Luke & Carley

Last week I received an email from one of our customers and had to share it with you. Luke bought a personalised mini love letter necklace from us a little while ago, for his girlfriend Carley. Then later on had an idea to purchase a second little love letter on its own that was etched with 'will you marry me?'. He then whisked her off to Amsterdam for the weekend as a surprise. He secretly changed over the love letter inside the locket when she wasn't looking and proposed to her on the bridge and captured this amazing photograph as she re-opened the locket and read the new message inside! 
Luke then told me there was more to the story - "Then we got in a rick shaw to a cocktail bar where i had secretly organised her friends and family to be, i also flew in my parents and brother from Dubai. Then the tears really started to flow." I think these photos is fantastic and is also a wonderful story - she said yes! Congratulations to Luke & Carley on your engagement!

Carley opening her love letter necklace that read 'will you marry me?'

The happy couple

Our mini personalised love letter necklace in Gold

And now also available in sterling silver

Update - Reclaimed Wood Cufflinks

Great news about my cufflink range - all our designs are now made from reclaimed British wood. The wood is reclaimed copper beech wood from Chartwell in Kent. It is from a tree that was in Sir Winston Churchill's family home estate and is over 200 years old. The wood has more slightly more grain to it and I really like that. This photo is from our latest photo shoot, featuring the bike cufflinks in sterling silver settings...

Above is a photograph of where the copper beech tree used to be and below is the provenance certificate from the National Trust, which includes a photo of the very tree that the cufflinks are made from! If you would like us to include a small version of the provenance with your cufflink order please just let us know.

Featured Stockist: YARD, Belgium

My jewellery is now stocked in this lovely shop, YARD (Young Artists and Designers) in Belgium. It is a collective of work by emerging designers - here are a few photos of the boutique and also my jewellery displayed there.

YARD
Diesestraat 204
3000 Leuven
Belgium
www.yard-leuven.com

Build a business from your kitchen table

Recently I received the book 'Build a Business from your Kitchen Table', written by the founders of Notonthehighstreet.com, Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish. While I was in the PopUp Shop in Richmond I was lucky enough to meet Holly who popped in and said hello! It was great to meet her and I told her how much I loved her book! She snapped a photo of me (I had been reading the book on my commute to the shop every day so it was in my bag) with it. The book is fantastic, it was so interesting to read about how the girls started up Notonthehighstreet (which I sell through) and the advice in the book is so useful. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to start up their own business!