Inspirational jewelry designer

I stumbled upon a beautiful collection of handmade jewelry, and since it's based in the UK, but also available to those of us across the pond in the US, I wanted to share!

Catherine is originally from france, and her work encapsulates her 'parisienne' roots and her obvious flair for style. She is widely renowned in the jewelry industry, her recognitions include Catherine was short listed for Holts Academy Jewellery awards in 2008, Awarded a Getting Started bursary award by the worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 2009 Her work is published in the books: 1000 Jewelry Inspirations by Sandra Salamony and The Volutes cuffs in The New Encyclopaedia of Jewellery Techniques by Jinks McGrath.

Chic elegance is encapsulated in rings, necklaces, pendants, earrings and bracelets made in high carat gold or sterling silver; rich colours of precious stones and semi-precious gemstones, along with lustrous baroque pearls all dance to the tune of timeless adornment.

Website http://Bijoux.CatherineMarche-Designs.com
Shopping Time ! http://Shop.CatherineMarche-Designs.com
Blog: http://kalicatdesigns.blogspot.com

My favourites? check out the diva ring, it's beautiful! and I love the peridot ring in the unique chunky setting.

Celebrations

It's been nearly twelve years since I married my man and I am so excited to reach this anniversary! We've accomplised so much, and especially now, as we are fixing up our first home together, I feel so lucky to have met this perfect man.
I am always so excited when I first meet with clients, as much as I love designing creations for the wedding, I love to meet couples who are so totally in love and are starting their journey together.
Happy Anniversary Mr. M!

Nickelsons is back!

We've taken a little hiatus, but we're back! We now have a Etsy store, 'Nickelsons' so please visit us there to view our collection.
For those curious, Nickelsons was started in 2005, and in 2008, we moved to europe! It was incredibly difficult to keep the business going whilst in another country, so Nickelsons took break. I have missed working with paper and design so much, and am so excited to be back doing what I love the most.
Please visit our Etsy store, Nickelsons. Thanks for stopping by!

Couture designs

I've been meaning to post these for weeks! We're working on developing our wholesale collection, so please be patient with us!

Dérinaud Chic City Bride Feature

I was thrilled to be featured on the "Dérinaud" (http://www.derinaud.com/) website. A very upscale, classy wedding resource and directory for all things beautiful and wedding related. I was honoured to have some of my couture designs featured!
Please visit this website, it really is so tasteful and refreshing.
Quick personal note - I am in love with the jewellery collection featured, the designer is 'Jana Reinhardt' (janareinhardt.com). just stunning!

Love letters

I came across this sweet little book the other day, filled with love letters. (some are real, some fictional.) It's from Crane. It is so adorable. It reminded me to dig out the love letters I have from when I met my husband. (I met him whilst on vacation in California.) We lived apart for 4 months and I was a poor student with no computer, so we wrote to each other! Some letters were pretty creative - we challenged each other to write in the shape of famous architechture - one in the shape of the eiffel tower!!! I'll be honest, it was a bit of a pain at the time (trudging to the post office in the rain, etc) but I am so proud we did it, and my next plan when I have some time (ha ha) is to bind them into a journal.

Letterpress treat!

Got some fantastic images back from a couple I worked with who just had the best 'vision' for their wedding. Letterpress invitation collection, using a rich butter yellow ink, and we co-ordinated all of the additional pieces for their big day - menu's (with the ever popular calligraphered belly band, work of the lovely Laura Hooper Calligraphy) table cards, programs and place cards....take a look!