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March meet the Maker Highlights

March meet the Maker Highlights

The March Meet the Maker challenge by Joanne Hawker - we participate every year in this challenge on Instagram. A month of prompts - talking about ourselves as makers - it's the perfect fit for us. We're delighted to see many of you commenting and sending the love on...

Then Vs Now – An Evolution of Athene’s Artwork

Then Vs Now – An Evolution of Athene’s Artwork

Then Vs Now... School’s out for Summer! It’s the end of term wahoo - and here’s a throwback to our own college graduation days. Where we started, and what we do now are so different, and yet so interconnected. We have soooo many strands of this little business, and no...

A Taste of Spring

A Taste of Spring

A Taste of Spring by Athene Sholl  The rain and hail has finally stopped, possibly just for a few hours - who knows? We even saw just a hint of a pink sunset last night. And the birds tweeted, very very faintly - just for a short while. Spring is on the way... It...

Thank you for supporting us

Thank you for supporting us

A massive thank you to everyone for all your support over the last 26 years!    We're always completely blown away by all the lovely messages we receive from you. It makes us feel so special.   On top of that our midsummer celebrations were absolutely fabulous. Who...

Birthstone Jewellery Guide

Birthstone Jewellery Guide

For those of you shopping for birthstone jewellery we have put together a list of all 12 gemstones and some of their properties, to make it all a little easier.  Some stones can be substituted for others with similar looks or properties. For example, Diamonds can be...

White

White

Ok, I get it…I get it, finally! You’re not a colour, you’re all of them. Like white light – the very presence of colour.  Always there, an amalgam of everything.  White - Shining, clean, clear, aloof sometimes, but that’s good - maybe being at a slight distance gives...

The Texture of Cream

The Texture of Cream

Easy to get on with, gregarious, cream goes with everything, in any situation. On a family holiday to Disney land, out to lunch at the Peninsula, to the beach with the relatives from Ireland, for tea and cake at the park, a foil for all the other colours.  But now I...

Pretty French Vintage Grey

Pretty French Vintage Grey

Grey - that pretty French vintage grey, worn out and comfortable. It’s everywhere, ubiquitous, very calm and the perfect foil for anything you want to put with it.  It comes to me, sleepless in the middle of the night, in a French hotel room, That lovely Paris...