We have moved!

To all the lovely chums of Chambers & Beau who have visited over the years, we have now moved. We have just launched our new website and the blog is now attached to that so all under one virtual roof!

Please come see us here for all the latest news.

Farewell blogspot xxx

Luxe Leather Available NOW!

Luxe Leather Friendship Wraps

These gorgeous Chambers & Beau Italian leather bracelets are perfect arm candy.

Simply wrap around the wrist a couple of times and fasten with a C&B stainless steel skinny buckle.

Adorn with either the sterling silver mini or maxi ID plaque and customize with words that mean something special to you.

Alternatively add some C&B charms for a touch of rock chic or create extra impact and layer up with similar styles for a tougher edge.

Available in gold, pewter and bronze.

Stay Gold

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Her early leaf's a flower
But only so an hour
Then leaf subsides to leaf
So Eden sank to grief
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay
(Robert Frost)



Did you ever see The Outsiders? I loved that film so much. The poem brings a tear just thinking about it.

I am all over gold at the moment.
Love it and am even thinking about doing a small range of C&B in gold rather than silver.
On the weekend, these beauties arrived much to MR C&B's horror. He reckons old ladies wearing velour tracksuits in Miami would wear these. I took no notice and haven't taken them off since. Granted, they are a tad on the shiny side. But a few more beach walks to sandblast them and they will look fabulous.

And, they match my new luxe leather gold wrap to perfection!

Bracelets available soon in the eboutique!

What do you reckon - a major fashion mistake or very cool (even in miami pensioner stylie)?

Father's Day ♥....

..... already.

It comes around so fast no?

In case you are not all ready organised, Father's day falls on Sunday 19th June so only a few weeks away.

A busy time here at Chambers & Beau, busier surprisingly than Mother's Day. Reckon it must be the fact that we ladies are so much better at buying gifts and not leaving it till the last minute *hint hint*

A few new goodies have just been added to the eboutique - perfect gifts for any special gents in your life!

Personalised Money Clip - A stylish alternative to a bulky wallet!

Personalised Bookmark - A gorgeous keepsake that can be personalised with text and vintage ribbon on your choice.

And some best selling faves all still available in the eboutique under gifts for men.

Keyrings and Collar Stays....

.... and friendship bracelets. Personalise with dates, location coordinates or a simple message.

For any bespoke orders for father's day please feel free to get in touch.

Hope you all have a good week

xxx

A sneaky summer peak

Luxe Leather Friendship Wraps

Coming soon.....

Hermes Love

Hermes are so damn good at jewellery design.

I have been lusting after one of their leather bracelets for a long long time.

The hardware is just so brilliant, they are like little works of art!

I love the double wrap look so much it inspired me to design a Chambers & Beau version.

It has taken a while to get it all together - how does one choose just 3 leathers (so many gorgeous colours, finishes and textures)?

The samples are here finally and have been whizzed off to the photographer so hopefully next week I will be able to share. Stock will not be available until mid June but I reckon they are gonna be seriously worth the wait.

Chambers & Beau Luxe leather friendship wraps coming very soon - watch this space x

A Royal Wedding

I love a wedding.

I kidded myself all last week that I wasn't really interested in the whole royal affair but sure enough at 8am on Friday I got completely sucked in and almost thought I might shed a tear.

Suprisingly Kate and the bridesmaids were not wearing any Chambers & Beau jewellery. Shocking considering how many perfect wedding treats are available in the eboutique.

Sentimental keepsakes perfect for the full wedding party!

Younger bridesmaids

Peep Beau Love Letter necklace - £40

Teenage & Older Bridesmaids

I am Loved Friendship bracelet - £60

Clover Love Charm Bracelet - £125

Gifts for The Bride

Forever Love Classic Necklace - £140

Love Letter Classic Necklace - £105

Gifts for the Groom

Shirt Collar Stiffeners - £80

Initial & Date Cufflinks - £85

For any bespoke wedding jewellery please do get in touch - enquiries@chambersandbeau.com

Gift of The Year Award?

I am so excited.

I or rather C&B has been nominated and then shortlisted for Not On the High Street.com Gift of the Year Award 2011. Shortlisted out of all of their products to just 5.

I am amazed and rather proud. C&B has never won anything before so I am a tad giddy. The winners will be announced in June and will get to attend some swanky awards do - omg what to wear *sorry getting ahead of myself*.....

I can't think for a second that we might win but just to get this far is quite fabulous.

Our super popular friendship bracelets are the items in the running and up against some stiff competition.

If you like them and are a fan of C&B a little vote would be very much appreciated.

Mwah x

Whilst I am blowing the old trumpet thought I would share our latest press. Grazia's fashion charts - number 2 as well.

So funny to be sharing the page with the likes of Prada and Moschino!

You can find the 'oh so fashionable dahrlink' Circle of Life bangles here in the eboutique!

Happy Easter my sweets ♥

Winter press

Some exciting things going on at C&B HQ.

Nothing I can quite share at the moment - sorry.
New product, new website and fingers crossed plenty of editorial coming our way :)

Velocity - the city jet journal - Feb 2011

Flybe Uncovered magazine - March/April 2011

Exeter Living - February 2011

Looking forward to sharing properly with you very soon.
TGIF
xxx

And the winners are.....

......... Hang on a minute!
Before I tell you who the lucky winners are I thought I would share my latest press.

Friendship bracelets in the Jan/Feb issue of You & Your Wedding.

An interview with moi in trade magazine Gift Focus - have had lots of calls thanks to this which is great as I would rather like more coverage on the high street.

And, the friendship bracelets again in last weeks Now magazine.

Not bad eh?!

Moving on to the giveaway. Thanks to all of you lovelies that entered and shared with others. I decided in the end that I would choose one winner from Twitter, one from the comments left here and one from the Facebook page.
They should all have been chosen using the random number generator but in the end I only used this for here and Facebook. I chose the winner from Twitter as I felt that she well and truly deserves it. All who follow her will know where I am coming from...

So, the True Love bracelet (red) goes to Katie Joyce over at FB.
The Truly Madly Deeply (purple) goes to Natasha Mellor who commented on this ere blog.
And the Loved bracelet (pink) goes to Sucy Purcell over at Twitsville.

Yay, congratulations all. Please get in touch and let me know what you would like on your bracelets.

Thanks again for all the entries and watch this space for another giveaway soon.
♥♥♥

Forever Love

Exclusive personalised jewellery that

comes from the heart

♥♥♥

The new Forever Love collection is now available to pre order via the eboutique.

Stunning new bangles, necklaces and bracelets ready to be despatched 1st Feb.

Order before the end of January and receive a 10% discount.

(Use discount code luvvers11)

Beautifully packaged, gorgeous to give and a thrill to open.

All available to order from the eBoutique NOW at www.chambersandbeau.com

Last order date for guaranteed Valentines delivery is 7th February.

Free delivery and beautiful packaging as standard

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY LUVVERS

♥♥♥

P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway from the last post - you still have until then end of Jan x

Perfect prizes

I would like to wish all chums of C&B a very happy and healthy, successful and generally fabulous New Year.

2010 was amazing for C&B and to celebrate I thought it was time for some prizes.

I will be giving away one of each of these new friendship bracelets (soon to be added to the eboutique along with some other super goodies).

To enter all you need to do is leave a comment here at the blog, on facebook (become a fan while you are there) or twitter (@chambersandbeau) stating what you love about Chambers & Beau. If you share the giveaway on your blog or on your facebook page, add the link and you will be entered again.

I will announce the winners at the end of the month, simples!

Good luck

♥

A home birth

It is manic here at C&B HQ. I cannot even spare the time to fart (which of course I would never do anyway) let alone really be here on the much neglected blog.

But, there is something I must share with you.

One of my customers has just has her fifth (OMG) child. She asked another of my customers (a very talented photographer) to capture the birth in stills.

The results are beautiful.

Emma wore nothing during the labour but her Chambers & Beau necklace.

More of the images can be seen at Sarah's fab blog here. Don't worry, it is all gorgeously tasteful (nothing down the business end)!

Even the midwife present has now been in touch (she is called Cheryl Cole - imagine my initial excitement).

The parents are popping over tomorrow to get an extra charm for the necklace and bringing the new arrival with them. This lovely story has really lifted my spirits. Almost given me a touch of wet eye ♥

Neglect

I have written in the past about losing my blogging mojo.

This time it has gone well and truly or had you not noticed?

To make matters worse I was skimming through my posts a few days ago and cringed at the things I had written. I mean, seriously, who cares that I had a crush on Bill from True Blood (who has now been replaced by Don Draper of Madmen fame)!

I am happy however to keep you up to date with the goings on of Chambers & Beau.

A great response to the latest collections (find them here) with a bit of press and lots of orders.

Christmas ideas in trade jewellery mag The Jeweller.

Another Christmas gift guide but this time in inflight Flybe's Uncovered mag.

And, saving the best till last, another mention in Grazia's fashion charts.
This makes me very happy!

My only other news is that I have gifted Samantha Cameron. I thought she would be a good choice what with being the most photographed woman in the UK at present. No news yet but am hoping that a little thankyou note for her Family Classic necklace might plop on my doormat sometime soon.
Promise to be back soon
xxx

Peep Beau

Peep Beau - the new collection of personalised jewellery for your little peeps.

I got asked so often if I did childrens jewellery that I decided to take my charms and attach them to teeny tiny little bracelets and necklaces - simples and soooo cute.

Prices starting from £40 and all available from 1st October - just in time for Chrimbo.

Both this collection and the new 'We Are Family' are available to pre order now from the eboutique.

For all pre orders use code FAMILY for a 10% discount.

How kind am I?

♥

Lifestyle

I have been given some advice about my photography. Apparently jewellery sells better online if the images are lifestyle rather than cutouts (like I normally have).

Luckily for me my photographer is fab at both. Really pleased with the results but not sure which I prefer.

What do you reckon?