Menu
Caprilicious Jewellery
  • About Me
  • Necklaces
    • All Necklaces
    • Beadwork and Soutache Necklaces
    • Gemstone & Wire Necklaces
    • Bling! Party Wear Necklaces
    • Silver Seduction Necklaces
    • Mixed Media Daywear Necklaces
    • Lagenlook Necklaces
    • Ethnic Inspired Necklaces
      • Out of Africa Necklaces
      • Oriental Inspiration Necklaces
      • Eastern Promise Necklaces
    • Leafy Glade Necklaces
  • Earrings
    • All Earrings
    • Silver Earrings
    • Mixed Metal Earrings
    • Diamante Party Earrings
    • Beadwork Earrings
  • Bracelets
    • All Bracelets
    • Copper Arthritis Bracelets
  • Pendants & Hair Accessories
    • Silver Pendants
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Necklaces
    • All Necklaces
    • Beadwork and Soutache Necklaces
    • Gemstone & Wire Necklaces
    • Bling! Party Wear Necklaces
    • Silver Seduction Necklaces
    • Mixed Media Daywear Necklaces
    • Lagenlook Necklaces
    • Ethnic Inspired Necklaces
      • Out of Africa Necklaces
      • Oriental Inspiration Necklaces
      • Eastern Promise Necklaces
    • Leafy Glade Necklaces
  • Earrings
    • All Earrings
    • Silver Earrings
    • Mixed Metal Earrings
    • Diamante Party Earrings
    • Beadwork Earrings
  • Bracelets
    • All Bracelets
    • Copper Arthritis Bracelets
  • Pendants & Hair Accessories
    • Silver Pendants
  • Blog

The Caprilicious Jewellery Blog

Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Colourburst

27/10/2017

1 Comment

 
Picture
Hello folks, thanks for coming back to take a squiz at Caprilicious today. Last week was Diwali and I'd quite forgotten about it and had to make do with lighting a lamp my mother gave me many years ago, which hangs in my porch. We usually have a few friends round to dinner and let off some firecrackers, but this year it was too late to organise anything. A belated Happy Diwali to those of you who celebrated it.

Bling, a butterfly and crystal necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
I've been getting ready for my photoshoot with Lorna on Saturday - salting necklaces away, one by one. I was meant to be free this weekend, but due to one of my colleagues sustaining an ankle injury I've had to volunteer to be on call - I just hope it is quiet so that after my initial morning visit to the hospital, I can spend a couple of hours on the the photoshoot. The picture is a little sneak peek into the collection - shiny, shiny, shiny!

I connected with a girl who was at school with me on Facebook - Anita lives in the USA and asked if I would write an article for an annual charity brochure issued by the India Catholic Association of Austin, Texas. I ensured that she was aware that I had no religious affiliations, but she said it didn't matter that I was a self confessed heathen. Anita's dad owned a stationer's shop by our school - the entire population of the school bought their textbooks and note books from St Joseph's bookstore. The nuns insisted that we cover all our books with brown paper and that a label be applied to the front with our names and class on it. My poor mother would sit down with reams of brown paper and all our books - she was a doctor, a busy anaesthetist who worked all hours, and the last thing she needed was this chore for her three kids - she soon taught us how to do it ourselves, I can tell you and it was turned into a competition to ensure that they were all wrapped quickly, and to her standards. The books all looked crisp and tidy when we started out, but by the end of the year, brown paper cover or not, they looked like they had been in a dog fight. Anyway, I digress. To cut a long story short, they wanted an article about the Jewellery of India and it was such a vast subject that I had to do an extremely potted history lesson. Anita sent me a copy of the brochure and a certificate of appreciation.
Picture
Picture
Picture

The Colourburst Necklace

Colourful aurora borealis coated crystals arrived and my magpie heart was instantly in  love. I added some baroque pearls and this beautiful necklace was conjured up as if by magic.
Multicolour crystal and baroque pearl necklace, Bling by Caprilicious Jewellery
Multicolour crystal and baroque pearl necklace, Bling by Caprilicious Jewellery
Multicolour crystal and baroque pearl necklace, Bling by Caprilicious Jewellery
Multicolour crystal and baroque pearl necklace, Bling by Caprilicious Jewellery
The carved oyster lip clasp provides a beautiful foil for the colourful necklace. 
Copper wire penannular brooch by Caprilicious Jewellery
I suffered from a bit of wire withdrawal and whipped up a penannular brooch using copper wire and smoky glass teardrop beads from a design by Abby Hook. 
Caprilicious will be at an Etsy Made Local Event in Birmingham at The Custard Factory, Digbeth, on the 1st of December and the brooch can go along. 

That's me for this week, folks. Have a fabulous week and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place.
Until then,
​xx
Follow
1 Comment
Danielle
27/10/2017 07:51:36 pm

Will keep my fingers crossed it's all quiet on the office front! Can't wait to see what you and Lola dream up.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Follow
    The Caprilicious Jewellery Blog 


    Picture

    Author

     I'm Neena Shilvock,  and I'm crazily addicted to jewellery.

    I've been designing and making quirky and interesting statement necklaces for over ten years and my passion hasn't cooled off one little bit - in fact it has got worse, such that I  even dream jewellery.

    I'd love to get to know kindred spirits like you, so drop me a line and I'll get back to you, and who knows, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

    ​Write to me at jewellerybycaprilicious(at)gmail.com

    Find me on Instagram

    Find me on Pinterest  

    Contact me

     I would love to hear from you - please leave a comment on the blog or send an email  to jewellerybycaprilicious(at)gmail.com
    Picture
    In Berlin with my sweet better half, Mike

    Free Mini Tutorials

Caprilicious Jewellery

​Designed and Handmade in Warwickshire, UK

Free UK Delivery for orders of £100 and over. International postage available to most countries.
​Layaway plans available, please message me.
About Me
Blog
Tutorials
Press | Publications
Testimonials
​Terms & Conditions
​Jewellery Care