Sparkle & Shine

Celebrate life and express love with Lily Blanche designer jewellery & lockets. "Love them, favourite pieces," Judy Murray, Tennis Coach and Strictly Come Dancing Star. http://www.lilyblanche.com/

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A Big Thank You And A Visit To The Social Bite Village

A Big Thank You And A Visit To The Social Bite Village

As many of you know Social Bite is our charity of the year. Those of you who have left a review of Lily Blanche on Trustpilot may know that we donate to Social Bite as a thank you for every review we receive. But we also support the charity in other ways too and donate throughout the year.

So were delighted this week when Social Bite invited us to come and visit the new village they are building…

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The Story Of The Lily Blanche Memory Keeper Locket

The Story Of The Lily Blanche Memory Keeper Locket

The Lily Blanche Memory Keeper Locket in Sterling Silver, Gold and Rose Gold vermeil

WHEN LILY BLANCHE designer Gillian Crawford wanted to create a really special family locket of heirloom quality, she drew on the past – both her degree in archaeology from Edinburgh University and her family heritage.

“Family Is Everything”

“Family is everything to me and as my children grew up and flew the…

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Nadin and Mo - an everyday love story

Nadin and Mo – an everyday love story

Nadin Dunnigan is one of Edinburgh’s top wedding photographers. She only takes on around 20 weddings a year but the couples she photographs can be assured of not just a memorable album but a wonderful experience. So we were absolutely thrilled when Nadin chose the Lily Blanche Gold Memory Keeper Locket as a memento of her own wedding which is happening on the Hebridean island of Harris next…

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How To Fill A Lily Blanche Memory Keeper Locket With Photographs

You will need: A Lily Blanche Memory Keeper Locket Laptop; Printer; 15mm (0.6 inch) craft punch; 130gsm self adhesive photographic paper. First choose your images. Pick strong portrait shots which are clear and unfussy and where there is a bit of space around the head (ie the top of the head is not cut off or up against the edge of the photograph) Single headshots work best at this size. If they…

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The Power Of Pearls

This week is the fourth anniversary of my mother’s death and I have been thinking about her and the jewellery she bequeathed me. We shared a love of interesting jewellery. She had an excellent eye and one of the pieces I inherited from her was her pearl necklace.

Three strands of ivory cultured pearls with a pearl and sapphire clasp, they live in a slim, navy leather case nestled in a white silk…

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Christmas Deliveries - We've Got This

Christmas Deliveries – We’ve Got This

Rule number one – don’t panic. We’ve got this. You are our customer and we won’t let you down. That, in a nutshell, is our philosophy. There is still plenty of time to shop online for Christmas at Lily Blanche

Every  Lily Blanche customer is important to us and we will do everything in our power to ensure that you are not just satisfied but delighted with our service. Last Christmas every single…

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Purple Patch - Pantone Colour Of The Year 2018

Purple Patch – Pantone Colour Of The Year 2018

The Pantone Colour of the year 2018 has been announced and it is – drum-roll please – 18-3838, ultraviolet. We’re going to be seeing a lot of purple in the new year. Lily Blanche Purple Amethyst lockets, earrings and rings are bang on trend.

  Here is what Pantone has to say about its choice. “Complex and contemplative, Ultra Violet suggests the mysteries of the cosmos, the intrigue of what lies…

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Black Friday Offer - Use Code Friday15

Black Friday Offer – Use Code Friday15

A number of cutomers have asked us if we are participating in Black Friday. This year we have decided we will. Our code is Friday15 and you can use it throughout the Lily Blanche website now. It is valid till midnight Monday November 27. We are doing so mainly because some of our stockists are participating in Black Friday and our over-riding philosophy is that our most loyal customers should…

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Lily Blanche Last Shipping Dates For Christmas 2017

Christmas falls on a Monday this year which means that there are fewer posting days than usual before Christmas. Below are the last possible posting dates for Christmas delivery but to guarantee your jewellery arrives in plenty time, do please order as early as you can, firstly because we will sell out of some popular items and we’d hate to disappoint you and secondly because although the postal…

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Paying It Forward - Lily Blanche Reviews

Paying It Forward – Lily Blanche Reviews

They say that one good deed deserves another and while I’ve always been a bit suspect of the concept of karma – bad things happen to good people too – I do like the idea of spreading a little bit of love or joy. I believe small acts can, cumulatively, make a big difference.

Recently we’ve started working with the review company Trustpilot. Trustpilot sends out an email on our behalf to every…

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Everyday Love Stories - David and Beryl Barnes

Everyday Love Stories – David and Beryl Barnes

  “No matter who my dad met, he always seemed to touch people and leave that special something”

When Lily Blanche customer Helen Thompson got in touch last month to tell us she had chosen the Gold Feather Locket for her mum Beryl and wanted to give it to her on her birthday on September 9th in memory of her father David who passed away last year, we were really touched by her thoughtfulness.

Hel…

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Back To School - For The Last Time

Back To School – For The Last Time

It’s back to school for us this week – a ritual which has been performed annually in this household for twenty years, since my eldest started at nursery as a tiny tot. But this year, it is different. With just one of my three children still at school, this is the last autumn we will be looking out uniform, buying new stationery and hunting for lost kit of a morning before rushing for the school…

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From Stressed To Blessed In A Day.

From Stressed To Blessed In A Day.

It has been a stressful couple of days in the Lily Blanchestudio as I try to fit in everything that needs to be done before I go on holiday to ensure the staff manning the studio while I am away are properly supported.  There has been that familiar sense of rising panic and inevitably anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. I’ve felt like a rubbish boss, mother, wife… Even the dog is looking…

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Wonderful Wimbledon and Why We Have Murraymania

Wonderful Wimbledon and Why We Have Murraymania

“I think Andy’s mum is wearing your Memory Keeper locket” said my son while watching Wimbledon a couple of years ago. Sport daft, nuts about Andy Murray and eagle-eyed enough to be able to tell the difference between a toad and a frog at ten paces, my teenage son does not, however, take much  interest in jewellery so I assumed he must be mistaken.

Judy Murray had bought some Lily Blanche pieces…

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Respect, Honesty, Integrity And A Word About Discounting

Respect, Honesty, Integrity And A Word About Discounting

  We all love a bargain. There is nothing nicer than finding something you’ve been hankering after on sale. I’m the same but increasingly I’ve become sceptical about the endless discounting the big retailers engage in. It doesn’t feel fair when brands boost the price by 25% just to be able to offer a 20% markdown to unsuspecting customers. The two for one offers in supermarkets are fuelling waste…

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THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RUBY

THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL RUBY

When choosing a item of jewellery the investment value is usually the last thing on your mind. Jewellery is chosen to mark an occasion – an anniversary, say, or a birthday. Often if you sift through a jewellery box, you can tell the story of its owner’s life – that was certainly true of the original LILY BLANCHE, my grandmother, who inspired the LILY BLANCHE Collections. It’s true that some…

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PEARLS ARE BACK!

Here is an excerpt from Professional Jeweller’s take on trends for 2012

PEARLS ARE BACK IN VOGUE Over the past couple of years pearls have enjoyed a resurgence as the fashion industry embraced faux pearls on everything from clothing and hair clips to jewellery and Lady Gaga’s face. As we mentioned in Point 7 of what we have learned from 2011, the jewellery industry is influenced by fashion and as…

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