Saturday, 5 June 2010

Summer Time and Good Times!







We've not had chance to update what we've been up to for a while, mainly as we've been busy busy! There has been lots going on at Hannah Makes Things HQ including loads of press articles about our jewellery, designing a new collection, organising some BIG events for later in the year, celeb chasing and loads of other fun stuff. Theres always loads to do when you are a one woman operation, but we get by, with a little help from our friends (that would make a great song don't you think?!)
Anyway, as mentioned we have our new collection online now and I absolutely LOVE it, but maybe I'm a little biased?! I wanted this collection to be a bit different from the other collections we have made before, I wanted things to be bigger, chunkier, even nicer quality and feel like extra special jewels, I wanted to design necklaces that really "made" an outfit and act as stand out statement pieces. If you are anything like me I like to dress up my classic wardrobe pieces with bits of "stand out" jewellery, I find it provides a really cost effective way to update my fave outfits without breaking the bank.

We wanted to design necklaces that make people to stop you in the street and say "OMG, where did you get that necklace!", I've been giving some to my best mates as little thank you pressies for all their support and they say everyone loves them wherever they wear them!

This new collections features our all time favourite cute and cheeky Russian dolls (in two brand new designs), pastel toned nautical treats, holiday souvenir inspired trinkets, retro love tokens, crazy romantic toaster, juicy slices of melon and fang-tastic pendants to mention but a few. Think big, beautiful golden treasures, team them with your best summer dresses, wear them for festivals, pic-nic or romantic summer dates with your crush, dress them up, dress them down, either way we are sure you will love them like we do.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Pretty Pocket Watch Necklaces & Tasty Treats!





We've been making some gorgeous new pocket watch necklaces this last week or so, just in time for the spring. My favourite one features a large vintage cream coloured plastic rose. All the watches open up to reveal the watch face inside, making them practical and beautiful! They come on a nice strong 24 inch long gold plated chain.



Or maybe you prefer something a bit tastier? Then check out these tea time treats, realistic biscuit necklaces! How amazing are these, quirky and eye catching, they are sure to get you noticed!

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Our Love of Winehouse!





On Saturday 27th the Sun featured our Amy Winehouse style Cameo Necklace on their "Live It" fashion pages...this made us super happy!

We love Amy here at Hannah Makes Things and designed the necklace as part of our new collection that came out last month. I get loads of people asking for cameos in the shop in Manchester and they are such a classic item in the world of jewellery I wanted to put a fresh twist on the traditional cameo, while paying homage to our favourite bad girl songstress. I do believe she sings some of the best tunes ever (IMHO!) and we keep her albums pretty much glued in the CD player here at jewellery HQ. We also made another Amy inspired necklace, inscribed with the slogan "What would Winehouse do?" (a question I often ask myself in times of indecision or disaster!)

Amy's songs have got us through good times and bad times, helped us pack many an order and seen us through epic work-a-thons (preparing for last years clothes show live to name but one!)...So here's to you Amy, we think you are ace, and if you are ever in Manchester please drop in and say hello!

Monday, 22 February 2010

Welcome To Our Blog




Welcome to our shiny new blog, in the coming days/weeks/months (eek!) we will be telling you all about what we've been up to and what we are about to get up to! For those of you who have never heard of us before we are a little jewellery company www.hannahmakesthings.com based in Manchester UK. We specialise in quirky and unique costume jewellery that we design and assemble in our little shop/studio in Afflecks Palace (see Afflecks.Com for information about the unique shopping centre we are based in)

For those of you who do know us either from the shop or online then thanks so much for your continuing support over the last year or so, we've got so much planned for this year, I'm excited about all the fun stuff to come and a little nervous about how much work there is to do, but things usually come together in the end! We've had a great start to the new decade with our jewellery being featured in Look, OK, Heat, Reveal and Amelias Magazine, its been so hectic getting our new website finished, attending our first ever trade show and still finding time to design new goodies, but its good to be busy they say!