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Sterling Silver Tree of Life Ring

Adam wanted a special ring for his wife for their 15th wedding anniversary which is coming up soon.

Sterling Silver Tree of Life Ring

Adam told me he would like a Tree of Life ring, and sent me a few pictures that he liked. Keeping those in mind, I designed a ring for him.

Sterling Silver Tree of Life Ring

What a lovely idea for a wedding anniversary gift, so personal and unique!

Sterling Silver Tree of Life Ring

Sterling Silver Domed Ball Ring

Charlotte contacted me recently, as she had been looking for a special ring for a while, had come across this website and liked the look of some of my domed pieces. We designed a ring to suit her, combining elements of two other rings that I have in my Beyond Silver Dome collection.

Sterling Silver Double Dome Ball Ring

 

Charlotte just picked her ring up today, and she’s very happy with it! So glad. Thanks, Charlotte!

Sterling Silver Double Dome Ball Ring

Sterling Silver Initial Bookmark for Diala

Customised Sterling Silver Bookmark

Diala contacted me about making a bookmark for her friend’s birthday. She is in the UK, and needed it to arrive before the big day.

I was happy to get straight onto it. It went out in the mail today, hopefully in plenty of time!

Sterling Silver Initial Bookmark for Diala

There’s nothing better than a good book – happy reading to everyone, and thanks Diala!

Sterling Silver Heart Earrings

Nic contacted me with a request for a pair of heart earrings that she wanted to have created especially for her.

Sterling Silver Heart Earrings

Nic wanted them to be elongated, ‘puffed’ hearts, with marquis shaped hooks. We emailed about how they would look and what size they needed to be, and after a little bit of discussion, I got to work!

Sterling Silver Heart Earrings

The hearts are finished with a high polish, as you can see from the reflection in the photos. (It’s hard to capture a good photo of highly polished, curved surfaces! 🙂 )

Sterling Silver Heart Earrings

I created them with a spiral twist on the base of the earwire where it joins to the back of the heart –  forgot to take a picture of that, but you can just see in the reflection in the last picture! Thanks Nic, these earrings were fun to make. I’m really glad you’re enjoying them!

Grassy Green Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

My lovely friend Kylie, from Raw Toys, arranged for her birthday present this year to be one of my drusy pieces! I feel very honoured.

Grassy Green Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

Kylie thought my usual rings might be a bit too chunky for her because she has small hands, so asked would I be able to make her a ring a bit smaller than my usual style. Of course I was totally happy to oblige! I sourced her a special lovely small green piece of drusy.

Grassy Green Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

Kylie is really happy with the way this ring turned out (she even blogged a little bit about that 🙂 ), and that makes me feel happy, too. I love being able to make one of a kind pieces for lovely people!

Grassy Green Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

Thank you so much, Kylie! And for any lovers of beautiful wooden toys and puzzles, head over to Kylie’s MadeIt Shop or her Raw Toys blog and see her gorgeous work. It’s well worth a visit.

Happy First Anniversary to The Silver Forge!

The Silver Forge Birthday Celebrations

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.

Electric Blue Drusy Agate Pendant

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.

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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!

20 Percent Off - First Anniversary Sale

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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!

Earring Rainbow

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

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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.

Twin Butterfly Pendants in Sterling Silver

Keith contacted me via my website as there are two very special girls who have a birthday coming up – soon to be one year old twins. Keith wanted two butterfly pendants made for them.

Twin Butterfly Sterling Silver Pendants

Keith plans to have their names engraved on one of the butterfly wings.

Twin Butterfly Sterling Silver Pendants

What a lovely idea for a present!

Twin Butterfly Sterling Silver Pendants

Thanks Keith!

Electric Blue Drusy Agate Pendant

Electric Blue Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Pendant

A lovely customer contacted me from Florida recently. She was about to purchase a pendant from The Silver Forge shop, and wanted to make sure she was getting the right one. I was happy to help!

Electric Blue Drusy Agate Pendant

Agate was apparently one of the stones in the breastplate of decision constructed at the God of Israel’s instruction for the priest to wear (Exodus 28:15 – the Holy Bible).  It is felt that the agate in the breastplate was likely a sky blue variety.

Electric Blue Drusy Agate Pendant

 

My customer said of an agate pendant she already has “I wear the pendant to remind me of being grounded in my faith in my Lord and as a symbol of Him as my rock. It is my symbol of a shield guarding my heart.”

Electric Blue Drusy Agate Pendant

I offered some options which I felt might be right for her, and she decided to go with this lovely electric blue stone, which I custom made into this pendant. I was glad to be able to give my support in her quest for spiritual strength and peace!

Cherry Creek Jasper and Sterling Silver Ring

Cherry Creek Jasper and Sterling Silver Ring

I came across this divine piece of Cherry Creek Jasper a while ago, and just finished making it into a ring for myself.

Cherry Creek Jasper and Sterling Silver Ring

 

The design was partly inspired by my dear friend and classmate, Jane.  She makes beautiful rings, and her shanks are often very squared off at the ends.Cherry Creek Jasper and Sterling Silver Ring

I love the very organic nature of the stone.  Jasper is so hugely versatile!

Cherry Creek Jasper and Sterling Silver Ring

Burgundy Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

Rusty, the artisan behind the beautiful ‘Vance’ guitars, commissioned me to create a ring for his daughter’s birthday.

Burgundy Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

 

He chose the stone from my collection, then sent me a copy of a chart on which he’d measured the size of a ring from her ‘little gripper’. (Hehe, ‘little gripper’ made me laugh when Rusty send that to me!)

Burgundy Drusy Agate and Sterling Silver Ring

It was such a pleasure to set this beautiful stone for someone lovely to wear.

This is one of Rusty’s guitars: exquisite workmanship, and (apparently, from all who tell me) totally awesome to play. If you’re interested in owning one of these beauties, let me know, and I’ll put you in touch with him!

Vance Custom Guitars

Thanks so much for the honour, Rusty. I really appreciate it!