Today I am really happy to introduce you to, Sharon Howard who has contributed a piece about her favourite piece of jewellery. Sharon blogs too! You can find her own blog here, http://showard76.wordpress.com/
My favourite piece of Jewellery by Sharon Howard
To be honest I’ve never been the greatest jewellery fanatic. I know lots of women go crazy for jewellery and it’s usually a typical ‘good’ buy if you are trying to impress a girl, another way in which I’m just awkward I guess lol. I don’t own much jewellery; I have a few rings and necklaces and a bracelet.
The one thing I get through lots of though is earrings; I have a nasty habit I finding a pair I love and wearing them to death or loss, loss being more common! I also have a habit of buying a pair to suit a particular outfit and then not wearing them again.
But a favourite piece of jewellery is something I had never really thought about. I have several items that I wear for the majority of the time, but I think that’s more due to not being bothered to change for other items than them being favourites? I nearly always where my gold pentagram necklace, my gold ‘mum’ ring, my white gold Celtic style ring and of course my engagement ring. Of my earrings the pair my fiancée bought me last Christmas is the set I wear most of the time.
So, what is my favourite piece of jewellery and why?
Pentagram necklace - similar to mine
I guess really it must be the pentacle necklace. It is slightly unusual as most pentagrams are silver or ‘costume’ jewellery items; silver is most popular as it represents the moon in paganism. I found my gold one in a small independent jewellery store in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, about 4 years ago, and just had to have it. It represents my ‘erring towards paganism’ beliefs, although I am not actually a pagan. I suppose it also is quite a symbol of ‘me’ now as well, people identify me with it – unique, different.
It is also a good talking point, a conversation starter when I meet new people. For some, who recognise the symbol appropriately, it will trigger a conversation about paganism and views on the topic. For those who don’t recognise the symbol correctly it becomes a learning experience as I explain the difference between it and what they mistake it for; for example the most common mistake is for people to say “Oh, are you Jewish?” as they mistake it for a Star of David –
Star of David
which just shows how little they know as the five pointed pentagram is quite different from the six pointed Star of David the most shocking example of this is when I met Russell Tovey (who plays George in Being Human) his character wears a similar pendant in the show, but even he thought it was the Star of David! The other common mistake is to think I am a devil worshipper, as some people think it is a satanic pentagram, which always makes me laugh, fair enough it is the same symbol, but for so called devil worship it is placed upside down/inverted.
If you would like to share something about your favourite piece of jewellery we would love to hear from you, sebacroatia@yahoo.com
I have travelled reasonably extensively in the last 12+ years, often giggling at a silly sign, mis-translated restaurant menus etc. Sometimes a sign just makes me smile for no particular reason, or reminds me of a dear friend, the ‘Senzy Bakery’ in Kathmandu unsurprisingly reminded me of sweet friend Senz.
I wish I had taken more photos of these signs on route. Here are two of my favourites;
A warm welcome to Tracey Phillips of Bridal Designs: OUR FIRST GUEST BLOG POST!
At Bridal Designs we specialise in handcrafted bridal jewellery , it’s all made with Sterling silver and Swarovski crystal so will not only be beautiful on your wedding day but for the rest of your life, and to be handed down to future generations.
Our latest wedding jewellery collection is the ‘Adore’. Made with white Swarovski pearls and Swarovski crystal navettes it suits all styles of wedding from
vintage to contemporary.
The ‘Adore‘ collection is divided into two different parts, the original ‘Adore’ is larger in size to suit brides looking for a statement item of jewellery while ‘Adore Petite’ is a smaller version of the same designs for a more delicate look or for bridesmaids or flowergirls.
The trouble with just having photographs of jewellery on the website is that it can be quite difficult to pick up details and sizes so for the first time I decided to make a video of this collection to show you in close up…I hope you like it and our new collection!
For more information n the Bridal Designs collection head to;
I seem to have digressed a lot recently and been blogging about whatever pops into my head, but I have also seen an increase in readers, so maybe it doesn’t matter what I write about? I am open to suggestions.. please let me know if there is anything in particular you would like me to write a post about and I will add it my growing list of blog ideas.
I also look forward to welcoming some guest bloggers soon – something on is its way from a friend in New Zealand and another piece is being written in Germany for us. If you are interested in contributing a post to our blog then please let me know.
While I was participating in Nikki Pilkington’s 30 Day Facebook Challenge I started a discussion on our facebook page, ‘Tell us about a favourite piece of jewellery and why it’s special to you’ – Nikki was the only one who joined the discussion so it was a little short-lived!!
Here is a wee blurb about my ‘favourite’ piece of jewellery, I say ‘favourite’ because there are too many to choose from and maybe my lovely husband is creating something for me now??
The piece of jewellery that is featured on our business cards and as our profile picture on our facebook page is a stunning necklace featuring Tibetan turquoise and silver filigree balls. Not only is it beautiful and much admired it was also my first Christmas present.. Not for Sale! A few people have asked when they have seen me wearing it here in the shop so I stopped wearing it to work, happy to sell whatever other jewels I might be wearing.
Me & My Favourite piece of Jewellery winter 2009
By the way, it’s not to late to join that discussion, you can join in our facebook page (www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn) or leave your comments here. We love jewellery and jewellery related stories and would love to hear your if you would like to share.
So we’re Tweeting, I still don’t fully grasp the concept or how it will bring in any business but I seem to have embraced the tweeting with already 228 Tweets by me (@SebaDizajn is our twitter name) and have 91 followers to date. That’s about 20x the number that are following this blog. Maybe I’m more interesting in small snippets?!
I have found some amazing people & businesses to follow, I am especially interested in the ethical businesses and websites that I have been discovering.
Here is my TOP 10 to date & why
1. @NZJewellery – mates since we were 10 years old how could I not put them in number 1 spot?
2. @Goodleaf – tree climbing on the Isle of Wight, friends since we met working in a dodgy restaurant in Jasper, Alberta 10+ years ago. Tree climbing, nature loving, flapjack eating, mellow adventurers from the Isle of Wight
3. @NikkiPilkington – social media guru whose free advice I have found invaluable as I tread these new waters
4. @KorculaExplorer – another new business here in Korcula, gotta help each other!
5. @Crazy_Golfer – purely because of the bio ‘I’m the future world #1 womens golfer and theres nothing you can do about it 🙂‘
6. @ethicalinstyle – ethical style tips, 1000+ Ethical ideas, what’s not to like about that?
7. @ethnicsupplies – sustainable solutions to poverty among African Women, love this!
9. @jewelsandfinery – antique, vintage and pre owned jewellery – who knows what treasures you might find with them
10. @thejewelryworld – informative & fun, and hopefully so positive leads for the jewellery business I am busy trying to promote!
ohh, 92 followers…. @Bridal_Magazine just joined the SebaDizajn journey. Welcome aboard, hope you’ve had a look at our stunning cufflinks! Perfect for a wedding party – must go tweet them and let them know…
Have just added a Twitter link here, join us, maybe you’ll make my next top 10!
