Apart from being very busy with family life, a walking holiday in Porto and obviously making lots of new shiny silver jewellery….
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Using Recycled Materials
Quite early on in my jewellery making journey, I decided that I would like to aim to use as many recycled materials as I can, source ethical gemstones, use UK based suppliers and local businesses.
![cleaning silver jewellery cleaning silver jewellery](https://www.jmbsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/cleaning-silver-jewellery-1024x768-landscape-723e2626a679829bbc3d8b6b5ef921a5-.jpg)
Caring for your Silver Jewellery
There are multiple factors that can affect the condition of your jewellery. It is important to learn about these factors, properly clean and store your jewellery.
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Garnets anyone?
The gemstone related to the month of January is Garnet which is derived from the Latin word “granatus’ – meaning seed or grain as the stone resembles the red seeds of a pomegranate.
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Do you have a friend in your workshop?
The 5 best things about my “beautiful workshop friend – Florence”
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Starting a new Silver Jewellery Business
Up until September 2017, I was a nurse and had been ever since I left school – 22 years in the NHS which is very dear to my heart. However, I needed to make a change in my life and to cut a long story short, I am now the proud owner of my own company JmB Silver!
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A New Website for JmB Silver
Apart from being very busy with family life, a walking holiday in Porto and obviously making lots of new shiny silver jewellery….
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Using Recycled Materials
Quite early on in my jewellery making journey, I decided that I would like to aim to use as many recycled materials as I can, source ethical gemstones, use UK based suppliers and local businesses.
![cleaning silver jewellery cleaning silver jewellery](https://www.jmbsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/cleaning-silver-jewellery-1024x768-landscape-723e2626a679829bbc3d8b6b5ef921a5-.jpg)
Caring for your Silver Jewellery
There are multiple factors that can affect the condition of your jewellery. It is important to learn about these factors, properly clean and store your jewellery.
![garnets garnets](https://www.jmbsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/garnets-1024x682-landscape-3a1fc6e154798830c19a35361e113ea9-.jpg)
Garnets anyone?
The gemstone related to the month of January is Garnet which is derived from the Latin word “granatus’ – meaning seed or grain as the stone resembles the red seeds of a pomegranate.
![Florence Florence](https://www.jmbsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Florence-714x1024-landscape-0c1b43204dac024c65aba0e0b6560827-.jpg)
Do you have a friend in your workshop?
The 5 best things about my “beautiful workshop friend – Florence”
![silver-jewellery-tools silver-jewellery-tools](https://www.jmbsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/silver-jewellery-tools-768x1024-landscape-23d0769fc420dcc1aaf9a3bcdd8b4ba8-.jpg)
Starting a new Silver Jewellery Business
Up until September 2017, I was a nurse and had been ever since I left school – 22 years in the NHS which is very dear to my heart. However, I needed to make a change in my life and to cut a long story short, I am now the proud owner of my own company JmB Silver!