A Special Commission

A few weeks ago, I took a few days away from NEOS to make a flying visit to London. This was to celebrate the occasion of a very good friend of mine 'Tying the Knot'! 

I was honoured to be asked by the bride to make the wedding rings. Here are a few shots of the finished jewellery. Plain wedding bands engraved with the date.

Congratulations to the Happy Couple!

Just a few days left to see my Exhibition!

Just a wee reminder that my Exhibition is still on at Lava Jewellery in Peterculter until Saturday.

NEOS ended on Sunday but there is still a chance to see my work on display until the 29th September. So if you didn't manage to come past over NEOS week, now is your chance!

It was great to meet some more new customers over the weekend and sorry to those I missed during the week. I hope we meet another time.

It was also great to see a few familiar faces on Saturday. Thank you for making the trip and it was lovely to catch up.

Great weekend at NEOS

Teardrop Dot Necklace (One of a Kind)

It has been a great first weekend for me at North East Open Studios and I have really enjoyed meeting lots of lovely NEOS visitors and showing my work for the first time. Thank you to all my new customers.  It has been fantastic to have such nice comments and feedback on my new collections.

The shop will be closed tomorrow but re-opens on Tuesday. Hope to meet some more of you this week.

NEOS starts Tomorrow! (and extended opening hrs)

I am just stopping by to remind everyone that North East Open Studios starts tomorrow. I hope you have all managed to get hold of a catalogue and have started planning your visits.

I wanted to let you know that our venue Lava Jewellery Design will have longer opening times this weekend as well as next weekend to accommodate NEOS visitors.

We will be open 10am - 5pm on Saturday and 12 - 5pm on Sunday (but still closed on Monday).

I just got my latest batch of jewellery back from being hallmarked this week, so I will be adding some new designs to the cabinets this weekend.

Hope to see some of you over the weekend :)

Launch Day at Lava Jewellery Design

After a few tense hours last Friday morning waiting for my jewellery to be delivered in the post from the Assay office (after being hallmarked), I spent the afternoon polishing! I hadn't planned on leaving things to the last minute but it is funny how it always seems to work out that way, doesn't it?

New Large Drop Dot Earrings

When all my work was sparkling and finished I raced over to Lava Jewellery Design to set up my display cases and lay out all my pieces ready for the launch on Saturday. 

New Dot Stud Earrings

I have included a few photos of some of the work currently on display to show you some of my new pieces.

New 'One of a Kind' Dot Pendant

Thank you to everyone who came along to the opening. It was great to see so many familiar faces and catch up with people as well as meeting some lovely new customers.

New Lace Stud Earrings

It was a very busy day that passed in a whirl. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and the refreshments. My cupcakes certainly seemed popular as there weren't many left at the end of the afternoon! Although I did have some to take home, much to the delight of my family.

The exhibition continues until the 29th September so there is still time to pop along if you didn't manage to come last Saturday. 

Keep an eye out for the NEOS catalogue

Here is the NEOS catalogue. The year round directory of artists, makers and galleries in the North East of Scotland.

NEOS Catalogue with my image featured on the front page.

Keep you eye out for them in and around Aberdeen, so you can pick up your own copy and start planning you route round NEOS.

My entry in the catalogue on page 37.

We have copies at Lava Jewellery Design in Peterculter. Please come and see us at venue 72 and 132.

The handy fold out map to help find venues.

On my bench today ...

Something blue! Today I have been working on setting some lovely blue topaz stones into some new cuttlefish pieces.

Just trying out blogging from my phone in an attempt to keep the blog more up to date and letting you see what I am currently working on in my workshop.