November Blog   Those with November birthdays have two beautiful birthstones to choose from: topaz and citrine. Topaz comes in a rainbow of colours; citrine is prized for its charming yellow and orange hues. Both November birthstones are known to have calming energies, while bringing fortune and warmth to the wearer. Our range features pink and blue topaz.  The blue is divided into 3 shades, the palest is Sky Blue, brighter blue is Swiss Blue and the deep blue is known as London Blue.  We also have Neptune Topaz earrings, which display a depth of ocean coloured hues.  Pink topaz...

October Blog The leaves are on the turn and it’s getting a bit nippy in the morning.  Evenings are drawing in and although its only just October, the temptation to put on the heating is getting ever stronger!  With the drop in temperature it’s time to take a look in the wardrobe and sort through all those clothes I thought I’d wear this summer and didn’t.  Then I need to take a serious look at what I have for Autumn.       I’ve no doubt that my Autumn wardrobe would benefit from a few new accessories and Autumn coloured jewels...

Ruby – the Star of the Show July’s birthstone is ruby – it’s also the stone for your 40th wedding anniversary. This much loved precious gemstone is one of the few truly red stones. It does vary through pink and purple tones, but the finest rubies are vivid red and come from Myanmar – and have done for centuries. Pinkier stones come from Sri Lanka. I been to neither country and they are both on my bucket list! Rubies are the second hardest gemstone, after diamond, so ideal for rings, so although I’ve a ruby and diamond ring I bought...

June’s birthstone is pearl, representing purity and devotion and a firm favourite of the Royals from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II. In Elizabeth I’s day, the only pearls available were natural, found growing in oysters on the sea bed.  Nowadays, most pearls are farmed or ‘cultured’ to keep up with industry demand.  The bulk of pearls are freshwater cultured, which means they are farmed in freshwater rivers, in mussel shells.  It is intensive farming with each mussel having a small grain inserted with tweezers, usually with a spot of antiseptic.  The mussel naturally grows nacre around the grain to protect...

  May’s birthstone is Emerald, that fabulous beryl gemstone, named from the Greek for ‘green’.  It is  one of the original ‘precious gemstones’, famed for its rich green colour, first mined in Egypt from 330BC, but nowadays there are two main sources – Columbia and Zambia. The availability of fine quality emeralds is limited and treatments such as glass filling are widespread, in order to produce enough commercially viable stones. Legend has it that emeralds have the power to make the wearer more intelligent and quick-witted.  It was once also believed to cure diseases such as malaria and cholera.  Its...