I’ve just been chatting with a customer about why this kundan set costs what it does (£189) as she was insisting she had seen a similar set priced at half that amount.  
Ok, a quick round up of what’s what in the shop right now. To make me feel as if I am organising the furniture and straightening the cushions  to get my bearings in this, my new des res!  

The latest Victoriana earrings to arrive are simply stunning! If like me you like a modern take on classic pieces, you will love the way that the traditional chumke earrings are updated in this range by adding unexpected colours, or perhaps recreating as a smaller drop design what you would expect to see as a traditional large earring.   Continue reading »

Cadburys ladoos

A sweet mouthful

I feel as if I should be handing round ladoos, to celebrate the launch of this blog as well as the new jewellery website!  

Or at the very least cracking open a bar of fruit and nut so we might also mark with a sweet mouthful the passing of our best known purple wrapped confectionary into the hands of the amreekans (and don’t even get me started on the fact that RBS are funding the amreekans to make the purchase!!! Your and my taxes bail out RBS….and then they fund the sale of our best known chocolate bar!!! Free market and all that, but we own a stake and no-one asked me how I feel about Kraft….).  

Anyway, where was I? Ah, yes. New website for customers who can’t make it to the shop (www.eastmwest.com). New blog for…..well, for me really, to share what seems worth sharing. I’m still working out just what that will be, though I will try and limit my rants and contribute something sane to the huge amount of information in which we are awash these days.  

I guess it will evolve in time. It will be a bit like the shop : I choose all the stock, so if we share similar taste you may be tempted to come back, maybe even browse a while and share of your own day.  

Please be kind though. Colours and textures and design make sense to me, but there is something about computer-speak and html that is as foreign to me as a wedding without a family feud, so it may take a while to get all the techi things just right, both here and in the online shop!