Taste of Epsom

Come and see us in action..
As part of Taste of Epsom today Wednesday the 16th of September we will be demonstrating beading in Epsom’s Town Square from 11am-3pm.

Join Lucy Ellor FGA our stone expert and Jeweller Hannah Goodall for an informal jewellery demo. Come along to see what we do, what we are making, get some stone info, and if you have a difficult outfit you need a piece of jewellery to match come and have a chat to see if we could make a unique bespoke piece especially for you.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Modern Times

I like to keep myself up to date with all the current fashion trends and was looking through Vogue when I came across a piece by Lauren Milligan. She was commenting on all of the frivolity in fashion at the moment-big shoulders, big hair, fabulous platform shoes, she used the phrase ‘Laissez-faire jewellery excess’ and it struck a bit of a chord. Elaborate exciting confident looks are really appealing, particularly after a lot of heavy and depressing news a chance to wear large pieces, bright colours, cheer yourself up and have a bit of fun with fashion seems brilliant to me!

I have always been a believer that if you are wearing jewellery it should be fab, it should be bold, and most importantly it should make you feel great. We are still all being a bit careful with how we spend our money, beautifully designed, quality, timeless pieces have always been our speciality so I have picked out some of my favourite one offs and limited pieces that could update a simple black dress or work suit in a very current and very wearable way.


These beauties are all available on the website…and I defy you not to look and feel great in them!

The Birthstone Feature - September Sapphires

For all those with a September birthday lucky you! Pretty Blue Sapphire is your birthstone.

Here is the science bit; Sapphire is a variety of the mineral Corundum and is an aluminium oxide. Sapphires range in colour from pale blue to a deep indigo, the intensity of the colour depends on the amount of titanium and iron within the crystal.

Sapphire also forms in a range of other colours, including colourless, pink, orange, green, yellow, violet and brown, these are called ‘fancy sapphires’. The different colour forms are due to some impurities within the mineral. Sapphire, having a hardness of 9 on the Moh's scale, is a very durable gemstone for jewellery.

Sapphires are mainly mined in Australia, particularly New South Wales and Queensland, occurring in alluvial deposits. The most desirable cornflower blue sapphires are found in Kashmir, in India. Sapphires are also found in Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Tanzania and Kenya.

According to legend, Sapphires were said to protect against snakes - if a Sapphire was placed in a jar with serpents, they would die at once. During the Middle Ages, priests wore sapphires as protection from impure thoughts and warriors gave their young wives sapphire necklaces to ensure fidelity. In the 13th Century, the French thought that sapphire transformed stupidity to wisdom and irritability to good temper.

One of the most well known sapphires is in the Imperial State Crown, worn by Queen Victoria in 1838, and is now housed in the Tower of London. The gem is called the St Edward’s Sapphire, as it belonged to Edward the Confessor, who wore the stone in a ring during his coronation in 1042.

SPECIAL OFFER OF SEPTEMBER SAPPHIRES

If you want one for yourself or know someone with a birthday head down to one of our shops. We currently have a very limited number of these Sapphire pendants from £25 (that’s upto 50% off) They are a really nice casual way to wear real Sapphire, and look just as lovely with jeans as they do with a dress in the evening.