We have a glorious morning here on the beautiful Isle of Man....a bit breezy but the sun definitely has his hat on!
I've recently launched a brand new range to Tiny Treasures.....Silver Treasures is a range of hand stamped sterling silver keepsake jewellery. From silver discs to silver butterflies, if it's blank I can stamp it! The silver items can be stamped with names, dates, short messages, little designs such as stars, flowers and hearts and they make wonderful keepsake gifts for new mums, brides to be etc or you can have one just as a little memento of your family.
I started practicing the stamping in December last year and after lots of practice (and wasted metal!) I finally felt confident enough to offer the new Silver Treasures range in March of this year. Wow, has the new range been popular so far! I've just completed my 12th customer order and have, at present, another 5 orders on my books waiting to be done. I'm overwhelmed with the response the new range has brought.
Let me explain a little about what is involved with hand stamping. The process itself is relatively simple.....take a silver item such as a disc, take your metal letter/design stamps and hit them with a hammer to leave the letters/designs imprinted onto the silver. The difficult part is getting the spacing and lining up of the letters as near to perfect as you can. As it's all done by hand you will never achieve perfection but this shouldn't be seen as a flaw or downside, it adds character and only serves to make your keepsake item even more unique and personal to you.
This is a recent pendant I was asked to do for a customer.....
The keepsake market is booming business and I've recently joined The Guild of Keepsake Artists. This is a fabulous place for both keepsake creators and customers alike. You can find them on Facebook....https://www.facebook.com/KeepsakeArtists. There are so many talented people who are members of the Guild and you'll find allsorts of fabulous products from jewellery to cushions! If you don't have Facebook you can take a look at the website....http://www.guild-keepsakeartists.com/
I'm in the process of updating the Tiny Treasures website to make more of a feature of the new Silver Treasures range but you can also follow me on Twitter, @tiny_treasures_ , or like me on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/TinyTreasuresKeepsakes.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Sharon x
