New Bathroom!

After over two years of living with our ancient pink bathroom, and having bits of ceiling fall on my head whilst showering, the boy and I have finally saved up enough money to join the 21st century!

Home Renovation, Random MusingsLaurenGraceNovember 27, 2016Comment

New Ethical Wedding Rings

Another set of eco-silver hammered wedding rings off to their forever homes today. I really love making these - I may have mentioned before how much fun hitting stuff with hammers is!

Custom Work, Jewellery, Wedding JewelleryLaurenGraceNovember 26, 2016eco silver, ethical jewellery, wedding ringsComment

New Photography - Biscuit Jewellery

I recently bought a cheap flash gun for my camera as an experiment. I've previously resisted using flash lighting, as I assumed the devices were terribly complicated things, not for the technologically challenged!

Jewellery, Jewellery PhotographyLaurenGraceNovember 5, 2016bourbon, custard cream, party ring, tea and biscuitsComment

Custom Roller Derby Skate Necklaces

A race against time to get these little skates finished to be transported to Australia. Strange customs rules mean that anything made from precious metals/gemstones cannot be imported into Australia via post

Jewellery, Roller DerbyLaurenGraceOctober 28, 2016roller derbyComment

Big Biscuits!

I have finally found a tiny bit of spare time to photograph the large silver custard cream and bourbon biscuit necklaces I made quite some time ago.

Jewellery, New StuffLaurenGraceOctober 2, 2016biscuit jewellery, bourbon, custard cream, tea and biscuitsComment

Winged Wheels and a Very Special Roller Skate

The past couple of weeks I have had the slightly nerve wracking pleasure of making one of my roller derby skate charms in solid gold! It polished up so beautifully – just look at it!

Custom Work, Jewellery, Roller DerbyLaurenGraceSeptember 12, 2016custom, roller derby, skate Comments

On the Workbench

Our computer has completely died, forcing me to step away from the photo editing. Having a little free time this weekend, I started work on another little design to add to my Rain or Shine collection.

Jewellery, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceAugust 12, 2016on the workbench, work in progressComment

Gold Wedding Ring Commission

I was delighted to have been asked to make the rings for my friends’ upcoming wedding. After an initial chat about what they wanted,

Custom Work, Jewellery, Wedding JewelleryLaurenGraceJuly 28, 2016custom jewellery, wedding jewellery, wedding ringsComment

E17 Designers at the Walthamstow Garden Party

I was so pleased to get a stand at the Walthamstow Garden Party with E17 Designers again. It’s such a fun day, and the weather was beautiful again this year!

EventsLaurenGraceJuly 18, 2016E17 Designers, eventsComment

Custom Roller Derby Jewellery

More roller derby jewellery this week - winged skates flying off everywhere, and these two custom skate number orders.

Jewellery, Roller DerbyLaurenGraceJune 17, 2016roller derby, skateComment

New British Weather Jewellery

Amidst the ongoing chaos of my workbench, I’ve finally found time to photograph the new designs in my sterling silver Rain or Shine collection,

Behold My Shiny Stars!

I have finally finished and photographed my Stargazing collection of sterling silver chunky star jewellery, inspired by the Christmas limited edition Meteorites by Guerlain.

Jewellery, Jewellery Photography, New StuffLaurenGraceMay 20, 2016stargazingComment

New Display

So, selling at events is quite the learning curve! Whilst I was pretty chuffed with my original display, it was quite heavy to transport and time consuming and awkward to set up, so I've made some tweaks

Events, JewelleryLaurenGraceMay 8, 2016display, E17 Designers, eventsComment

Bespoke London Rollergirls Logo Necklace

So London Rollergirls has been going for 10 years! I started skating with them near the beginning, and it's amazing how fast the time has gone.

Custom Work, JewelleryLaurenGraceMay 2, 2016custom jewellery, roller derby, wax carvingComment

E17 Designers Spring Market

I’ll be selling my jewellery at the E17 Spring Market this year on 7th May. It’s being held at Mirth, Marvel and Maud which is such a beautiful venue.

Events, JewelleryLaurenGraceApril 29, 2016Comment

What will it be...?

Started on a new project this week involving some more wax carving. I really love my new wax carving tools!

Custom Work, Jewellery, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceApril 10, 2016custom, on the workbench, wax carvingComment

Tea and Biscuits

My super-cute little custard cream design has been very popular again this month, together with my other biscuits in the collection.

JewelleryLaurenGraceApril 9, 2016biscuit, custard cream, tea and biscuitsComment

Textured Wedding Ring

A recent commission led me to making this gorgeous, shiny hammered wedding band.

Custom Work, Jewellery, Wedding JewelleryLaurenGraceApril 5, 2016custom, hammered, wedding, wedding ringsComment

New Roller Derby Necklaces

Another custom roller derby skate order, with the skater’s number and gemstones in her team colours. Still love doing these!

Jewellery, Roller DerbyLaurenGraceApril 1, 2016custom, roller derby, skateComment

Hammers and Textures

And so my tool-buying spree continues. Ooops. Couldn’t resist this lovely Fretz texturing hammer. Hitting things with hammers is fun...

Jewellery, Jewellery Tools, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceMarch 30, 2016hammered, new tools, on the workbench, rings, wedding ringsComment