J is for…Jewellery

  
Sometimes I feel like a magpie, as soon as I set my eye on something sparkly I have to have it. The thing is though once you start, you can’t stop! I have so much that I’ve had to get a massive jewellery box to keep it in. 

At the moment I’m going through a pearl phase, and anything in the shape of a heart is always ok. My friend who is a very talented jeweller actually made me one of the pearl necklaces in the picture. 

There is also a dark pearl necklace that I made in there as well. I took some beading courses a while back and loved it, so ended up doing a ring course, a headband course and a pearl stringing course. I haven’t got my beading things out in a while but maybe at some point this year they might see the light of day…

As for buying jewellery, I love going to Edinburgh and having a look at the little boutiques, there are lots of nice ones. Hannah Zakari is a lovely shop, it sells lots of quirky pieces at a range of prices and it sells stationery as well which I never say no to. Sheila Fleet is another lovely designer. I have numerous rings from her collection. The enamels that she uses are beautiful, I just wish I had the pennies to buy more. 

I might have to stop talking now, I feel a splurge coming on…

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