Fiona ordered a Blue Crystal Cross Necklace from me as a confirmation gift for her niece. She wanted a pair of earrings to match and so together we came up with a variation of the Crystal Cluster Teardrop Earrings – I made them a bit shorter, and used a blue teardrop and blue and clear crystals as clusters.

I am always so pleased when someone goes to the trouble of mailing me some pics of my jewellery being worn and so loved getting some pics of Fiona’s lovely niece on her special day.

Fiona’s husband is a photographer (www.kon2photography.co.uk) – hence the fantastic photo’s and was kind enough to let me use them here.

The last clematis petals have dropped sadly. I am always amazed at these brazen blooms that burst from a spindly, scraggly tangle of stems.

I never know quite what to do with the plant. Do you prune it or leave it alone? It looks quite untidy during the winter months, dry brown stems wrapped around our pretty white trellis. But when spring comes, light green leaves arrive, and not long after we are blessed with these gorgeous flowers.

Deborah contacted me in May for bridal jewellery for her wedding on the 1st September. She chose a medium champagne crystal heart on champagne ribbon and a tiny champagne heart that she wanted made up as a headpiece. I was delighted when she sent me some photos this morning! What a stunning bride!

Every once in a while I need to re-stock my supplies of Semi –Precious Stones. It’s so hard to decide, among row after row of glorious colours and glittering strands. I debate, deliberate, change my mind, agonize, touch and dream and eventually make my choices. Never with my head and always with my heart.

I hyperventilate when handing over my debit card…

I come home with pirates treasure – but I’m not nearly brave enough when I have to face up to Dave when he asks “so how much have you spent?”

For weeks afterwards, my dreams are filled with ideas and designs. I hope you like what I’ll do with my hoard!

I am not a huge fan of Onyx for the most part, I think it can look a bit like plastic when it’s very polished, but I recently came across a strand that I could not resist. Large ovals of faceted matt onyx called to me… and I bought them!

I attached them to some heavy silver rings, to lighten the look and break the onyx up and used a really substantial Sterling Silver toggle clasp. Once it was made up I could not part with it and so have kept it for myself! It looks fantastic with a white T-shirt and jeans and even though it’s quite heavy and dark, I have worn it a lot through the summer (what summer??).

Because it’s not always possible to stock the same stones on an ongoing basis I don’t always add everything I make to the Twinkleberry site, so if you are interested in a necklace like this please contact me at jenni@twinkleberry.co.uk.