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new mini range
tubular
This snazzy new range of long Czech glass and sterling silver earrings will be made available in The Silver Forge shop over the coming month. They'll be $29, and if you'd like to snap a pair up right now at a 20% early discount, email me now and let me know which colour you'd like, and I'll arrange to get them out to you. Totally tubular, dude!
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gemstone of the month
gemstone treatments
I'm all for transparency and disclosure, and I often discuss gemstone treatments with my customers. I've written a blog post about them here. What do you think about treated gemstones?
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monthly giveaway
july earring giveaway
This month's giveway is a pair of delicious green stacked Czech glass and sterling silver earrings. They remind me of fabulous uranium glass (but they're not, so they're presumably safe!) You're eligible to win them because you are subscribed to this newsletter. If you'd like a pair right now, they're available in The Silver Forge shop.
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worthy causes
the ocean cleanup
Thanks to everyone who helped raise funds for The Ocean Cleanup last month, your assistance is very much appreciated. Hopefully we can start to clean the discarded plastic out of our oceans! You can read more about the project here on my blog.
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unicef australia
UNICEF works in over 190 countries to promote and protect the rights of children. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, clean water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and HIV. I'm pleased to be donating 10% of all The Silver Forge sales for July to this worthy cause - read more about this here on my blog, and head to the shop to help out!
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custom pieces
aquamarine and sterling silver amorphia pendant
Theresa was the lucky winner of my second anniversary giveaway, and she chose the shape and the gemstones for this custom made 'Amorphia' pendant. The aquamarine is so soft and pretty!
If you have an idea for a custom piece, for yourself or for someone special in your life, contact me and we can talk about a design - I'd love to create something wonderful with you! You can see more custom pieces I've created in my Bespoke Gallery, over on my website.
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wild, weird & wonderful
crystal caves
The Cueva de los Cristales (Spanish for giant crystal cave), is the most amazing place ~ take a second look at the photo, and find the man in it for an idea of scale! The largest one found to date is 12 metres long, and weights 55 tonnes. Apparently it's very hot in there, and they have to pump the water out to be able to see the crystals. Very wow!
(photo credit Alexander Van Driessche)
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If there anything you'd like to see more of, or any questions you'd like to ask, why not let me know what you think, or just drop me a line for a chat? I always love to know that people are out there reading my newsletter!
Don't forget you can also subscribe to The Silver Forge Blog, and be kept up to date with what else is going on each week.
See you next month for the August 2014 newsletter ~ I'll announce the winner of the July earring giveaway then. Have a fabulous month, won't you!
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