Matching Wedding rings...

We often get asked about 'Matching' Wedding bands - and although the woman generally wants more 'bling', more and more men are getting in on the act, and a set of bands we made recently covers both of these problems!



These BEAUTIFUL Wedding bands, designed for a recent couple of ours, are PERFECT and so unique. The womans band can have a slightly larger row of Diamonds, making the ring more sparkly, but you still have the matching element so many couples are now looking for.

Set in platinum, you also have the option to have both sides of the ring edged in Diamonds.


We hope you love them as much as we, and our clients, do! If we can help you with anything please give me a call 07904123297.

Have a lovely sunny day!

JKD

Wedding Supplier Wednesday - Love Cupcake

Sorry for our lack of posting this week – it has been MrJKDs 30th Birthday and we have been celebrating in style!

However – we are back with a bang with our wonderful Wedding Supplier Wednesday – and we have a real treat for you with the wonderful Gemma Vickerage, the baker and proprietor of Love Cupcake!
Love Cupcake was officially launched in January 2010 and is currently based in Chelmsford, Essex, although with a move on the cards the LC team will be upping sticks soon! However the move wont effect the very loyal customers!

Gemma says ‘After baking for pleasure for so long, and having so many people encouraging me to set up, with the support of my lovely husband, i finally decided to launch. I never really realised quite how big the cupcakes market was, there is no end to the styles, flavours and designs you can do, and for every occasion too!’
I would say that most cupcake bakers tend to just specialise in either cupcakes by post, or wedding cupcakes, but where we stand out, is we offer free local delivery (small charge for further afield) for our gorgeous gift boxes, all for an inclusive price. The boxes of 6 or 12, are brilliant for birthdays, anniversarys, valentines day, mothers day etc and are baked by me, decorated by me, boxed and tied with a beautiful satin ribbon and one of our cute tags and hand delivered by me to a home or work address of your choice. It's almost like the same sort of service you get with florists, except we do cupcakes, and theres no postman or courier to rely on, so all boxes arrive in perfect condition at a time to suit you - we wouldn't have it any other way!

I LOVE getting parcels with new cutters, colours and tips! Also experimenting with new flavours (Much to Mr Love Cupcakes horror as he can't resist cupcakes!) Plus the huge smiles we get when we hand deliver the boxes!


We're quite lucky that we don't need to do any advertising, all of our business is via word of mouth which we feel speaks volumes for our quality - Most of the people who receive one of our gift boxes go on to order themselves, which i am so proud of :D We offer a full bridal service with samples to help your big day perfect and we also have a variety of stands for hire, from our huge acrylic 7 tier, to smaller wire stands, and of course the gorgeous china tea party style stands (which i just can't stop buying ;) Our ingredients are always of the highest quality, the finest flours and sugars, free range eggs, and Madagascan vanilla and real high quality chocolate in our icings (Lindt/Green & Blacks etc) We wouldn't dream of using anything else, so you can be assured that your cupcakes are going to be of the best possible taste that they can be. Check out our photos from our visit to Heart FM as well, they were a huge hit with the presenters there!
The LC website is currently being constructed by the lovely Steve at Digital Storms although to keep an eye on what we are up to and see all our fabulous pictures, we have a facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/LoveCupcakeEssex or follow us on twitter @LoveCupcake_x

We really are HUGE lovers of LC Cupcakes and couldn’t speak highly enough of them! If you were interested in trying some out yourself – why not book a JKD CASH FOR GOLD PARTY, as we provide all nibbles and actually bring a selection of LC cupcakes along with us! What more could you ask for! Contact us on 07904123297.

HUGE THANK YOU to Gemma for allowing us to feature you this week!

Have a lovely week everyone!

JKD

Wedding Supplier Wednesday - Save the Date Magazine

It’s the time again for another Wedding Supplier Wednesday, and this week we have the fabulous Save the Date Magazine, which evolved just one year ago in July 2009 when editor and partner, Lydia who was planning her wedding realised that there was no local inspiration out there to help plan her dream day. Having worked at a local Derby based events company for over 5 years, Lydia and Abbi, who also worked for the same company decided to begin a magazine called Save the Date, helping local brides to be to find their dream suppliers around the East Midlands and inspire them along the way in the form of a slick, stylish bi-monthly publication. Save the Date released its first glossy in November 2009 and we have just released the fifth issue, covering the months of July and August. A publication which focuses on style and big day chic, Lydia and Abbi work hard to locate unique and talented suppliers across the East Midlands to become a part of the magazine and provide inspiration to readers. Save the Date is distributed across lots of bridal boutiques, jewellery stores, florists and hairdressers across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with us slowly creeping into the Leicestershire border too. John Lewis stores in Nottingham and Sheffield also stock the magazine and hand out a complimentary copy to anyone enquiring about their gift list service.
The magazine is also available to read on-line in the form of an e-zine, making it much more accessible to readers across the country.
Not just a magazine, Save the Date now run local wedding events too - similar to a 'wedding fayre', the Save the Date wedding events always adopt a unique twist with the aim of making each bride to be who walks through the door feel special and ready to be inspired.
‘Our wedding events are fun, unique and exciting and we try extremely hard to bring an original twist to each and every one of them’ ‘Our strapline is 'The wedding and events magazine for the East Midlands' and having focused on weddings since our inception, we are now beginning to work on all different types of events from social occasions, corporate functions and themed events. We work with venues across the East Midlands including Shottle Hall in Derbyshire, pulling a calendar of events together and assisting them with the marketing and organisation of such events. From afternoon tea parties to Viva Las Vegas and Summer balls, we are working on a diverse range of events and really looking forward to seeing them coming together and working hard to ensure they are a success’ Save the Date can be viewed on MAGAZINE or contact the girls on info@savethedatemagazine.co.uk
HUGE THANK YOU to Lydia and Abbi for allowing us to feature this awesome magazine - and best wishes for the future!

If you would like us to feature you on Wedding Wednesday, or if you need to chat about some bespoke jewellery please get in touch! Have a lovely day!

Jon
07904123297

Wedding rings!

Oh yes - its the Wedding season and JKD have been crazy busy these last few weeks with Wedding Rings.
Remember, we offer a bespoke service and make everything specially for our clients. This is our 'Wedding Ring Sample' box to help you come to the right decision on which ring you would love as your own.

If we can help you with anything please get in touch - we offer the best prices around and you can either come to our office in Hatton Garden or we can visit you in your home of place of work.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and want to wish all our Bride & Grooms the best of luck on their Wedding Day!

Have a lovely week!

JKD.
07904123297

extra cash for the weekend....

We all need a little extra Cash Injection every now and then, and JKD has the answer! Last night we held a very successful CASH FOR GOLD party, and LOTS of very happy people left with much more than they were expecting!

To briefly explain – im sure you have seen the hundreds of awful commercials telling you to ‘cash in your gold’, and im also sure you have seen the numerous press reports about how little these companies are offering you, the client, for your unwanted gold! well – this is true! But what is also true is that gold really is at all time highs at the moment, and it really is a good time to cash in any of your broken, old, mismatched or simply unused gold for cash!

As someone in the trade, I deal direct with the London Gold Bourse, based in Hatton Garden, and I really can offer you a price that wont be beaten anywhere else!

Its a win win situation for our clients - and the reviews on our website speak for themselves!

Organising a gold party couldn't be easier. You invite your family and friends to a party and ask them to bring all their old gold which they can sell for cash! We provide the food and nibbles - you have a lovely evening in with your friends and they leave very happy with extra cash in their back pockets!

We also offer a 'Postal' service, where you can send us your Gold, we then call you with an offer, and if you are happy we will send you the money the exact same day!

It really is that simple - so get in touch if you want to host your own party!

Have a lovely weekend!

Jon
07904123297

Wedding Supplier Wednesday - Miss Pickering

We are really excited to be featuring the fabulous Miss Pickering Florist and her gorgeous hound in our Wedding Supplier Wednesday blog - as she truly is an inspiration. After a varied career in food and fashion and living in France, Milan and Notting Hill, Miss P fulfilled her childhood desire to open a floral emporium. Her beautiful medieval shop, based in Stamford, is packed to the beamed rafters with seasonal flowers, foliage and herbs and plants. Miss P only use only the finest quality flowers, with an emphasis on local growers.


Pretty vintage jugs are filled with hydrangea heads, peonies and armfuls of roses, all of which are available to buy along with cake stands, vintage linens and homewares, and a marvellous selection of greetings cards.



Recently featured in the Mail on Sunday 'YOU' Magazine 'At Home' section, and with other press including Country Living, Red Magazine, Wedding, Garden Answers, Joules Magazine, Stamford Living and Embrace, Simone really is a lady who knows her stuff. Lets find out more.

I started my own business so that i could fill the shop with only the flowers i love, and bring our own take to weddings

Our flowers are a blend of locally grown flowers, home grown herbs and the very best of flowers from Holland and further afield. We like to put our own Miss P spin on things, vintage containers, ribbons and what have you. We have in-depth consultations with our brides, and get to know very well what look they are hoping to achieve for their day

Every single day is different, whether it is a wedding prep day, installation day or just a day selling flowers for birthdays etc. i love playing a part in the most important times of peoples lives, weddings, births, celebrations and even death

Simone went on to tell me some interesting facts you might not know about Miss Pickering (aside from her humour of course):
I drink Earl grey tea and gin - not at the same time
My favourite flowers this week are....tuberose, the scent is so very sexy.
Today i lost the back of one of my precious diamond studs, though thankfully not the earring. (although if she did she would OF COURSE get a replacement from JKD!)
Today i am trying to look like Whitney Port from The City - and failing.
I speak 4 languauges.
I really do love weddings.
My current thinking is that coloured table linen at weddings is good.
I prefer low tablecentres
At home i cut flowers and herbs from the garden and put them in jam jars on the kitchen table.
My favourite colour is slubby.
The first single i bought came free with a pair of Clark's school shoes and was "Gold" by spandau ballet
I might be the only person in the world who prefers yellow gold to platinum

Miss Pickering can be found at:
Miss Pickering
Floral Emporium
7 St. Paul’s Street
Stamford
PE9 2BE

Open Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm.

(T)01780 482961 (e)flowers@misspickering.com

They deliver sameday throughout Stamford and Rutland(Wednesday to Saturday Order by noon to guarantee delivery by 1pm the next day) and also offer a next day Nationwide delivery service.

If you wish to read more about Simone and Miss P why not have a read of her very own blog - it really is fantastic! BLOG

We wanted to send a HUGE THANK YOU to Simone (and her hound) for taking the time out to speak to us and for allowing us to feature Miss Pickering - we really love her work and hope you do too!

If you are a 'Wedding Supplier' and would like to feature on our blog - drop us an email to jon@jonkeithdiamonds.com. And remember, if i can help you with any bespoke handmade jewellery please get in touch!

Have a nice Wednesday!

JKD

Monday sparkles…

Happy Monday! To make the start of your week sparkly and bright we are sharing this stunning .75ct Princess cut engagement ring with you. Set in a classic handmade shank, this really is a stunner for one very lucky lady!
We cant say too much, other than ‘Best of Luck’ with popping the question…..and let us know what she says!!

If I can help you with anything please get in touch. Remember we offer trade prices, so can guarantee to be cheaper than any high street jeweller.

Email me on jon@jonkeithdiamonds.co.uk or call me on 07904123297.

Have a lovely week!

Jon