February is a short and sweet month with Valentine’s Day right in the middle to warm up the winter days. The wide variety of amethyst gemstones look beautiful and are relatively inexpensive in comparison with other gemstones. Amethysts come in the most well known purple shades and also in a wide variety of colours and … Read More
Valentine’s Day can be a love it or hate it type of feast with hearts bursting with joy or broken into pieces. Whichever side you’re on this year it’s worth remembering some of your good Valentine’s Day celebrations of years past. I remember living in the Middle East as a child and attending an American … Read More
What better way than to turn up the heat a bit with garnet, a beautiful red gemstone? January is generally a cold, crisp month with not a lot to warm the cockles of our hearts but for those with a birthday in January you have the luck of lighting your fire with red hot garnet … Read More
As I look out the window this morning in Vancouver and see the snow softly falling, my thoughts turn to Andrew and Michelle and their dream wedding in that beautiful Christmas city – New York. May you both be blessed with happiness and joy now and always. Congratulations and best wishes to you on this … Read More
Beautiful blue tanzanite and zircon birthstones for those born in December. This can be a difficult month if you have a someone to give a gift to with a birthday in December, two rounds of gifts, sometimes it’s hard to pick just one “right” gift let alone two. Wrap up the birthday conundrum with a tanzanite … Read More
It is with a tinge of sadness that I read about my town, the city of Vancouver, legislating the humble doorknob out of existence. This beautiful piece of decorative jewellery for the home has been ubiquitous since the time that doors were first made. As a child, I was fascinated by the jewel-like cut glass … Read More
Does inspiration come to you or do you have to go looking for it? I am one of those people who see beauty in everyday things, take this cobweb – a close-up shot captures the dewdrops clinging on to one of nature’s cleverest traps. Imagine these dewdrops transformed into a necklace made of pearls with … Read More
Like the Fall leaves, the colours of November’s birthstones of Citrine and Topaz echo the foliage all around us at this time of year. Mother nature strips off her wardrobe and prepares for the next season, showering us in leaves that remind me of pennies from heaven. Choose from an array of Autumnal hues of … Read More
Fashion and jewellery go together like peaches and cream, and twice a year Pantone debuts its Fashion Colour Report. Selections in Pantone’s spring 2014 Colour Report serve as a jumping off point for designers’ colour choices in new clothing collections. Jewellery can follow suit and use beautiful coloured gemstones to match the new clothing colours … Read More
Many people believe that if a piece of custom designed jewellery is crafted then it must be costly. In my experience, my clients’ time is precious and running around from store to store looking for that “perfect something” can lead to frustration and hours of wasted time. I will work with you by telephone, e-mail, skype or … Read More
