This July London is hosting The Olympics for the third time in history, it’s the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June and we’re hosting The Jewellery Show London at Somerset house! All things British are on trend and in the spotlight… 2012 really couldn’t get better.
There are so many choices when heading out on the town during The Jewellery Show London…
We’re delighted to welcome Fei Liu to The Jewellery Show London. Fei will be sharing his insights into accessing the Chinese consumer, giving us his unique perspective on what it takes to appeal to the Chinese markets. Catch him from 11.30am on Wednesday 13th June at The Jewellery Show London, Somerset House.You can see the full speaker schedule…
It’s always nice to be able to offer our fantastic and ever so loyal customers something back for shopping with us and when the offers are from a huge brand such as Pandora, it is even better. Currently we are running the Pandora buy two rings and get one free for the WHOLE of May! Pop in and pick your favourites!
Just to whet your appetite… here are some pretty pictures of the beautiful rings available!
As you know, we always support charities where ever we can – one charity we support regularly is the Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance. Our most recent event with this charity was a dinner evening with Anton Du Beke. We supported this event through using the Diamond Dip which allows punters to test their diamond knowledge by selecting the real diamond out of a sea of cubic zirconias! The evening event raised over £6,000 for the fantastic charity.
If you’re an avid reader of our blog, you will already know that we try to give back to the community that supports us, one way we always try to do is through charity events and donations – we do whatever we can to help fundraising for numerous different charities.
We are very excited to be on the verge of launching a charity fundraiser for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. We are doing a charity raffle in one of our Whitby boutiques and have a fabulous hamper full of prizes to give away – this event is in association with Trollbeads and their RAFBF bead which we will also be stocking.
Check out our hamper so far….
And of course the artwork to show off what we are doing!
We are massive fans of doing things hands on here at CW Sellors. This is hardly surprising considering that our jewellery is hand made right here in our workshops in the heart of the Derbyshire countryside!
It is so inspiring to be in a position to walk down stairs to the workshops to be able to chat with designers and craftsmen who are, day in day out, working beautiful precious metal and gemstones into the most beautiful jewellery!
Just to give you a sneaky peak of the treasure have in our workshops, here are a couple of snaps of what they do! We are lucky to have some VERY talented people.
It is always nice to be able to announce some good news and this definitely falls under said category!
CW Sellors, are pleased to announce that following an extensive body of work over the past five years, they have now been granted the sole UK patent for the backing of Blue John with Mother of Pearl.
Workshop manager Matthew Hatch commented “The reason for this process is to (when required) enhance the appearance of the Blue John stone by giving an iridescent quality provided by the completely natural spectrum of colours found in mother of pearl. The process provides our customers with other options in the appearance of our jewellery and can in some cases allow us to utilise some types of Blue John material which before may not have been used for jewellery, ensuring that this now extremely rare stone is used to its full potential.”
Traditionally the reverse of some gemstones is painted to enhance the appearance; Derbyshire Blue John is commonly painted white on the back to improve its appearance in contrast with the natural colours found in the stone. However, the paint regularly wears away and spoils the appearance dramatically; this patent technique eliminates the painting step and ensures longevity of pieces and therefore increased customer satisfaction.
