Tag Archives: birthday

silver leaf logo pendant – bespoke handcrafted necklace

My lovely client Angela contacted me and commissioned to make this silver leaf logo pendant for her.

Angela emailed me her logo, and I got to work with my jeweller’s saw and my soldering torch. I pierced the logo into a sheet of silver then soldered the pierced work onto another sheet of silver. I formed and attached a bail to suspend the piece by. After I used liver of sulphur to oxidise the piercing, I finished the piece with some emery and elbow grease. This is the end result!

I think this silver leaf logo pendant turned out pretty well. What a lovely logo!

If you have a logo that you’d like made into a pendant, contact me and we can discuss whether your logo would be suitable for this or some other kind of silversmithing work. We could even add a gemstone or two to really add some pop! This is a great gift idea for someone who runs their own business, or to provide to employees as a reward or marketing idea.

If you’d like to connect up with me on social media, head over to FaceBook or Instagram. It would be lovely to see you there!

silver fox pendant – bespoke handcrafted necklace

My client Mark contacted me and commissioned to make a silver fox pendant for a 50th present.

Mark emailed me some ideas. Between us we worked out the design he was picturing, which I then drew up. I spent some time with my jeweller’s saw and my soldering torch, and this is the silver fox pendant I made for him. So sweet!

I think it turned out pretty well, Aren’t foxes beautiful? You can read up on them here.

Sterling Silver Initials Pendant

My client came to me with an idea to give his girlfriend a pendant with their initials on it for her 18th birthday.

This is the design I made for him. What a lovely and timeless idea!

the silver forge’s fourth anniversary

The Silver Forge is turning four this month. I can hardly believe it! It has been a beautiful, quirky and interesting journey so far; and one that I am only making thanks to the support from each and every one of you.

Silversmithing is wonderful – but to be creating pieces that bring joy to other people is a whole new level of fabulous. Thank you all so very much for being part of this little indie enterprise – to everyone who visits this website, browses, emails me, buys things; everyone who likes my FaceBook page, likes my posts, comments on them, shares them; everyone who follows me on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media; everyone who subscribes to my newsletter, new release update email, and blog updates; everyone who comes to me with their custom piece requests; everyone who makes donations to my worthy causes, and for all the other forms of love and support you’ve shown; I appreciate each and every one of you.

This month, I’ll be drawing four names from among my lovely newsletter subscribers – one for each year this business has been happening. The prize will be a pair of earrings – winner’s choice from the nine pairs pictured above! Which pair will you chose if you win? All you have to do is to be signed up to receive my monthly newsletter ~ and you can do that here if you’re not already subscribed!

Here’s to a fabulous month, and a really wonderful year. Thanks again, everyone!

it’s the silver forge’s third anniversary!

I’m amazed to find that three years have passed since I opened The Silver Forge. I finally found what I want to be when I grow up! To be able to send my creations out into the wide world for others to enjoy makes the already zen experience of silversmithing just perfect.

A great big thank you to everyone who visits this website, browses, emails me, buys things; everyone who likes my FaceBook page, likes my posts, comments on them, shares them; everyone who follows me on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media; everyone who subscribes to my newsletter, new release update email, and blog updates; everyone who comes to me with their custom piece requests; everyone who makes donations to my worthy causes, and for all the other forms of love and support you’ve shown; I appreciate each and every one of you ~ thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

I love the challenge of creating custom pieces for my lovely clients; and in between times I love to make new creations for my online shop. I even get time to build the occasional piece for myself!) I am also proud to have supported a number of worthy causes this year – I try to help spread a bit of peace and love in our crazy world, and sometimes the best way to do that is to support others who are making a difference.

As a way of saying thank you to all you lovely people for your ongoing support, I am offering 40% off all drusy pieces until the end of May. Just use coupon code DRUSY40 at the checkout.

As part of the celebrations, I am also giving away two pairs of Czech glass earrings to two lucky winners. All you have to do is to be signed up to receive my monthly newsletter ~ and you can do that here if you’re not already subscribed!

I hope you all have a most excellent month, full of joy and wonder. Thanks again to you all!!

Happy First Anniversary to The Silver Forge!

Who can believe a whole year has gone by since I opened my little shop? Not me! I’ve been having such a great time – it is blissful to create silver jewellery; and to bring joy to others with my creations is an absolutely wonderful thing, and is the icing on this delicious cake.

As well as creating pieces for my lovely bespoke customers, and to stock my online shop, (and making the occasional piece for myself!) I am proud to have supported a number of worthy causes this year. I believe that helping the world in whatever small way we can is just plain good karma. Do you have a cause that is special to you? I’d love to know about it! Let me know in the comments below.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

20% OFF SALE

To say a big “THANK YOU!” to all you lovely people for your ongoing support, I am offering 20% off everything in The Silver Forge Shop until 27 May. Do have a little browse, won’t you!

_________________________________________________________________________________________

EARRING GIVEAWAY!

As part of the celebrations, I am also giving away two pairs of earrings to two lucky winners. If you have a browse through the earring section of my shop, come back here and make a comment letting me know which are your favourite pair to the value of $30, you’ll be entered in the draw at the end of the week. If you’ve liked my Facebook Page as well, you’ll get a second entry!

A great big thank you for all of your kind words, Blog comments, Etsy treasuries, Facebook likes, re-Tweets, Newsletter clicks, Pinterest repins, purchases, worthy cause donations, and all the other forms of love and support you’ve shown over the last year! Happy days to you all. xx

______________________________________________________________________________

UPDATE:

A huge thank you to everyone who entered the earring giveaway. Thank you all so much for your good wishes, and your good taste! The winners were announced here.