It was a wonderful jewellery week in Las Vegas at JCK and Couture shows. I visited my terrific suppliers and made friends with some new ones. I had a great time with Jaclyn and Anzie Stein from Montreal at the ANZIE booth at Couture. Look out for some great new designs from ANZIE coming soon … Read More
I’m often asked how I go about creating a custom piece of jewellery and there are several answers to the question. When I create a custom piece for a client there are usually certain things they have in mind that they want to achieve, for example; reusing an existing piece of jewellery, incorporating a loose … Read More
One can’t fail to notice the endless images of who wore what to whichever event. Be it music awards – Beyoncé, film awards – Meryl Streep, TV awards – Reese Witherspoon or just paparazzi shots – Meghan Markle we seem to have a guilty pleasure in seeing celebrities both megawatt and not so well known … Read More
What’s your new year style? We are a mere two weeks into this year and we can feast our eyes on award ceremonies and red-carpet galas, a glimmer of sparkle in a dreary, January, aprés Christmas funk. It’s fun to watch for up-and-coming trends that make their way from celebrities and fashionistas and trickle through to what we too will be … Read More
Before I get to the nub of this post, Pride Jewellery, I want to tell you a little about the main event here in Vancouver this weekend. It’s hot and sunny in Vancouver as I write, isn’t it always like that around Pride (in the name of love) week? Vancouver’s Pride Parade is the 5th largest in the … Read More
WedLuxe Summer Fall 2015 is on newsstands now! Featuring Angela Betteridge Jewellery and Anne Sportun Rose Gold rings. Readers logging in to the webpage link shown on the ad will receive a very special offer on their Anne Sportun ring purchase. Take a look at the WedLuxe website for some fabulous wedding planning inspiration.
I am a member of the Glitterati! “What on earth is that?” I hear you ask. WedLuxe celebrates the design and style elements of luxury weddings within Canada, USA and beyond and has become an irreplaceable guide for stylish brides along with influencers in the luxury wedding industry. In addition to the exquisitely produced print … Read More
I recently assisted a lovely young man from half way around the world with a purchase of Canadian diamonds. I enjoy helping people and I always take great pleasure in sharing my knowledge of Canadian diamonds and their guarantee of origin. It’s a colossal process tracking rough diamonds through to polished diamonds and keeping standards up along the way, thankfully there are … Read More
What’s the similarity between a snowflake and diamond? Snowflakes and diamonds have the same unique attributes, no two are alike. Many years ago when I was on a skiing trip, snowflakes landed on my jacket and they were so perfectly formed in their shapes, they were just like the paper doily cutouts that we used to … Read More
It’s been a year of blog posts and we’ve come full circle to my favourite month of the year, I’m an October baby and love the change of season as the leaves blush all the way to deep red. Engagement rings are making me blush right now; so many lucky women are about to receive … Read More
