Still Time to Order for Christmas

Still Time to Order for Christmas

Just a quick reminder that there’s still time to place your Christmas orders over on our main website www.plushjewellery.co.uk. We’ll be posting out packages until Wednesday 23rd December (please place your order by 2pm on that day), as all orders are shipped via Royal Mail’s Special Delivery Service, packages sent out on the 23rd will reach you on Christmas Eve.

For more information, please call us on 01243 778424.

Best

Allie

Nicer Things – Keith Feltham Silver and Resin Necklaces with Gold Leaf

Keith Feltham Purple Resin Necklace with Silver and Gold Leaf

Keith Feltham Red Resin Necklace with Silver and Gold Leaf

Design has been Emsworth based Keith Feltam’s driving force from an early age, being inspired in his teen age years by the Art Deco
design movement.

After studying Restoration at Portsmouth College of Art and Design, an opportunity arose for him to assist one of Britain’s leading sculptors, Philip Jackson. There Keith had the honour and pleasure of working on some of the finest monumental sculptures commissioned in the late 20th century.

A 4-year period with McLaren building the McLaren Mercedes SLR, a 200+mph super car, taught him techniques of high quality, low volume production along with using state of the art Formula 1 materials. These methods and practices are employed in Keith’s jewellery.

Keith’s work has been exhibited at the prestigious Goodwood Sculpture Park and the world renowned Pallant House Gallery. We’re pleased to be able to bring you Keith’s jewellery here at Plush Jewellery.

I’m previewing these fabulous Keith Feltham handmade Resin, Silver and Gold Leaf necklaces here on the blog to give you blog readers an opportunity to snap them up before they appear on the main Plush Jewellery website.

Each pendant is handmade using sterling silver and feature gold leaf suspended in coloured and clear resin. The pendant measures 48mm in diameter and will be admired by all whenever you wear them. To add to the versatility of these pieces; each comes with both a vulcanised rubber cord with sterling silver barrel fastening and a sterling silver choker. These necklaces are wonderful examples of modern contemporary jewellery.

The pendants are £165 each, please call me on 01243 778424 to order yours.

Allie

Christmas Gift Ideas

Christmas Gift Ideas from Plush Jewellery

Sometimes we all need a little help in finding the perfect present for one of our beloveds at Christmas. We want to buy them the christmas present that is just right, something that would suit them down to the ground, something that they would go out and buy for themselves.

With this in mind, we have put together a set of Christmas Gift Ideas for those people who can be a little tricky to buy for: For Her – gorgeously feminine pieces of handmade jewellery, For Him – masculine, stylish contemporary jewellery in a range of metals by Chris Hawkins, For Mums – elegant, stylish pieces that she will adore and For Friends – funky and fun jewellery for the girls.

Take a look and tell us what you think. If you’ve seen a piece on our site that you think should feature in the Gift Ideas section, let me know.

Bestest

Allie

Sussex Vistas by Louise Knight Photography

Louise Knight Photography Sussex Vistas

If you’re looking for a different Christmas present this year, I thought I’d remind you all that we have exclusive prints of Sussex vistas by Louise Knight Photography.

Take a look at the images over on Louise’s Flickr

Pop into Plush Jewellery in Chichester for a closer look.

Bestest

Allie

Late Night Shopping in Chichester

Plush Jewellery Christmas 2009

Don’t forget along with most of the shops in Chichester, we’re open until 8pm every Thursday night from now until Christmas. Beat the crowds and pop in for present inspiration.

Bestest

Allie

…Nicer Things – Alyssa Smith Jewellery

Alyssa Smith Jewellery - Tweethearts, Love Birds Necklace

We’ve been joined at Plush Jewellery but another incredibly talented young jewellery designer maker, Alyssa Smith. As with all of the jewellery designer makers we work with, Alyssa Smith’s work is gorgeous, wearable and just that little bit different.

About Alyssa Smith
Jewellery has always been Alyssa’s passion. From a young age she was creatively minded and determined to learn as much as possible about jewellery and began selling her jewellery in a local independent gift shop. She know from that point onwards that all she wanted to do was create beautiful jewellery and see women enjoying wearing it.
Alyssa Smith creates intricate yet bold jewellery designs in silver, often characterised with drilled patterns and combined with gemstones, Swarovski crystals and fresh water pearls. Heavily influenced by fashion trends, Alyssa Smith creates one piece and develops a whole collection around this theme, using colour to add personality and sparkle to each piece. Alyssa aims to create fashionable yet timeless jewellery which can be work now and in years to come.
After graduating with a degree in Jewellery design and marketing, she created “Alyssa Smith Jewellery”. Her philosophy is simple. She loves to create beautiful jewellery full of sparkles and loveliness to make women feel fabulous no matter what the occasion; whether it’s for spicing up everyday life with some colourful earrings, a confidence boost with a striking piece for an important interview, or adding understated sophistication for a special evening.

My particular favourite pieces that Alyssa Smith has sent us are Alyssa Smith Tweethearts Necklace – Lovebirds, Alyssa Smith Tweethearts Necklace – Home Tweet Home and Alyssa Smith Dark Side Necklace.

Pop over to the website and have a look.

Bestest

Allie

PS Not long to go until Christmas. Keep an eye out for our gift guide.

Chichester Park and Ride

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If you’re coming into Chichester for a sport of Christmas shopping, the Park and Ride Car Park is the Chichester College car park. Not been to Chichester before? There are yellow AA signs on all of the city’s approach roads pointing you in the right direction around the ring road.

Pop in and visit us while you’re in the city

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Lights, Reindeer, Fireworks…

Saturday, sees the switching on of the christmas lights in Chichester (they’re LED and eco-friendly noless). The city will be a hive of activity all day; if you’ve got little uns they can have their piccy taken with real, live reindeers who will be outside Marks & Spencer in East Street (actually, I believe children of all ages can have a photo with the reindeer), shops will be bedecked in their festive guises (we’re getting the snow spray out this year!!), the mayor of Chichester will be switching the lights on at 5pm, street entertainers will be entertaining the shoppers and the whole thing wraps up with a mahoosive fireworks display, last year it sounded like the Royal Artillery were practicing on the cathedral green.

The free Park & Ride shuttle service also commences it’s seasonal service on the same day, see yesterday’s blog post for more info, which eases the frustrations of parking in an incredibly old city.

Oh and if you’re a member if Qype, we have a downloadable discount voucher which is valid until the end of Nov, so you can pick up a few glittering Christmas presents and save yourself a few pennies on the same day.

Bestest

Allie xx

Take the Strain Out of Christmas Shopping with Park and Ride and Late Night Thursdays

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With the countdown to Christmas in full swing, the popular annual free park and ride service for visitors, shoppers and commuters will operate here in Chichester on the four Saturdays leading up to Christmas, starting on November 28.

The shuttle service runs from Chichester College of Technology car park and runs into the city centre with drop-off and pick-up points at Eastgate (opposite the Cattle Market), North Street, and at the cathedral in West Street, before the bus returns to the college car park.

The service operates on Nov 28th, Dec 5th, 12th and 19th and the weekdays running up to Christmas – Dec 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th (Christmas Eve)

Late night Thursdays also give shoppers and workers the opportunity to buy their Christmas presents at a more leisurely pace with most shops in Chichester staying open until 8pm on the four Thursdays leading up to Christmas – (*edit – Thursday 26th November is not a late night shopping night after all) 3rd, 10th and 17th Dec.

We’ll be open at Plush Jewellery in Southgate, pop in and say hello.

Bestest

Allie

Gorgeous Things on a Monday Pt 3 – Chris Hawkins Jewellery Corvid Crow Cufflinks and Necklace

Chris Hawkins Jewellery Corvid Range Crows Cufflinks

Another fanfare of shameless self-promotion for gorgeous things on a Monday but these Chris Hawkins jewellery Corvid range Crows are just too darkly delicious not to mention, nay rave about.

New for winter 2009, Chris Hawkins says of his Corvid range ‘Blackened silver and dark garnets give the collection a distinctly dark feel.’ This gothic collection is inspired by the obsession that the Victorians had with collecting.

The cufflinks each feature a crows head with dark garnet eyes and each is backed with a polished blackened silver bone.

The necklace features a blackened silver crows head hanging from a 20 inch blackened silver chain, he is also available with dark garnet eyes.

About Chris Hawkins

‘An early interest in sculpture, and a fascination with the miniature led me into jewellery making. My work combines the highest level of craftsmanship with a sense of wonder and discovery, as the closer and longer you look, the more you will see. While highly informed by fashion my work is also tactile, pleasing to both the hand and eye. In recent years I have become increasingly known for, and concentrated on, collections for men. I was trained in the traditional goldsmiths apprenticeship.’

Find out more over on our Chris Hawkins designer page here.

Bestest

Allie