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Read more about the article Why we don’t clean silver with bicarb!

Why we don’t clean silver with bicarb!

  • Post author:littleblackcatjewellery
  • Post published:2 August 2022
  • Post category:At The Jewellers Bench/Caring for your jewellery
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Polishing jewellery is hard and dirty work, don't spoil it with Bicarb!Put the bicarb down!We've all seen the 'magic' trick of using bicarbonate of soda with tin foil and hot…

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💜 Let's do the Twist! 💜 These ribbon twist 💜 Let's do the Twist! 💜

These ribbon twist hoops are not only quirky and different in style, but they're also made from SOLID sterling silver- not hollow tubes like certain high street stores 😉

And why is that important? If you've ever had hollow tube earrings, you'll know that they're likely to bend out of shape and dent very easily. They're not made to last like solid silver pieces! 💜

Buy less by buying better quality, you won't regret it! 💜

Each pair is made to order. Fancy a pair of your own? They're on the web*site right now, or DM me to lace your order 💜

Kirsty Xx 
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💍 Make a ring with me 💍 This is just a snip 💍 Make a ring with me 💍

This is just a snippet of what happens when you order a ring from me! 💍
🔥 Soldering
🔨 Hammering
💎 Gem setting
💍 Finishing

Have wider or smaller fingers? Don't panic! 🙀 I offer all sizes as STANDARD, there's no need to worry or be embarrassed at all! 🙌 My jewellery sizing is inclusive for all 💜

Don't forget that I make to size and have a wealth of stones to choose from, so if you'd like to see something, or discuss your own ring order, please drop me a DM, and I'll see what I can do! 💎💎💎

Kirsty Xx 
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🐈‍⬛️ Do you believe that only fake silver 🐈‍⬛️ Do you believe that only fake silver tarnishes? 🐈‍⬛️ Keep reading.. 👇

🙀 REAL STERLING SILVER TARNISHES! 🙀

There, I said it! It's a perfectly natural process, and will happen at some point to all sterling silver items. It doesn't mean that your jewellery isn't real, great quality, or anything else. It's just a natural reaction between the silver piece and a variety of things in the environment 👩‍🔬

Tarnish appears as a dull grey or black coating, and is actually silver sulphide. It occurs when silver comes into contact with moisture and sulfur in the air (so keep away from hot springs!) 🌋

Tarnish can also occur due to contact with perfumes,  hairspray, deodorant and moisturiser, chlorine from swimming pools and cleaning products, along with high levels of acidity in the skin, and even if you're taking certain medications. Some people find their jewellery needs cleaning sooner than others, and wider band rings that have a larger contact area with the skin are faster to tarnish on more acidic skin.

Silver also naturally reacts to the air, so the best way to avoid your jewellery tarnishing is actually to wear it, or keep it in the box it comes in 💜

You'll find that my silver items all come with their own anti tarnish tab and mini polishing cloth, ready to store your piece well, and clean your piece back to beautiful again! 💜

And remember- don't reach for the bicarb to clean your tarnished jewellery!

Found this helpful? Don't forget to save this post to refer back to later! 😉

Kirsty Xx 
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🌸 Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking... 🌸 🌸 Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking... 🌸

But let's face it, flowers really do scream Spring!! And as it's officially the first day of spring today, who's going to deny that flowers are long overdue?! Not me! 🌸

I find a lot of my inspiration from the world around me, from spending time on nature. Whether that's at the beach, my local woodlands, or my own back garden 🌸

From drying and pressing my own beautiful flowers to imprint into sterling silver sheet to using recycled silver offcuts to produce these solid studs, it's all in the details with floral designs 🌸

And I don't know about you, but I am MORE than ready for Spring to be here now 🌸🌸🌸

Spring florals on the website (DM for stacking rings as they haven't made it online yet 🌸)

Kirsty Xx
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💜 Feedback Friday 💜 Your Feedback means the 💜 Feedback Friday 💜

Your Feedback means the world to me,  every single one of you who takes the time to leave me a review is an absolute superstar!! 🌟

Some of your reviews have made me cry happy tears, some have made me giggle, but every single one has made my heart glow! 💜

And don't forget, if you leave a review on my website, you get a 10% off voucher for your next purchase as a big THANK YOU from me! 💜

Happy Weekend!! 

Kirsty Xx 
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💎 Handset a ring with me... 💎 The London Bl 💎 Handset a ring with me... 💎

The London Blue Topaz Starry Night ring is one of my FAVOURITE pieces to make! I love that starry, highly polished, wide silver band against the gorgeous deep blue of the faceted London Blue Topaz stone. It's a match made in heaven! 💎

Did you know that each of my gemstone pieces are set by hand, with traditional metalsmithing hand tools? ⚒️

Once each piece is set, I then go back around the setting with a steel burnisher and use my trusty pendant motor with varying grits to carefully make that setting smooth and shiny! It gives a beautiful finish to each piece 💎

Stone setting has been done with small hand tools for thousands of years, and these methods are still used by modern jewellers like myself to create your jewellery today ⚒️

💎 Just 2 of these rings are available- DM for details! 💎

Kirsty Xx
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💓 It's all in the details... 💓 You could we 💓 It's all in the details... 💓

You could wear this pretty pink rhodochrosite teardrop pendant showing the whole gemstone to the front... or you could wear it with the hand sawn cut out heart to the front.

2 looks in one? Let's face it, we all love options 😉

Which way round would you wear this beauty? Let me know below 👇 
 
 *SOLD OUT*
Just one available, on the website NOW! You know what to do! 💓

Kirsty Xx
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🌕 The moon is full in all of her phases 🌕 I 🌕 The moon is full in all of her phases 🌕

I often feel that I am 'less' due to my disabilities, that being unable to do certain things, and having unpredictable health means that I'm not worthwhile, that I am 'less than'. I've certainly been treated as such.

The fact that both M.E and Fibro get little to no press, help, or funding, along with doctors having a severe lack of knowledge about these prolific disabilities quite often makes me feel like I'm not worthy of their time. It's very easy to brush things under the carpet when there is little to no understanding, and having to explain to your GP/consultant/nurse exactly what M.E and Fibro are, is actually pretty terrifying when you think of it.

But in reality,  there is no such thing as perfection, no such thing as not being worthy or worthwhile. We are all worthy and worthwhile, and being ill, whether it's invisible, or obvious does not mean that you aren't whole. The moon is full in all of her phases, whether you can see her fully or not, as are we.

Meet the Molten Moon pendant, perfectly imperfect, yet full. Hand formed from molten recycled sterling silver, full of beautiful texture and naturally formed moon craters. Each piece is unique due to the process, just like each of us.

And that's something worth celebrating, not hiding 🌕

Available via DM.

Kirsty Xx 
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