No Beads No Glory now live on online ordering site

Our latest No Beads No Glory collection is now live on www.balaganonline.com

Hooray !  If you don't have a log in, then please give us a call on 08452 600925 or drop us an email on sales@balagan.co.uk and we'll zing one over to you...

What can we say about No Beads No Glory...?

Well, this collection comprises bold and elegantly beaded handmade jewellery, created with quality materials entirely by hand with patience and good humour.

Our collection takes inspiration from fashion and design making pieces that are bold in size, striking in colour and yet comfortable to wear.  We are entranced by the skills necessary for such intricate beadwork and keeping those skills alive and thriving today...

Revive and thrive...this is the motto for the first No Beads No Glory collection...!

Enjoy

Top Drawer 2013

Hot on the heels of The Autumn Fair came Top Drawer London. 

A different show with a different feel.  More laid back and more suited to some of our more boutique collections. 

So we took along Kaolin, The Early Bird & One Wish on one stand and Blowing in the wind, Narate and 345 Wrap on the second.

Again, it was a very busy show... here's a couple of pics of our stands to show you how pretty they looked...

Autumn Fair stand 2013

Oops we just realised that in the haste to get the orders out the door we forgot to post our pictures from the Autumn Fair... So here's a couple to show off our gorgeous stand.  

We were loving the pink this year and our graphics were bang on trend ! Shame we can't keep them up around the office all year round !

If you visited the stand at Autumn Fair, then thankyou for stopping by !

BTAA award winner - Fashion Jewellery collection of the year - 2013 - Autumn Fair

We are really pleased to announce that the Balagan Group’s One Wish collection was the winner in the Fashion Jewellery collection of the year category of the BTAA awards which took place on Sunday 1^st September at the Autumn Fair on the fashion accessories catwalk & followed a champagne reception.

The awards were judged for the products original, innovative & eye-catching designs, quality of manufacture and commercial viability. The judges who were buyers from key retailers in the industry comments regarding the One Wish collection were that “this collection was a lovely collection, with emotive product and packaging at a great price”

Rachel Parkin the designer of the collection commented “ Winning the Fashion Jewellery collection of the year for our new One Wish collection was a delightful accolade, we are so thrilled” The collection is delicate, pretty and captures thoughts, sentiments and emotions that are universal, creating a perfect gift or self purchase.

If you haven’t yet seen the One Wish Collection it “features uplifting, cute & quirky messages on beautiful cards as well as understated designs in jewellery, created to be treasured” 

Background on One Wish

[wish] verb

Wish is a beautiful word, standing for the desire for something.. or merely good wishes (thoughts) bestowed upon another… It’s the basis for change, it preceeds thoughtful change…. If you had just one wish, what would you wish for ?

Think of throwing a pebble into a pond & imagine seeing the ripples forming outward from the middle. If you imagine those ripples being words, each ripple is a letter or word in a sentence. This idea is the basis for our One Wish collection, the idea that we can change our world, that we can affect things around us for the better…

Made from Sterling silver, the collection is designed to be worn to create optimism, so take a deep breath, make your wish & your One Wish jewellery will remind you of it each time you wear it. 

Wearing your One Wish jewellery will help you think about your wishes, make them real and hopefully

 bring them closer to you.

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