The personal Blog of designer jewellery artist Janine Byrom. View my jewellery collection at www.cherishedtrinkets.co.uk

Sunday 8 May 2011

Peach Surprise – Luxury Sterling silver and lamp work, handmade necklace




This is a beautiful piece of designer handmade jewellery. I have used specialty glass lamp work beads by Bead Goddess Laura Sparling. Each bead has been wonderfully handmade with accurate and precise stringer work. The beads are a delightful shade of light peach and are so shiny and touchable it feels like you could almost eat them! (But please don’t!). I have teamed these fabulous beads with some bright sterling silver chain, cream freshwater pearls and a luxurious peach satin bow. This beautiful handmade necklace is a real piece to treasure and is a true one off…. never to be made again I’m afraid!

£46 BUY

Necklace measures approx 16 inches, all metal parts are sterling silver.

Monday 2 May 2011

Cherished Trinkets is featured in Vintage Life Magazine

I have been lucky enough to have one of my favourite bracelets featured in Vintage Life magazine! This magazine is great for those of us that love all things Vintage! Features this month include vintage fashion, weddings and how to have the perfect vintage picnic! They have also featured my Summer Garden bracelet on the “I like it I like it” page which is just perfect for the gorgeous summery weather we are having at the minute.I purchased my copy from W H Smiths but their website tells you where copies are currently being stocked at the minute!



My Summer garden Limited Edition vintage style charm bracelet is packed full of romantic and pretty charms such as pink roses, glass pearls, vintage lockets, gold plated vintage style dragonflies, butterflies and rose charms as well as beautiful charms showing images from vintage seed packets. This delightful piece of handmade vintage style jewellery is just perfect for your vintage tea party and will look gorgeous worn with one of this seasons floaty vintage style skirts or play suits!



This vintage style bracelet has now been re-made and is available to Buy for £37 Limited Edition!



Thursday 28 April 2011

Little teapot vintage style lockett



This is a really sweet and unusual vintage style jewellery design. I have taken a lovely brass locket and decorated it with a cute silver teapot, peach cabochon flower and a faux pearl. I have hung the locket from vintage gold look chain. Perfect for your afternoon Alice in Wonderland tea party!

£16 BUY NOW

Necklace measures approx 18 inches
Locket measures approx 1.25 inches

As always you can find more of my handmade Alice in Wonderland jewellery in my Cherished Trinkets jewellery collection.

Saturday 23 April 2011

Purple edition Alice in Wonderland handmade charm bracelet


I have just added this new Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet to the site. This Purple Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet is one of my favourite Alice in Wonderland jewellery designs! The purple and silver seem to compliment each other perfectly! This gorgeous Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet depicts lots of magnificent elements from the Alice in Wonderland story. Attached to the silver plated chain is a teacup, teapot, mushroom, padlock, clock charm, White Rabbit charm, Mad Hatter charm and lots lots more!

£38 BUY NOW

Sunday 17 April 2011

Easter Competition - Win this beautiful vintage style necklace!

I've decided to give away this lovely vintage inspired freshwater pearl and brass locket necklace for Easter! The necklace is perfect for these gorgeous up and coming summer months and features genuine fresh water pearls and beautiful brass and floral cabochon locket!

To enter this competition please click here for more details

Alice in Wonderland jewellery blog



Hi everyone, I have decided it is time to set up a dedicated blog for my Alice in Wonderland themed jewellery. Since I started making jewellery my Alice in Wonderland creations have been some of the most popular amongst my jewellery designs. I am very happy to say that I have sold lot's of lovely designs and I will be continuing to sell new creations on my Cherished Trinkets website. I will also post exclusive new Alice designs on my Alice in Wonderland jewellery blog as well as show casing my entire Alice collection and previous Alice in Wonderland designs.

I really adore the Alice in Wonderland story and i am always overwhelmed by the amount of lovely emails I get about my Alice in Wonderland jewellery creations. Please pass on my Alice blog details to all your friends.

So follow my blog to see more of my exclusice Alice in Wonderland jewellery collection.

As always you can purchase Alice in Wonderland jewellery on my Cherished Trinkets website.

Grandma's chair, vintage inspired pendant necklace


£12 Buy Now

This is a really sweet necklace that I have made from a vintage inspired chair charm. The antique gold plate really gives it an olden feel . I have added a pretty little turquoise flower bead and fresh water pearl.

Necklace measures approx 18 inches

Chair measures approx 1 inch in length


Materials used:

* Antique gold plated chair charm
* Glass turquoise flower bead
* Fresh water pearl


As always you can find more of my vintage inspired jewellery in my jewellery collection.

vintage style singer sewing machine necklace


£18 Buy Now

I ‘oooohed’ and ‘ahhhhhed’ when I saw these brilliant little sewing machines! Clearly inspired by the old vintage Singer sewing machines, these little charms are just sooooo cute! Measuring approx 1.2 inches by 3/4 of an inch they are a fairly good size as they hang from vintage gold toned chain. I have also adorned the necklace with a cute little vintage glass faceted charm and a fresh water pearl. Perfect for that special somebody who enjoys sewing or appreciates vintage style jewellery.

Chain measures approx 28 inches

Lovely little old camera, vintage style pendant necklace


£17 Buy Now

This sweet little camera charm vintage style necklace is a must for any photography enthusiast! I just love the crystal which has been used in the lens, very glamourous! I have attached this to some lovely antique bronze ball chain and added a beautiful peach flower cabochon and a fresh water pearl. Delightful!

Necklace measures approx 18 inches

Camera charm measures approx 1 inch across

Little trinket, vintage inspired silver charm bracelet



£38 Buy Now

A beautiful and delightful Vintage style charm bracelet featuring lots of my favourite vintage style charms! I have used a bright silver chain and attached each of the gorgeous charms by hand! Charms include, vintage teapot, glass pearls, butterfly, little bird and much much more! There are lots and lots of delightful things to look at on this jewelery design. Certainly a one off piece of exclusive handmade jewellery!

Bracelet measures approx 7.5inches.

Only one of these available I’m afraid!.

As always you can find more of my jewellery in my jewellery collection

vintage inspired scissor necklace


A really lovely handmade necklace featuring a rather sweet pendant in the form of a pair of scissors! Perfect for anybody into hairdressing, dressmaking or crafting! I have added a really sweet little yellow rose cabochon and a vintage glass pearl (taken from an old pearl necklace!) The necklace is quite lightweight and easy to wear.

£14 Buy Now

Necklace measures approx 18 inches
Scissors measure approx 2.5 inches in length

Materials used:
* Antique Bronze scissor charm
* Antique bronze plated necklace
* Acrylic yellow rose charm
* Vintage glass pearl

Saturday 16 April 2011

Cherished Trinkets jewellery, necklaces, charm bracelets and earrings

Hi guys I have been busy adding new items to the website, here are a few of my newest jewellery designs...

Tea time vintage inspired charm necklace



A really unusual vintage inspired necklace featuring a vintage teapot image with the words ‘tea time’ on it. I have added a little pocket watch and a coral coloured flower charm. Delightful!

Chain measures approx 16 inches
Pendant measures approx 2 inches

£17 Buy now


Alice in Wonderland pink edition charm bracelet


A wonderful, fun edition to my Alice in Wonderland jewellery range. This gorgeous Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet depicts lots of magnificent elements from the Alice in Wonderland story. Attached to the gold plated chain is a teacup, teapot, top hat, drink me bottle, clock charm, White Rabbit charm, Mad Hatter charm and lots lots more! There is a rather striking contrast between the gold and the pink on this jewellery design. Certainly a must for any Alice in Wonderland collector!

This bracelet is MADE TO ORDER you should allow up to a week for it to be made and then posted out.

Bracelet measures approx 7.5 inches and features a 2 inch extension clasp

£38 Buy now



As all my items are handmade these bracelets may differ slightly from the bracelet pictured. I have many different charms and the illustrated Alice in Wonderland charms may vary in shape and design. I will make sure that each bracelet has a drink me bottle, pink roses, and glass pearls but the rest of it may be different to the picture you see so please bare this in mind when ordering. Your bracelet will still be stunning!

Oui and Non silver vintage inspired parisian earrings


I have made these delightful vintage inspired Parisian earrings using some gorgeous Oxidised sterling silver plated charms. They have been attached to these rather cute antique silver bows and suspended onto silver plated ear wires. I have a pair of these for myself and I must say they are so fun and versatile to wear!

Drop measures approx 1.5 inches

£8 Buy Now



As always you can find more of my vintage inspired jewellery on my website.

Tea and cake vintage inspired charm bracelet

I have now added my Time for tea and cake charm bracelet to my made to order range. I love this vintage jewellery design! It features two of my favourite things… tea and cake all wrapped up on to a lovely charm bracelet! I have kept the design simple with some delightful teapot and tea cup charms, peach flower charms and glass pearls. Really pretty!

Buy this charm bracelet.

Time for tea and cake vintage style charm bracelet – £28



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Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet

Hope you all had a fab weekend. Just a quick blog to let you know that I have added this delightful Alice in Wonderland – Pink Edition charm bracelet to my website. The bracelet is now made to order and can be found along with my other Alice in Wonderland jewellery designs.

The bracelet is a wonderful, fun edition to my Alice in Wonderland jewellery range. This gorgeous Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet depicts lots of magnificent elements from the Alice in Wonderland story. Attached to the gold plated chain is a teacup, teapot, top hat, drink me bottle, clock charm, White Rabbit charm, Mad Hatter charm and lots lots more! There is a rather striking contrast between the gold and the pink on this jewellery design. Certainly a must for any Alice in Wonderland collector!

Friday 15 April 2011

Cherished Trinkets vintage inspired jewellery sale

I have taken 25% off all of my Vintage inspired necklaces for a limited time only! The prices are all worked out for you and it’s a perfect chance to get your hands on one of the designs you may have been eyeing up!

I have added this gorgeous vintage style flower necklace to the collection just recently!

visit www.cherishedtrinkets.co.uk for my jewellery collection

Monday 11 April 2011

My lovely spotty glass bead earrings

One thing you get when you tell people that you design jewellery is people looking at you, spotting a necklace, bracelet or earrings you may be wearing and saying, “Oh is that one of yours?”. Of course it never is! You see contrary to popular belief I just don’t make as much jewellery for myself as some people might imagine. Of course I’ll make something and think oh I’m definitely going to make one of those for me… but then life gets in the way or I run out of the bits to make another, and I never do!

Now I am a little bit guilty of being a hoarder! I buy these little bits and bobs… mainly beads and charms and they sit there in a box waiting to be turned into something delightful! For example I simply love the lampwork beads which are created by the talented Laura Sparling. She naughtily keeps designing and melting little glass beads which I have no other choice but to own! So I buy them, she sends them in the post all beautiful wrapped and I gasp and wow over her perfectly formed little glassy wonders and then I put them in my ‘Laura bead box’ and they stay there. Sometimes I shall look in the bead box and and awe over them but then I get scared and put them away. You see, because Laura has taken so much care to make such gorgeous beads I don’t want to turn them into something rubbish!

Anyway this is going somewhere, honest… because the purpose of this post is to show you these cute little spotty earrings which I made from some of Laura’s wondrous beads! I have had them in the Laura Bead Box for a long long time and I was determined to make something for myself. So I did. I have decided that one of my resolutions for this year needs to be to stop looking at all the pretty things I have collected and blooming well make some jewellery with them, and that includes some for myself!

So here are my own lovely little spotty earrings… Cute aren’t they?



See more of my jewellery collection at www.cherishedtrinkets.co.uk

Sunday 3 April 2011

Cupcake and vintage inspired jewellery

Over the last couple of days I have been mostly thinking about cupcakes! Yes I may be training for the Great Manchester run and I may have now lost about 20lb in weight but there is still no excuse not to indulge in a little cake every now and then is there?!

I have created some really delightful and colourful cupcake inspired jewellery. Perfect for the lovely spring weather that we have been having lately! I imagine these sweet delights being worn and a wonderful summer tea party. What do you think?

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Sunday 20 March 2011

Red Roses Alice in Wonderland charm bracelet

I have been a busy Bee over the weekend, making lots of Alice in Wonderland Red Rose charm bracelets. This Alice in Wonderland jewellery design is my best seller and no matter how many I make I do love to see the red and gold against each other, there is just something very vintage about it! You can find more of my Alice in Wonderland vintage inspired jewellery over at www.cherishedtrinkets.co.uk.

For more information about my Red Roses Alice in Wonderland charm bracelets please Click Here!



Sunday 27 February 2011

Vintage style heart locket necklace

Hurrah! The monthly Cherished Trinkets competition is back! This time you can win this lovely vintage heart locket necklace complete with really sweet little flowers, pearls and a cute little dragonfly! This necklace measures 28 inches in length and the locket measures approx 1.8 inches.

All you have to do to win this cute vintage inspired Alice in Wonderland necklace is comment on this blog post (on my website) with your name before midnight on Sunday the 27th of February! A name will be drawn at random on Monday the 28th of February and announced here on my blog! Please do check your email (including your trash folder) around this time to see if you have won!

One entry per person via commenting and the competition is open to anyone in the world!

* Please note your comment will not show until I approve it but it will be there eventually! :O)



As always you can find more vinatage inspired jewellery on cherished trinkets.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Laura Sparling cupcake bracelet giveaway

If you do just one thing this week make sure you head on over to Lamp work artist Laura Sparling’s blog to check out her fabulous competition! You can win this gorgeous Cup Cake bracelet made with some of her wonderful lamp work beads!

The competition ends at 7pm (UK time) on Friday the 25th of February so you need to get your entry in fast!



Visit Lauras blog and enter the competition

then…

Visit Laura Sparling's website to drool at or buy Laura’s lamp work bead creations!