The Sunday Summary

It's been a busy old day today - we went back to our wedding venue to take part in their Spring Wedding Fair which was great fun, but tiring! We got to spend time with the people who helped us to put our wedding together as well as see our lovely cake maker and photographer again! It has meant that I've not had a chance to plan a tutorial so we're back to Shop of the Week...


In case you hadn't guessed already, my shop of the week this week is definitely The Silvery. I'm in love with pretty much everything they sell, but especially their shell necklaces and charm bracelets. I especially love them as they do just have the best customer service imaginable. I am known as a bit of a complainer and I will stand up for my customer rights if I think I'm getting a bad deal (seriously, I reckon I must be blacklisted from a  few places!), but when I get good customer service I will shout it from the rooftops. I personally think being nice and helpful should be what we all do on a regular basis but I do appreciate that some people don't give a monkeys. Good customer service really shouldn't be rocket science but it does amaze me how many people are bad at it. The Silvery are the exact opposite. I had to get a present for a colleague after the original gift idea fell through literally at the last minute. Jules and the team at The Silvery not only helped us find the perfect present they also got it sent out to us immediately so they saved the day - and my colleague loved it! If you're looking for something, maybe a Mothers Day present, then definitely check them out - you won't be disappointed!

Day 60 - Silverleafed leaf necklace from The Silvery

I had never heard of The Silvery until a friend bought me this necklace for my 30th birthday and I love it. It's a real leaf that's been silver leafed and I've since become a huge fan of The Silvery. I have bought a few presents from them and they've been nothing short of wonderful in terms of their customer service.

I can't recommend them highly enough as they really are fantastic and I am in love with their shell pieces - am hoping to drop enough hints to the husband for my forthcoming birthday...! Whenever I wear this necklace I always get compliments and love telling people its a real leaf!

I even got two 1p coins silverleafed by The Silvery for our anniversary a few years ago and we ended up using both the coins in our wedding. Why two 1p coins? Well when we were buying our flat in the height of the credit crunch (seriously it was when Lehmann Brothers and Northern Rock went under - getting a mortgage was unbearably stressful!) we would hide any 1p coins that we found in the flat in a secret place hoping they'd bring us good luck.

It worked and we ended up getting the flat and we kept a little pot of lucky pennies as a stand by which we still have today.

I managed to retreive the first two from the bottom of the pot and The Silvery kindly silverleafed them for me. I wear mine as a necklace (on the wedding day it was pinned to my bouquet, above) and the husband wore his attached to his pocket watch (my wedding gift to him, left).

Wedding images courtesty of the marvellous Mark Colombus.