Ever wondered what the 925 stamp on silver means and what’s the difference between 9, 18 and 24 carat gold? Precious metals surround us every day in the jewellery making world, and this blog will delve into how they are created and what each marking means.ย Silver Have you noticed that your ring has a […]
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Shopping local is not a new craze, it is what it says in the tin; use your local shops rather than buy from larger nationalised companies. As a smaller business, we are extremely passionate about this and strongly believe that the service we provide as a local store, online and in person, is second to
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, It’s been a while since I talked about my favourite subject in the whole wide world, so this week I thought I’d treat you to a Kumihimo catch up! As most of you know I heard about Kumihimo, the Japanese art of braiding, around 10 years ago and have been braiding like
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, This week finds me dreaming of fantastic beasts, from unique unicorns to mesmerising mermaids. The reason for these mythical musings is because I’ve been brainstorming with friends regarding upcoming birthday party ideas. I recently held a prince and princess crafting party for a group of five year olds, where I set up
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, What an amazing, award winning week we have had! Who’d have thought that our little craft shop would win not one, but TWO awards in the International craft awards?! International I say! We really are so proud to be the winner of the awards for best craft shop of the UK Midlands
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Over the years Pru McRae has developed her own special version of the Japanese braiding technique Kumihimo, simply called Prumihimo. Pru create the patented Prumihimo Disk after years of experimentation and after much trial and error she came up with her unique design and put it into production. The system of slots, dots and numbers is completely her
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