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London Jewellery School christmas party

I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the London Jewellery School christmas party this year! I have attended five classes (and counting!) at the Jewellery School and I really like the atmosphere, resources and level of teaching.
The party was great fun. They had excellent goody bags (pictured to the left) and we played a few party games including pass the parcel! It's been a good few years since I last played pass the parcel! There were some great prizes among the layers including bead boxes and ring sizers.


 I also enjoyed the student jewellery prize. Everyone was given three gold stars. We were asked to stick our stars on the people with the most impressive handmade jewellery. I loved that idea. It's like human pinterest!
It was lovely to chat to some of my teachers and fellow students. It's great to talk to people with a shared passion but with diverse interests.
At the end of the evening was the raffle. And I won the final prize! I won the wooden butterfly earrings to the right of the picture. They are rather large for me but are beautiful so I will put a ribbon on one to wear as a pendant and the other to hang as a decoration.
Thanks London Jewellery School. I look forward to taking (and teaching) a class or two with you next year!

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