Blog Shop!

Thank you to Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for hosting this new feature of Blog Shop.

As a young child I loooooved jewellery.  I was fascinated with it.  How it sparkled, how you felt so grownup wearing it.  So now I have my own little on-line jewellery shop.  I hand stamp sterling silver creating personalized pieces of jewellery.  I also make beaded necklaces and bracelets using sterling silver and genuine gemstone.

So lets go shopping!

This week it is beaded bracelets with a sterling silver disc hand stamped with the initial of your choice.
Each bracelet securely closes with a sterling silver lobster clasp.

  Amazonite
 Amazonite - 8mm
Bracelet - 7 1/2" (19.1 cm) including lobster clasp -fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mm (3/8")
 $46.00

 Apatite
Apatite - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) including lobster clasp - fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"x3/8")
 $74.00 

Blue Lace Agate
 Blue Lace Agate - 8mm
Bracelet is  7 ½" including lobster clasp -fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"X3/8")
 $58.00 

 Chrysoprase
 Chrysoprase - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 3/4" (19.7cm) including lobster clasp-fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mm (3/8")
 $48.00 

Multi Colour Tigereye
 Multicolour Tigereye - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) including lobster clasp -fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"X3/8")
 $52.00 

 Red Agate
 Red Agate - 6 mm
Bracelet is 7 3/4" (19.7cm) including lobster clasp - fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mm (3/8")
  $45.00

 Sodalite
 Sodalite - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 3/4" (19.7 cm) including lobster clasp -fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"x3/8")
$55.00 

Mixed Agate
 Mixed Agate - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 1/2" (19.1 cm) including lobster clasp - fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"x3/8")
 $48.00 

Mother of Pearl 

Mother of Pearl - 8mm
Bracelet is 7 1/2" (19.1 cm) including lobster clasp-fits an average size wrist
Sterling silver disc - 10mmx10mm (3/8"x3/8")

 $52.00

Each bracelet will arrive in its own storage pouch - not that it will spend much time in it :-)

available at www.graciejewellery.com
 

25 December 2012

 

Away in a manger,
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side,
'Til morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus,
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with Thee there

Words - author unknown, first published in Little Children's Book for Schools and Families (1885)
Music by William J. Kirkpatrick (1895)

Hallelujah - The Voice

Happy Anniversary!

Today Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate 65 years of marriage 

photo: guardian.co.uk

photo: telegraph.co.uk

Love This!

Sophie, The Countess of Wessex

 and

 Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge 

at the Remembrance Day Ceremony 

in Whitehall London 

Sunday November 11

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What do you think was said?

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow 
Between the crosses row on row, 
That mark our place; and in the sky 
The larks, still bravely singing, fly 
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. 
Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
 To you from failing hands we throw 
The torch; be yours to hold it high. 
If ye break faith with us who die 
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
 In Flanders fields.

Wear your poppy today in honour of all the bygone soldiers who gave their lives so that we may enjoy our freedom today.

Wear your poppy today in honour of all the soldiers that are still fighting to keep our freedom.

The Cenotaph in Ottawa, Ontario

The cenotaph in my hometown

The cenotaph at Flanders Field, Belgium

My Family's Honour Role

John Darby

 abt1734-1805
 Lt/Colonel 
 47th Regiment of Foot HMS
 French and Indian Wars

George Darby

abt 1766- 07 Dec 1812 
 1st Lincoln Regiment
Lincoln & Welland Militia

War of 1812


 George Adam Darby
 02 Aug 1800-1892
ammunitions
1st Lincoln Regiment
Lincoln & Welland Militia
War of 1812


Leslie Thwaites
86th Machine Gun Battalion
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force
World War 1

William Ashdown
First Sergeant U.S. Army
89th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division
Killed Pearl Harbor 1942


Ronald K. Thwaites
Private - Army
Royal Regiment of Canada
World War 2

Charles Thwaites

HMCS
Royal Canadian Navy
World War 2

John Hamilton Darby
 10 Apr 1889 - 19 Oct 1938
HMS
killed World War 2