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.
This was the first piece I ever made, and it was from a kit - I think I got it from an art shop as it was in the sale and I thought I'd just have a bit of a play but I kind of got a bit hooked!
Its just black plastic so it's super cheap but it looks more expensive and I have a certain amount of pride knowing it was my first piece.
Jewellery making kits are a really simple and easy way to dip your toe into the world of jewellery making. You can find them all over ther place so if you fancy giving something new a try I'd definitely recommend it.
This lovely necklace was a birthday present from my parents-in-law. It's from a store called Azendi which is online and also has lots of shops in the UK - the one we went to was in Richmond. I like the brushed texture of this one and the fact its a nice classic simple shape so it can go with anything.
They have some really beautiful pieces online, lots of really expensive looking stacking rings and some really stunning bridal pieces too. Go have a look!
Sorry, it's been a few weeks since I last did a proper Sunday Summary - with my back completely broken I've been in a bit of a fug; struggling to work during the week then just exhausted at the weekends. I'm on some strong painkillers and starting to feel better now but its taken a while and it will take some time more. While I've been off I got to thinking that I haven't made much jewellery recently so I am going to start making some more again soon - and I was going to do a but of a tutorial on here too so look out for that in the next month or so.
I've also decided that the Sunday Summary is going to be where I highlight my favourite Shop of the Week...which this week goes to Oliver Bonas. I used to go past Oliver Bonas all time time on my old commute but since moving jobs almost a year ago I don't really go past it any more. Which is probably good for my bank balance but not so much for my happiness. I popped into one this week and was really impressed by the jewellery they have in at the moment. I am always really impressed with their sale prices but even some of the full-priced pieces were still really affordable. My favourite piece? These brilliant birdie earrings!
I have the matching necklace that goes with these earrings but I think if I wore them together it would just be overkill! It's been feeling really nice and Spring/Summer these last few days and these just seemed to really fit the vibe today. Accessorize tend to do this range most seasons but in a different colour - a year or so ago they did it in a bright fuchsia pink shade that I looked everywhere for but never found. Which was even more annoying when I later mentioned this to some friends who all said they'd seen it! Grrrr!!
This is another Oliver Bonas purchase, the colour hasn't come out too well in the photo but its a really unusual dusky pinky purple colour.
The crystals really catch the light and I wore this with jeans and a purple slouchy top. Well, it is a Saturday!
I kind of broke my rule about not buying anything new for these babies. They were a spontaneous purchase after I saw them in the sale in Oliver Bonas and they were such a bargain I just couldn't say no. They were only £6 and I really like them. I wore them with a mostly blue outfit and the shades of blues and greens along with the gold really pulled the outfit together and dressed it up a bit more. I love that jewellery has the power to be able to dress-up a whole outfit!
