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Silver Flower Pearl Necklace

01 May in Brides, Jewellery | Comments (0)

I’ve just added the Silver Flower Pearl Necklace to the site. It’s a necklace that I think is perfect for brides, bridesmaids & flower girls and something you would even be able to wear after the wedding.

It’s made using delicate pure white freshwater pearls, sterling silver and tiny little Swarovski crystals for discreet sparkle. The silver flower pendant is an intricate handcrafted piece, made using pure silver, by a fairtrade collective in Thailand.

As with all my pearl necklaces, these pearls are strung in the traditional way, by knotting between each pearl. This method allows the necklace to drape perfectly, and gives you the security of knowing that should the strand ever break, you will not loose the pearls. Each necklace is made to order so you can specify your size requirements if necessary.

Things to do in Newton Ferrers

28 Apr in Brush Cottage, Links | Comments (4)

Newton Ferrers is a small village in Devon. We visit intermittently as my mother & father in law live in the area. This is the first time I have been there in summer (yes, we are calling it that!). We crossed over the estuary via the ferryman – a charming man with the enviable job of ferrying people back and forth over the water. A lot of the property on the other side is owned by The National Trust and there is a clifftop walk, that takes you to Wembury beach.

At the moment, the cliffs are dotted with patches full of bluebells, worth the trip if you want to see them en mass.

Wembury is a nice beach, very busy on the day we were there and dogs are allowed throughout the year, a real plus for us.

However…… about Cornish Cream Tea, the stuff of myth and legend……

I have up until now, not really understood what all the fuss was about. The only scones I have eaten just taste like bicarb, I don’t really like cake, hardly ever eat jam, and cream just gives me sinus problems, so all three put together don’t really float my boat. But David and Tessa would probably sell their souls for baked stuff and had been waxing lyrical about a real find they had made in Newton Ferrers.

So after our walk, we dropped in to Tearoom On The Green.

The tearoom is run by the friendliest people, is clean, attractive and very welcoming. It is however tiny! I think it only has 4 tables inside and 2 outside. Fortunately we were there during the week and were seated immediately. We did have some other things to eat, which were delicious, but you come for the cream tea – don’t you?

The scones were served warm, were freshly baked and delicious, not a hint of bicarb and crusty on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Cornish cream is well on the way to being butter, and while I couldn’t eat it often, it is perfect on a warm scone.

Apparently there is protocol regarding the correct way of smothering the scone – I don’t know which is which – the Cornish put the jam first and then the cream and in Devon, it’s the other way around – is that right? All I know is, it all went down the same way….. very nicely!

Bluebells

27 Apr in Flowers | Comments (0)

We are right in the middle of the bluebell season. I am lucky enough to have a garden full of these little bulbs that produce such abundant foliage and the most glorious blooms.

One of my neighbours, a gardening guru and plant purist said that mine are not the variety indigenous to the UK. That might be, but they are still lovely.

We spent some time in Devon last week and walked the cliff top path between Newton Ferrers and Wembury – where sections of the cliffs are carpeted with what I would imagine are the real thing – darker blue than mine are and with not as many flowers on a stem, but just spectacular!

Easter Cupcakes

24 Apr in Brush Cottage, Flowers | Comments (0)

When you are as deficient in baking skills as I am,

you are forced to resort to trickery and other methods of prettifying….

Hellebores & Baking

03 Apr in Brush Cottage, Flowers | Comments (2)

All the fancy schmancy florists on Twitter are doing it, so I am too………

There has also been baking. The kind I like – where you can cover a multitude of sins with some artfully arranged fruit, a sprinkling of icing sugar and some pretty flowers.

Happy Weekend!

25 Mar in Brush Cottage, Flowers | Comments (2)

Hasn’t the weather been fabulous? I feel like I don’t know myself, blue skies, bulbs galore and sunshine… bliss!

I am off to the Country Living Fair this weekend – I’m taking my daughter, who has never been before – a bit of girl time.

Aren’t these wild violets pretty? I had to leopard crawl for this photo …. it was worth it.

I have sold the last of the Shell Pearl Earrings and have taken them off of the site – why, oh why did I not buy more Shell Pearls…..!

Purple Hyacinths

22 Feb in Flowers | Comments (1)

I have planted a lot of spring bulbs in baskets and grown them indoors this year. Last year I was not very successful, but this year’s bulbs have done beautifully.

These are the last of the hyacinths to flower – and are so unusual – I have never seen hyacinths with double petals before. I bought the bulbs from Long Barn in Alresford.

Pearl Necklace

20 Feb in Jewellery | Comments (1)

I could not resist these grey freshwater pearls when I came across them. They are the perfect shade of grey, I think because they have such a wonderful iridesence to them. Grey can be a very cold colour, but these reflect shades of blues and pinks and I think that this is what makes them so special.

The seed pod beads have been very hard to part with…. I have had them squirreled away for some months now. I take them out and lovingly stroke them from time to time when no-one is looking. I bought them, because I simply could not resist them. The fact that I had already spent my budget was irrelevant and I don’t regret it for a minute. I have never seen silver components as beautiful and I think that paired with these lovely silver pearls they make an organic, unusual necklace. Click here to buy or see other images of the Grey Pearl Necklace.

Valentine’s Day

14 Feb in Brush Cottage | Comments (0)

So, how is Valentine’s day working out for you?

My friend Jo, received a Philips Personal Groomer – with the £39.50 price tag still attached….. I don’t know what her husband was thinking as Jo is always spectacularly well groomed…He’s in a spot of bother.

David appears to have given up buying flowers, which suits me because I can buy them myself and don’t have to put up with Dahlias anymore:

He did buy chocolates though!

I hope that those who received Twinkleberry jewellery for Valentine’s Day are delighted with what they got!

Silver Heart Necklace

26 Jan in Jewellery | Comments (0)

This is a necklace I’ve made using 2 sizes of beaten silver hearts on a really unusual silver chain. The chain reminds me of droplets of dew catching the morning light. The hearts both have a cluster – made of pearls, labradorite and silver – in colours of dove greys and blues.

This necklace would make someone very happy on Valentines day!

Click here to see more images of the silver heart necklace.

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