The traditional birthstone for November is Topaz. The gemstone Topaz is a silicate mineral of Aluminium and flourine. It is one of the...

What a stunning gemstone October's birthstone opal is! I would love to create something unique and original with some of the beautiful...

It is September already, how this year is flying by! It is now time to take a look at the birthstone for September - Sapphire. Probably...

We are well into August now so it is time to take a look at Peridot the birthstone for August. Peridot, also known as chrysolite, is an...

I cannot believe it is July already! Which means it is time to have a look at July's birthstone, Ruby. Ruby is a gemstone which is pink...

The month of June boasts three birthstones; Pearl, Alexandrite and Moonstone. I shall be concentrating this post on Pearl though, as I...

Today I am taking a closer look at Emeralds - the birthstone for May. Emerald is a green, bluish green gemstone and variety of the...

Diamond is both the traditional and modern birthstone for April, so lets take a closer look at it. Firstly Diamond is the hardest of all...

A bit late but I have finally found a few minutes to write a short post looking at Aquamarine - the birthstone for March. Aquamarine gets...

Amethyst is a semi precious stone, It is a violet variety of the quartz group. As a silicate mineral which has the chemical formula of...

Firstly it might be a good idea to have a brief introduction to birthstones Birthstones are gemstones associated with each month of the...

How exciting is this! My brand new website is now live and I am now looking forward to the whole new world of possibilities that is now...

This is the story of my #sbs journey so far, I can't say where it will lead only report on what has happened so far.

Thursday last week took me to Birmingham for the second sbs event. Small Business Sunday shortened to the hash tag #sbs was created on...

So the sbs story continues - Friday 30th January was a date with a huge build up on twitter among the sbs winners fraternity and it did not

s I alluded to in my previous post, a week ago last Friday, that was the 12th February, I attended the #sbsevent2106 with Theo Paphitis