Today, I am very pleased to share with you an interview with the completely sugar sweet lovely Jackie, angel hands and super brains behind This Charming Girl. But it doesn’t stop there, no no. You know me by now… You also get to win some of Jackie’s creations. I have two necklaces here for you to win. They are both extra cute and a SURPRISE! You won’t know which one you’ve won till you open your little parcel. To know more about the competition, see after the interview.
❤ What made you decide to become a jewellery designer?
I wasn’t able to find unique, quirky jewellery I liked on the high street. The only websites selling the unusual vintage style jewellery I wanted were in the US and I noticed there was a need for a UK based shop to fill that niche in the market. I did some research and bought some vintage charms and bits and pieces and began making jewellery for myself and friends and family. After a good response, I thought I’d try my hand at selling it online. I had a background in e-commerce so I was able to set up my website myself for next to nothing – lucky because at that time BigCartel didn’t exist and hardly anyone had heard of Etsy!
❤ Where do you find your inspiration?
I draw inspiration from lots of places – old costume jewellery, romance, music (I’ll often use song titles to name jewellery pieces), fairytales, nature – I love animal jewellery, for example at the moment I stock jewellery featuring birds, snakes, horses, dogs, bears, bees, peacocks and octopus – to name but a few! Also flowers and leaves, peapods, branches, watering cans and feathers. I’m also a big fan of lockets, the more unusual the better – I have lockets in the shape of love letters, books, purses and treasure chests as well as oversized cameo lockets. Anything goes really.
(read the rest of the interview at Mademoiselle Robot)
Enter to win the two necklaces by leaving a comment over at Mademoiselle Robot. IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT HERE ON free!grechen, IT WILL NOT COUNT AS AN ENTRY.
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You have until Wednesday 22nd to enter, I will pick two winners then at random, as usual. Most of you know the drill by now!
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!
