Jewellery with words is jewellery with meaning

I quite like that as a slogan for my new Word Jewellery collection.

I am steadily adding the new designs to my website and just uploaded two simple but effective designs.

I own both of these necklace prototypes and wear them often as they go with everything. They's not my favourite of the word designs, but you will have to wait a bit longer to see that one. ;)

Hope you like them. I've already sold several, so I have been busily bashing out the letters onto the silver.

Jewellers Tip:
If you are wondering how to stamp without getting scratches on your silver, try placing the silver between two sheets of paper.)

Wedding Jewellery

Wedding season is well and truly upon me, and I have been crazily busy creating stock for bridal shops and brides.

This season's wedding fashion is all about feminine, floaty and easy to wear designs.

Here are my most popular pearl bridal jewellery designs:

1. Heart and Pearl Lariat. Always a favourite!
2. Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Rondelles. Another best seller with brides.
3. Side drilled pearls with a Topaz clasp. These flat pearls are created specially for me, and this design sells out almost as soon as I get them in. I often have a waiting list so if they take your fancy, email me!
4. Solitaire Pearl. A simple, stylish and affordable design not yet in my web shop, but stay tuned as I hope to add it soon.

Summer Collections

I am just putting the finishing touches on my latest collection for summer. The gemstones are really lovely, especially the citrine which is one of my favourite colours for summer. The bright sunny gold and yellow designs are balanced by a shipment of cool blue aquamarine that just arrived. These stones are massive (think of your childhood marbles) and have a beautiful appearance that makes me think of pale blue skies with whispy white clouds.

The bright red stones in the photograph are coral, which makes this chunky necklace surprisingly light. It also fastens with an extra strong magnetic clasp, with a small CZ for just a touch of sparkle!

Look out over the next two weeks for a shuffle at my online jewellery shop, as I shelf older designs to make room for the new.

'Retired' designs may still be available, but as special order direct to customers only. The up side to this is that each piece can be customized to each individual customer.

Hard at work

I am working on two collections at the moment, which is taking up a lot of my time.

'Wordsmith' will be the full collection of stamped pendants, as well as a beautiful alphabet charm necklace, and some very special, unique pieces featuring scraps of antique manuscripts preserved in resin. As a writer, this collection is very close to my heart.

'Summer 09' will be ready before the wordy designs, and is full of luscious gold tones and gem colours, and multiple strands feature strongly, as do hoop shapes. I am hoping to add some rings to this collection too.

I have also been experimenting with some traditional forging techniques such as maille and wire wrapping, and have some nice Celtic inspirations as well as a few design ideas for men. Watch this space!

Silver Heart Pendant Now Available!

I now have stock of the Filigree Heart Pendant in my online shop. This is one of my favourite pieces, and I love making it.


The pendant has a beautiful weight, and is 99.9% fine silver, being made out of metal clay, carved into shape and then fired to solidify it. I then solder on jumprings for the chain, brush it for texture, file the edges smooth and carefully polish the highlights.

I have one of these necklaces, and have also been busy making them for friends and family who saw it on my bench weeks ago. Makes a great gift for a special occassion.

New Designs

Hi all! I have been busy making tons of new designs recently, and playing with all of the new tools and materials that I have bought this year. It will take me some time to add them all to the shop, but here is one of my favourites.

The sterling silver pendant of this word bar necklace can be stamped with any word up to 6 letters, so 'Peace', 'Dreams', 'Love', 'Wishes' are all great ideas.

You can also choose the colour of the Swarovski crystal, making this a great personalized gift for any occassion.

At only 21 per necklace I think it's great value too.

Enjoy!

Interview with Anne Choi

I have the honour of interviewing some amazing jewellers for The Jewelry Report http://jewelryreport.com (Yes, US spelling, because the site is run in the US)

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Anne Choi who designed intricate silver beads.

You can read the interview here. I try to feature a new jeweler every Wednesday, so if you are fanatical about the art form (like me!) then subscribe to the RSS to be kept up to date.