached a new one for that. I’ll work on the first one now.
I’ve been trying to find a New years eve party dress recently, which should be easy, I mean come on, I love shopping! But it’s proving to be a nightmare, shops are a total mess from sales. So I decided to look online and I came across...
