Edinburgh jeweller

A friend of mine recently had a baby girl. Many of my friends are having boys (!) so this was a great opportunity to handmake her a silver pendant.  I wanted to make it personal so I decided to make a mould from a shell. I collected this shell a few years ago, the day after her mother and father were married on the island of Herm (near Guernsey). Herm is a tiny island that I totally fell in love with. I'd love to live there but sadly there are no houses for sale! It has a lovely vibe and the aptly named Shell beach! The day after the wedding I spent a few hours there lounging about and sifting through the shells in the vicinity of my picnic rug. I took a few home with me to use in jewellery making. As you can see I have added her initial to the back of the pendant. The baby is obviously too young to have the piece but I hope she will enjoy wearing it when she is older.

  This weekend I attended a friend's wedding on the beautiful channel island of Herm . It's a short boat trip from Guernsey, where she now lives. I was very honoured to have been commissioned to make the groom's cufflinks and the maid of honour's earrings for the big day. The wedding was lovely, in a small chapel at the top of a steep hill (we wore flats to walk up there and changed our shoes!).   On the day after the wedding I had a late ferry back home so had a lot of time to explore the island. It's small and there are no cars on it! No roads either. It's a really beautiful, quiet place and I was very lucky to have such fantastic weather in which to enjoy it.