My Precious?

Hi everyone and I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was spent talking my eldest to a uni applicant day, and then yesterday, I decided to completely change how the ceiling is going to be in my new eco-studio, so I was back adding in more insulation during the day, and then spent the evening choosing flooring!

Anyway, the photo is of a recycled silver brooch that I actually made a few years ago, but I wanted to talk about what makes a gemstone “precious” and this highlights it perfectly.

It’s my brooch, and the stones in it belonged to my nan. She didn’t have any jewellery of any monetary preciousness, but when she died, I kept a sparkly brooch of hers, made from plated base metal with foil backed orange and blue stones. Well I say stones, they’re actually glass, but to me, they’re incredibly “precious”.

With jewellery especially, we all just automatically associate “preciousness” with how much money a piece is worth, but as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t matter if something is only worth 1p, as the sentiment attached to it could be priceless!

The second photo, is one I shared on my social media last week…a very recent commission that completely fits in with everything I’ve just talked about. The main beautiful purple gemstone is an amethyst, and the little white stones either side are (probably) white topaz. The gems are all a little scratched and worn, but that really doesn’t matter. In fact, I think it just makes them more beautiful as all of those little marks just help to remind us that they carry a life story.