Valentine’s Day tomorrow for all you love birds new and old, Is it just me or has it lost a bit of meaning in these modern times? I think it has, But I’m the old fashioned type I guess! Well It’s been a busy week this one and missed my chance to go to the NEC for the Jewellery show although it does appear to get less and less busy as the years go on but still worth a trip to see whats ” In trend “, Think more peeps change to the London one later in the year for obvious reasons. So what have I got for you this blog?  Yes that’s right WIRE WRAPPING! lol So this is my last wire wrapping from last year that I’m writing about so don’t worry I won’t bore you to death! Now it’s a product we already sell I have just jazzed it up a bit so it won’t be a very long blog! The Entwined range is very popular so it’s just an upgrade so to speak. I have entwined 2mm graded freshwater pearls to the beads and it has giving the design another dimension! For those who like a little daintiness this range will work a treat. Now I have made it in sterling silver and 14K Gold fill and at some point this year will add the Rose gold version, I hope, If I don’t forget which is highly probable! Right that’s about it for this blog but cannot wait till the next one as it’s my favourite piece I have designed so far in my short career so if you like BLING or pretty colours then checkout my next one.

Well that was a quick month!! Well as it’s the last day of the month I thought I would write about my last new product from last year, Yes another wire wrapped piece! Sorry lol,  I have become very fond of making this type of jewellery probably because I’m not to shabby at making it if I do say so myself, It’s only taken an age. So like my last couple of  wire wrapped charm bracelets I thought I would complete the set and make a 14K Gold fill and entwined pearl “Bird’s Nest ” ball charm and eventually turn into a charm bracelet like others at some point but wanted to be a little different with this one and make a necklace with it but I have added a twist by adding a gemstone. Now when I started to wire wrap the Gold wire I did notice a big difference from the sterling silver and Rose gold wire, It’s like trying to wrap a steel bar lol, It’s a lot tougher and the top of my fingers are similar to a tea bag – lots of perforated holes, If you manage to stab yourself  in the finger whilst weaving the wire your going to know about it – It sharp and it hurts and I’ve done it quite often! So with the Nest made with the pearls entwined on it I rummaged through my box of goodies, Now I could do with a maid with regards to this particular corner of the workshop, It’s no joke I look at it and have such good intentions in my head to sort it all out and put everything in its own compartment but I just think its a mental block lol. OK so I find my stash of gemstones and putting different colors against the nest and then I come across these sparkly beauties, Pink Mystic Quartz that I’ve had for a while and had actually forgotten about, That’s what happens when your stash is just piled on top and top and lost to depths of the eerie sweetie tin I keep them in. Now Gold and pink just pop when put together so I just new that this was the one for me, So once attached to the bottom of  nest job done! I love this unique design, I already have a few alternatives in my head but I’ll leave that for another day. So if you like your jewellery unique & sparkling then you can’t go wrong with this necklace. So that’s your lot for Jan and now we move on to the love month, Checkout the website by the way, Lots of Valentine’s goodies to choose from and we have a discount code so don’t be like the rest be an IndiviJewel.

Well here we are at our new home, Its been some journey but here at last can’t tell you how glad to have this off our work load! We can get to work filling the site with our new pieces of jewellery. We had a big input into how it turned out and are very happy and very pleased with the end product, We wanted it to be vintage in its looks but have some life to It, Like a new retro – Vibrant, Colourful but at the same time it still has the vintage look and feel to it which we were looking for. Now comes the hard and boring part moving across all our products and having to photograph new pictures for this website! We hope our customers have a great experience looking on the new IndiviJewels and its ease of use. So here’s a big thanks to Peter at c2  for having the patience in dealing with us. Now for our first post about what we have made I would like to add this love story, We had a customer from Australia contact us about making her partner a pair of initial oval cufflinks. The story behind it goes like this – They met in Europe but only after they had bumped into each other in three cities – London, Lucerne and Mykonos without actually realizing it until they met afterwards. We were chosen to make a treasured keepsake for the man in her life to remember those days with an anniversary gift. We hope when he puts them on he smiles and remembers the happy memories. We just love the stories behind our jewellery because its not just a business for us its about your stories.

“Tis the season to be jolly la la la la la la” So who is in the Christmas spirit and who is feeling like a good old Scroooge? This is the best time of the year for me I just love it! It’s been a busy old couple of weeks as the orders pile up and I can’t believe the amount of orders on this website considering we haven’t kept it upto date as it should have been as we have been looking to get a new website for the last 18 months and just basically neglected it. Anyway our new personalised Tie slide is a completely new product from us but we are very pleased with it and sales are good so maybe next year if we get some time on it I would like to try making some new ones with different shapes but that’s for another day. We offer this tie slide in two fonts currently but when we get a little more time will add some more fonts as well as a signature one. I think I have already mentioned to death in previous blogs that we offer this as part of a set but nothing like talking up your own products so if you missed the last couple of blogs then here’s the link again lol, Personalised Tie shaped Tie collar siffeners and here is the personalised Tie shaped Tie cufflinks.  Ok enough of boring you to sleep with this range and hopefully have something a little more exciting to show you next time. Right I’m off to finish the rest of Christmas decorations.

Well here we are! Sunday morning still half asleep, Kids playing on the Wii and I’m writing another action packed blog LOL. We have been making our unique and exclusive personalised 2013 Christmas Golf ball markers for the last two years and this is our 2013 edition which we think are the best to date. I would love to make myself one of these but fortunately for other Golfers I couldn’t hit a golf ball for toffee as the saying goes!  As most of us know Golf is a hugely popular game world wide for men and women so there is a big market for Golf accessories. We didn’t really think they would sell the way they have but we actually love making them and they sell really well. We are constantly designing new ones and trying to push the limits of what you can put on a small disc. They make lovely little gifts with that personal touch so everytime golfers use them the thoughts of that person/persons come to the fore front, Weather it be from the kids, Wife, Girlfriend, And so on. As you can see in the photo we have given you a choice of three designs. We have one with small children’s writing font, A second font which is also a child’s font but for the older kids and a third one which is more of an adult font for adults to give to other adults. So if you can’t find your loved one a special little gift you won’t go wrong with our novelty markers with that personal touch.  Just for some other IndiviJewels news we have moved into our new workshop so really looking forward to next year as we have tons of new designs to make as we haven’t made that much this year due to making sure the company had a good structure so lots of  behind the scene stuff going on which is nearly over! Just waiting for the new website and on to bigger and better things.

Personalised cufflinks! All the rage at the moment so we thought we would add our new personalised Tie shaped cufflinks to the mix! With Christmas round the corner we have been working on a range of  Tie shaped mens accessories which include our new personalised Tie shaped collar stiffeners and our new personalised Tie shaped Tie slide.  We thought this would be a refreshing new design to offer potential customers who seem to have the choice of the same style of cufflink offered by anyone and everyone due to the fact that everybody jumps on the band wagon and just copies designers work (Like us) I have to admit it really gets under my skin these people who call themselves “jewellery designers” when infact all they do is copy other people’s hard work. Anyway we offer these cufflinks in two fonts at thre moment, A children’s handwriting and a more elegant font but are looking to sell these with the customers handwriting (Signature cufflinks) as having checked out other companies offering this option and they are completely ripping people off in my opinion so we feel we will offer a better quality of product and a better service for a much better price.

Is it just me or do the weeks just seem to be getting shorter? I can’t believe Christmas is just around the corner again! As usual we are working on so many different projects when Christmas comes around, It’s unreal how we always do this but Hey-Ho there we go. Best news of the week is that our new workshop is ready to move into WOO-HOOOO. It’s all kitted out just have to find a home for all me bits! And there’s more good news regarding the new website, It’s moving in the right direction now- Forward LOL that’s due to the fact that we are no longer involved LOL. Anyhow as you can see by the title of this blog we have added another unique personalised Golf ball marker to our ever growing collection. I do have another one to show soon just waiting on the photographs and we our currently working hard on making our annual Christmas ones which I have to say look even better than last years if I do say so myself. Right back to this particular Golf ball marker, If you like watching Golf ( Couldn’t hit a golf ball with a cricket bat!)  like I do then you will know where I’m coming from with this one if not then what happens is when the Golfers are on the first hole there is an anouncer who calls the player up and tells the crowd to be “Quite please”  Rory Mcilroy on Tee. We are always looking to expand and better are range of markers and as I was watching I just thought what a good new idea so here we have it simple as that!  We always like to put some sort of Golf pun or reference on if we can so it took us ages to think of something but do you get it? The name Justin Fairway? As your driving off the Tee you want to get it “Just in the Fairway” come on now that’s funny, Go on have a chuckle lol.

Well that was a really quick two weeks since the last post! Unreal where does the time go? Well it’s very late or is that very early? in the morning but I really wanted to get this blog on as we are off in a few hours for a little break to the coast. I have lots of blogs to catch up on so I will be working backwards with some of our designs that are already out  but we have some nice stories to tell so hopefully I can catch up with the old ones and then get on to the here and now of Indivijewels and to the future. One of our latest designs has really taken off with you guys out there and that’s our personalised silver secret heart necklace We designed this necklace for all occasions in mind but have been inundated with wedding orders of late which we are so pleased about. The fact that  brides are choosing to wear our jewellery on their big day fills us with pride and joy and well to honest we feel pretty humble as some of the messages are so lovely to read it’s a privilege to make them. We really love this necklace and are currently working on expanding the range with different variations, We have some difficult designs in mind for new necklaces so cross fingers we can make them work but we are also working on bangles, Rings, Bracelets.  We also made a pair of earrings to go with the necklace which can be left plain or you can personalise them with a small message if you wanted. OK I’m running on fumes now! I will probably re-write this when I get back as it’s more than likely gobbledygook anyway! lol.  Hope to get some new inspiration while I’m away for some new designs, So I can add them to the hundreds of designs still on paper lol but hey it’s always good to keep busy and keep the mind ticking over with new, unique and fresh designs. And YES at last the new website is underway!!! Hallelujah AND  the new workshop is nearly ready, Well it’s got four walls and a roof well maybe not. Iv’e got a really sweet story for my next blog so till the next time, Hopefully just over a weeks time.

Well after all this time we have finally, Finally got back to writing blogs!!! It’s been so long and many stories to catch up on. It’s unreal how things just get left and you quickly get out of the habit of doing a certain job, In this case blogging, It really all goes back to roundabout the last post (many moons ago) and which we were looking to have a new website made for us so decided to drop it until it was done but that didn’t work out so good with that particular “design company” and so we just drifted away onto Facebook and Twitter but you just can’t explain a full story on those social media sites, As good as they are I’ve missed blogging. Anyway back to the now! As it’s our first post back and as my son has just broken up from school after his first year I thought this would be an appropriate place to start for the first one back.  Not being the most knowledgeable parents about how school traditions go we realized that at the end of the school year it’s custom to bring the teachers something to say thank you. Realizing this after a bit of investigating! that most parents would bring flowers or bottles of wine or teddybears, Tins of biscuits, Sweets and as they probably have a room full of these gifts we wanted to give them something  a little different – So we had this big thinking session and then it hit us!! We make jewellery so why not make them a little something lol.We thought our Friendship button bracelet would make a lovely gift, not to overpowering but just nice enough for a little message. Although Archie (son) wanted to make them we had a hard job of convincing him that he couldn’t and that we would for him, Bless him! He does like to do everything and doesn’t like to take no as an answer so there was some tears and tantrums. We have been looking at some new designs for friendship bracelets( out soon I hope) and we just bought some new cord to try out so instead of the just having the single strand cord we went with a multi layered cord which give it that look of a little more thickness. As you can see in the photo’s we had put a bit of thought into the design regarding the text, We used a typewriter  font associated with schools from yesteryear and also the asterix we used for the star which we were quite proud of thinking of at short notice lol. On the back we used a kids handwriting font, We would have liked to have used Archie’s but unfortunately time was against us but it done the job and they were well received by the teachers, Well so they told us lol. Till the next post – Which hopefully will be somtime this year!

I cannot believe how long it has been since my last post. It’s true what they say when you leave things for a period of time that it becomes harder to go to back to it, I kept meaning to do some blogging but it always got put to the back of the daily jobs and I never reached that far down the list lol. Unfortunately all the social networking got put on hold for various reasons but I do enjoy this side of the business to interact with customers or just people who have a common interest in jewellery and I have set myself some new goals for the foreseeable future. I do have a few topics and some new jewellery to share so I will be doing a fair amount of blogging over the next few days but thought I would change how I write the blog and make it  more open about us , our jewellery and life in general. As much as I love to share our  jewellery adventure with you guys I would like you to get to know us because we would like to a more open and engage more with you rather than being  boring with continual work blogs  although that is very important because I love to talk about jewellery but all work and no play makes jack a dull boy so I want to share lots of new topics and some personal stuff about us and somethings that get my blood boiling like talentless “Jewellers” who copy other Jewellers designs to get ahead! Right, Off for tea and cakes now.Just wish this was what I was going to get but mine looks like it has been dragged through a hedge backwards.