Much Excitement!

I’ve just done my first 2 posts for my new site – Twinkleberry Brides!

I am often told of little gems by clients who commission bridal jewellery from me and for some time now, have wanted to compile a resource of wedding suppliers. So take a little trip around Twinkleberry Brides and let me know if you know of anyone who you think might like to be featured!

Sadie was very kind, and sent me one of her beautiful wedding photo’s. I was so pleased as I just love seeing something that I have made,  worn on such a special day. I was also glad because I neglected to take a photo of Sadie’s necklace once I had finished making it……..

Sadie, you were a gorgeous bride!

Have you heard about the Youtube video that has created a worldwide storm?  Jill and Kevin did something different for their wedding and it’s fantastic!

I made this necklace for a client recently – it’s a version of the Baroque Teardrop Bridal Necklace, which is featured on the site in Champagne. This necklace uses the clear crystal teardrop and white pearls and I think it’s a beautiful, very classic bridal necklace. I’m proud of this range as all my pearl necklaces are strung in the traditional manner, which is by knotting between each pearl. It’s a very labour intense way of stringing, but the pearls then drape beautifully and should the strand ever break, you will not loose all your pearls.

Sadie contacted me in February about making her bridal jewellery for her wedding, which was on Saturday 06/06/2009. While I love the idea of making someones wedding jewellery, I am always a little nervous of bespoke commissions. A wedding is such a special day and everything should be perfect and exactly as you imagine it, and it’s sometimes difficult to interpret someone’s vision as a finished piece.

Sadie was a perfect client though as she knew exactly what she wanted and so, as her pieces progressed, I sent her a photo and she and I both knew quite quickly that we were on the same wavelength.

The necklace and bracelet that she wanted were ornate and quite unique. It was very exciting for me as I had never made anything quite like them and I think we were both very happy with the results.

The bracelet was a cluster of larger crystals with 5 cluster drops hanging from the body of the bracelet.

Sadie’s necklace had a body that was very similar to the bracelet, just using hundreds of smaller crystals and although we did add another feature to the necklace I thought that the body as it is pictured here was just lovely as well.

I must have taken loads of photo’s of this piece, but would you believe that I did not take one of the finished product! I think I was anxious to get it posted to her and it simply slipped my mind. I am hoping that she will let me have one of her wedding pictures to post here……..

Billy and Desiree were married on Saturday. Desiree wanted necklaces for the 5 special girls from their families who were included in the ceremony in various ways. In the end, Desiree decided on 4 Murano hearts for the older girls and a little czech heart for the little one in the group. Instead of suede I used a contemporary silver chain to hang the hearts on.

I made this stick pearl cuff bracelet to match this necklace. It should fit really snugly on the wrist and this one fastened with a silver toggle clasp, but it could equally be made on stretchy elastic. I LOVE these pearls!

This necklace was made for Theresa, whose wedding was over the weekend. We decided on a Stick Pearl Necklace as the dress had a low neckline and needed a bold necklace. The Pearls were a perfect colour – iridescent white with pink tinges.

I love this as an option for wedding jewellery as it is definitely something you could use again afterwards – perfect with jeans and a white shirt!

I made this bracelet with a strand of Mother of Pearl I bought recently – different colours to the one I used for this necklace, but gorgeous none the less. This strand is a combination of white, cream, champagne, grey and gold – perfect for Bridal jewellery!

I’ve used one of my favorite Rose gold Toggle clasps to finish it off.

One of my favorite crystal shapes are these rondels. Swarovski makes the most beautiful ones – intricately faceted and in the most wonderful colours. This is a pair of bridal earrings I made for Anna, who wanted these in a champagne colour on 14ct gold.

This Bridal bracelet is made of the loveliest round pearls and for that little bit of sparkle I have added some swarovski crystal spacers. It’s finished with a toggle clasp in Sterling Silver. Perfect for that special day. For details about this bracelet please contact me at jenni@twinkleberry.co.uk

Annie’s wedding was earlier this month. Her colour scheme was red and gold and she contacted me for jewellery for her 4 bridesmaids. She chose a medium crystal Heart on Red Ribbon for the necklaces, but I made them using 14ct Gold components instead of silver, in order to match her colour scheme. Annie also liked the idea of some bracelets and I used some gold vermeil chain and made some delicate cluster bracelets using gold vermeil beads and an assortment of deep red swarovski crystals.

David’s Brother Grantley finally tied the knot in South Africa at the end of April. We took the opportunity for a holiday there and ended in Durban for the wedding. The colour scheme was pink and orange……which you can only get away with in the African sunshine! Dalene is so gorgeous she couldn’t be anything other than a stunning bride.

Rebecca then asked me to make her a necklace to match her earrings. I used the same size crystal heart as a pendant and wire wrapped crystals to make the front of the necklace. I graded them in size, using larger ones in the front and smaller ones towards the back. I added a length of beautiful silver chain to make up the back of the necklace. It was a really lovely round silver link, but quite a big link and it finished off the necklace wonderfully. I think the finished piece was great and it’s definitely a bridal necklace that I am proud of.

Rebecca contacted me for some earrings for her wedding which was at the end of March. She wanted the heart earrings, but wanted them to be made much longer as she was wearing her hair down. The finished length that she wanted was about 7cm’s. I added some Swarovski Crystals to the drop and finished it off with the heart crystal. I think they’re lovely!

I was contacted in February by Caroline, who was looking for some necklaces to be made for her bridesmaids. The dresses were very striking, ivory with a chiffon overlay and black flowers stitched into the overlay. Caroline chose a large Swarovski heart crystal on 2 strands of Black organza. The wedding was held in South Africa on the 19th of March.

Sinead was kind enough to send me some of her wedding pics yesterday. I honestly struggled to decide which one to post today, they are all lovely and she made a gorgeous bride! I decided on this one, because it sums up what I think a wedding is all about ( that and my necklace looks good in it!)

Sinead also wanted a necklace made for her wedding which was on the 12th January.

As I had made the earrings using very pale pink crystals and tiny white seed pearls we wanted something using those colours.

Sinead liked the idea of a choker and very helpfully gave me some pictures to work from. The result was a very intricate necklace using crystals, white pearls and teardrop crystals. It was made entirely of sterling silver and reminded me of lace it was so detailed.

Sinead contacted me last year; she wanted a pair of earrings for her wedding on the 12th of January. She liked the Stick Pearl earrings I had on the site at the time, but wanted something a bit longer. Her colour scheme was pale pink and cream and we eventually decided on a cluster – ending with a stick pearl. I used the palest pink and clear Swarovski crystals and tiny seed pearls to make the cluster and finished it with pale pink stick pearls.

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!