Etsy Anniversary Giveaway and Sale!

Competition now closed!

On September 5th I am coming up to two years as an Etsy Seller!

To celebrate I am running a competition and also a sale in my Etsy shop.
Until Monday 7th I am offering 15% off all purchases in my Etsy shop - click here for more details.


I am giving away a FREE Two Lockets necklace to one lucky person. It has been my best selling jewellery design and one that I love to wear myself too!

Competition now closed! I will be announcing the winner in a new blog post :)


You will also become part of my mailing list, I send newsletters out no more than twice a month, they contain news about my products and special discounts for my Etsy shop.

Competition closes at at 12 noon Monday 7th September. I'll be picking the winner at random on the 7th September. I'll announce the winner and here also contact you by email.

Thank you for entering! :)

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Roses for you...

A special offer for you this weekend...

For every purchase totalling over $30 in my Etsy shop I'll be giving away a FREE pair of Simple Rose Earrings!

One per customer, I'll send your earrings out automatically, no need to enter a code during checkout.

A little note about shipping whilst I'm here. Its a bank holiday in the UK this weekend (yay! extra day off work!) so I won't be posting on Monday. All orders will ship on Tuesday 1st September.


Happy shopping!

weekend beading..

A few new pretties to start off the week...

Peach cupcakes

I've been craving peaches for a while now and I really did fall hard for this recipe on Smitten Kitchen. So naturally I had to make them.

You don't see English peaches very often, I don't think they grow well here so I expect anyone with a healthy peach tree in England keeps the peaches to themselves! So I went for the food miled Spanish peaches at my local farm shop. I consoled myself that at least from the farm shop they'd be a bit better than the watery offerings from the supermarkets.

The peaches were lovely and sweet and they work so well in cupcakes. The cake was very moist and with a lovely sweetness, but not too sweet. I can't pretend I am good at icing cakes, my effort was very much less neat than the ones exhibted by Deb on Smitten Kitchen, but the frosting tasted as good as I'd hoped it would, which is the main thing!

I think I'll try these again soon, this time with more of a breakfast muffin approach as suggested by Deb too. I think I'll swap out a little bit of the flour for oats and add an extra peach into the mix too.

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new blue things

I've been eagerly awaiting these beads, they are both very special and both my favourite kind of vintage beads.

These are vintage rough cuts or English cut beads, they are rare and very old, I would say probably 1950s. Each of the beads is hand cut so every bead and facet is different from the rest. It also gives the beads a beautiful chippy rustic look that I love.

The crisp blue works so well with brass so I put them together (straight away, I couldn't wait!) with this lovely golden chunky brass chain. The Capri bracelet is one of a kind and in my Etsy shop.


The second lot of beads are these dimpled textured beads that you may have seen in my shop before in different colours.


This time I have found them in a glorious deep midnight blue colour. As yet I'm not sure what to do with them but I'll keep you posted! I have just two of these beads so whatever I do make will be one of a kind or limited edition. They will also form part of my new Autumn collection.

If you are a newsletter subscriber stay tuned for a special offer on my Autumn collection, if you haven't subscribed already you can do so at the top right of this page :)

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Autumn collection is here!

I have listed the first three pieces from my Autumn collection, you can find them in my Etsy shop.

Check back for new designs very soon. :)

All Things Original

Some news!

I am now selling on the All Things Original website.
You can find my jewellery here, I'll be adding lots of stock over the next couple of weeks.

Check out all the great designers on there too, so glad to have found another fab platform for Handmade goodness.

You can find My All Things Original Shop Here

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