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winter season at RUST Jewellery
4 November 2017
If you follow me on instagram then you'll probably have seen this all before, however it's nice to see year on year, how we've decorated the shop each winter time on my blog too.
I'm a sucker for that snowy cosy feeling and xmas decorations get me so excited! But, I try to keep a lid on my nostalgia a little bit so as not too over take the jewellery to much.
As we don't really have a baby sitter on hand, we always do shop re-arranging as a whole family whilst the shop is shut. This usually means take-away for dinner, curry or fish n chips. It's sort of a tradition now. P loves to help but it can often mean it will take us three times longer.
Quite similar to previous years, we love our logs which are the perfect height. I sprayed the windows with a load of fake snow to give a frosty effect and threw a lot of fake snow flakes on as well just in case.
I really enjoy making and finding little things for our shop at xmas time because not everyone can afford expensive jewellery and it's sometimes nice to buy something small. I make candles, cards, xmas stockings, note books and packaged up lovely old antique prints!
These are 1920s french seed envelopes which are useful for something me thinks.
I found these vintage pots in the market and finally got around to making candles in them. They are made with 100% natural non-toxic ingredients.
you can never have enough notebooks right? These come with a nice wooden pencil too!
We will be having a few more accessories to add soon too, we already have leather goods and beautiful cotton and wax canvas aprons with copper and leather rivets.
I will update any new things before the xmas season too, as I'm hoping to have time to work on my new collection.
If you can't make it to our shop on the Isle of Wight, then you can always come and visit us online instead!
Thanks for taking a little tour of our shop! x
for Iris
5 October 2017
In May of this year I had the privilege to meet my beautiful baby niece Iris Ava, who, so sadly passed away during the early stages of labour.
She had dark brown hair like her mum, and her nose was just like my brother's. She was so perfect in every way.
She is and always will be my niece, a member of our family. She is special and unique, and as important as any other baby.
Her mum, Marie, is my friend since middle school, and her dad, Blaise, is my eldest brother. They waited many many years to have a baby, and when they were told that it would be unlikely, they accepted this sadly may not happen for them.
But then, like a miracle, she became pregnant and the pregnancy went very well without any problems...all was perfectly normal and I was so utterly happy for them.
Iris died at 41 weeks pregnant. Just before they arrived at the hospital. The doctors believe it was due to an infection which had happened very suddenly and completely unbeknownst to her mum.
We are so totally heartbroken for them.
'Iris was our baby girl.
She was unable to stay, some people say, she was too beautiful for earth.
Why she was taken away will never make sense to us,
we had waited so long for her, it felt like a life time...
...and now we have to live another lifetime without her.
Those silent moments we had with her, we will treasure.
She will live on in our hearts forever.''
by Marie, (Iris' mum).
There is really nothing to console a parent who has lost their child, but we can help Iris' memory live on, and give her a place in the world which was denied her at the last minute.
We came up with the idea to raise money on her behalf.
Together with Iris' mum, we have designed and produced a little necklace to commemorate her, and raise money for Tommys.org, the baby charity, helping to save babies lives.
It brings comfort to know that others may know her name, know of her existence and know how treasured she will always be.
Too many babies are stillborn each year in the UK and very often no cause can be found.
By raising awareness and researching the causes of Stillbirth and promoting warning signs that may save even just one of these babies, then Iris would have helped to make the biggest imprint to the world that a person can make.
A tiny teardrop of amethyst, the colour of an iris flower.
All of the sale price will be donated to Tommy's in the name of Iris Ava. If you would like to purchase an Iris' necklace, head over to our jewellery website (while stocks last) >
Or you can donate independently via Iris' 'In memory page' (any amount will be very gratefully received)> https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/irisava
For more information about the charity, Tommy's, please visit their website here> https://www.tommys.org
And 'good to know' information here too> http://gbss.org.uk
Follow Tommy's on Facebook to receive up-to-date warning sign information and things to look out for, as well as expert advice and support from the Tommy's midwife team.
We were so surprised how completely uninformed about the risks of stillbirth and Strep B most women are (including ourselves). There are still many misconceptions of what is normal during pregnancy.
Thank you so much for reading 😌
...a tour of our shop
1 May 2017 High St, Yarmouth PO41 0PL, UK
After a trip to London I had lots of ideas (and things!) to use for our shop display. I changed the window display as usual, and also rearrange the shop a bit and added some new cards and antique prints too. We have some amazing aprons for sale as well, all handmade in England using very fine materials. I will post more about these soon, as soon as they are available online.
We will be opening more days a week as well, ready for the summer season, so check our website for up-to-date opening times.
RUST Jewellery
5 High Street
Yarmouth
Isle of Wight
PO41 0PL
UNITED KINGDOM
5 High Street
Yarmouth
Isle of Wight
PO41 0PL
UNITED KINGDOM
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