Tragically last year a lovely lady lost her beloved husband to the wickedness that is cancer. She had decided that she wanted something with his fingerprint on it to wear always, and eventually decided on a bracelet. We had to make something robust that would stand the test of time, yet not make the bracelet itself look masculine despite this robustness. Her biggest worry though was that the fingerprint was actually his, as she had heard that some online companies say that is what you are getting when it is just any random fingerprint. With our “Keepsake” range were able to guarantee everything and put her mind at rest, and it was wrapped for her to open on Christmas Day. Not a dry eye in the house!!

This is a silver keyring with a difference! You may have noticed that before Christmas I had posted some information on a new range we have started supplying called The Keepsake Collection? This collection allows you to capture a baby’s footprint, a son’s fingerprint, a dogs pawprint, a daughter’s first doodle, to be able to write a note to someone special, and to have them all immortalised on a piece of jewellery. Or on this occasion, a keyring! This particular one I gave to my Mum for Christmas, I managed to secretly get a scan of my Dad’s signature from an old passport which went on one side, and I had found some of his writing from which we were able to make up the sentence “I love you” for the other side. Have you got something you want to immortalise? We can help!

These are the earrings that we made in our workshop to match the beautiful pendant that was featured in an earlier post, and I have even managed to capture the amazing six rayed star that is displayed in both the earrings and pendant that makes these sapphires so unusual and special! If you were thinking you liked the look of them, the set has been snapped up so they are not available anymore, but please get in touch if you would like something equally unique and special and we will see what we can do to help!

The winner of our Valentine’s Day competition is… Elizabeth Hutchinson! Congratulations to Elizabeth for winning with her entry that showed thought and imagination, and than you to all of you who liked and shared to enter! 🙂

I know we’re still in January (and it seems to be going on forever!) but I thought it would be a good time to set a little competition to win a lovely heart pendant and chain for your beloved, or a special friend that deserves a boost! Like, share and tag the person you think should win, and comment why you think they deserve the treat? The winner will be announced on February 7th, Good luck!! 🙂

A lucky lady found this delicious piece of butterscotch amber on a local beach and brought it in to be turned into a pendant for her. She had a much smaller piece made into a ring some time ago, and decided to have a matching pendant even though the colours of amber did not match. This lovely butterscotch amber is the more commonly found colour on our Suffolk beaches, with the gorgeous creamy colour being due to microscopic air bubbles trapped in the fossilized resin. Every piece of amber is unique, (even more so if you manage to find it yourself!!) with this colour you can often see what look like storms trapped in permanent stillness, prehistoric air swirling forever.

I loved making this bracelet! Any of you who know me will know that I have a love of all animals, and my beloved Trumpton was a constant companion and regularly to be seen (and admired!) in the shop over the years before he sadly passed a couple of years ago at a ripe old age. This bracelet was made for a family to give to their relative that wanted to commemorate the dogs she had lost over the years, so we made little discs with a paw print, the dog’s personal birthstone and their name engraved on the reverse. The family also wanted a personal message to be engraved on the reverse of a heart for her, and for it to be tough and hardy to wear every day. The result is pawfect!

Now that the festive season is behind us, I am able to post some of the bespoke pieces that have been made in our workshop recently, and that I have been keeping secret just in case I spoilt a surprise! This lovely ring was made for a young man who wanted to pop the question to his prospective bride. He had a few ideas as to design, he knew that it had to be a lower flush setting that would allow her to wear it at work without it catching or getting in the way, and he knew she would like white gold and something possibly interwoven. I came up with some drawings and he chose the design, and this was the result! And she said yes, of course!

Jackey, Carol and Annie (and Womble obviously!!) would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to welcoming you all in 2020!! 