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It's less than a year since I launched www.hollysfriends.co.uk to showcase my work in a proper online shop environment. It's been fantastic, with wonderful regular customers as well as gaining me special commissions from as far afield as France, Portugal and America, something I could never have hoped for just 12 months ago.
However, as time has gone on, my jewellery making has increased and indeed overtaken the 'craftier' side of my work, and I was becoming very aware that perhaps Holly's Friends Country Crafts wasn't giving the right impression of my jewellery. Especially as I was moving further into precious gemstones and metals. So I asked my friends and customers if they thought it would be worth creating a whole new website, dedicated to my jewellery, allowing Holly's Friends to be just my craftwork (handpainted furniture, ragdolls, fairies etc).
And thus www.jewellerybyrebecca.co.uk was born!
We launched officially on New Years Day 2013 and I've been thrilled by the response. It has a very different look to my Holly's Friends website, as you will see for yourself. I wanted it to feel slicker and more...professional? I suppose so.
Holly's Friends is unashamedly 'cute' and friendly. Jewellery by Rebecca hopefully feels smooth and sleek like a polished gemstone. It will still have my impassioned (sometimes slightly kooky!) descriptions, and as ever, everything has been handcrafted by myself.
I've started trying to make pieces in 'collections', which is working well, and the first two to launch are the 'Winterberry' and 'Romance' collections.
'Winterberry' is about big bold cranberry coloured Shell Pearls, teamed with Silver Plated finding and Heart Charms. http://www.jewellerybyrebecca.co.uk/products/collections/winterberry/
'Romance' is softer and more delicate, like looking at a beautiful bunch of Cabbage Roses through a soft focus lens. It combines Watermelon Tourmaline, Apricot Freshwater Pearls and Silver Plated findings and Heart Charms in a variety of looks, but because the gems used are common, then any pair of earrings will work with any necklace and any bracelet. http://www.jewellerybyrebecca.co.uk/products/collections/romance/
(Apologies, I'm having trouble uploading actual photos, so for now you'll need to follow the links to see the jewellery pieces)
I hope you all love the new website, and don't forget that I will be continually adding new pieces to Holly's Friends too.
Lots of love
Rebecca
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