Colmore Business District - Arts and Craft Market

SlinkyPIG Stall at Handmade Market, Birmingham

 For beautiful, unique, handmade silver jewellery (perfect for a certain rather large gift-buying occasion coming up pretty soon!) come and see us at the Arts and Craft Market on Church Street in Birmingham as part of Artsfest 2010 and Handmade Birmingham. 

We'll have lots of new handmade silver jewellery for sale that's not yet available online!

Market opening: Friday 10th September 11am - 6pm.  Hope you can make it x

'Handmade Birmingham' Independent Designer-Makers Market

If you are about on Saturday 28th August, come and have a mooch at the first ever 'Handmade Birmingham' Independent Designer-Makers Market.

The Market will be situated at the entrance to the Bull Ring Shopping Centre along Edgbaston Street; from St Martin's down to Debenhams.  Forming part of the City’s growing ‘Independent Birmingham’ Marketplace, it aims to be the largest and finest weekly gathering of the regions most interesting and individual independent designer-makers and contemporary vintage sellers; a place to shop and ramble, people watch and to enjoy the vibrant experience of authentic Birmingham.

Vibrant jewels to summon up the sun...

Cheery Rosebud Bangle and Necklace

Silver Bauble Ring, Crystallised Silver Ring and Blue Lagoon Ring

Blast away winter blues with dazzling semi precious stones...

How about a little colour therapy this week to banish the winter blues? We think these beautiful, simple Riley Burnett Long Cord Necklaces with sterling silver and large semi-precious stones in dazzling colours are the perfect tonic!  Wear one of these everyday to brighten up the drabbest of outfits and darkest of days, and if the winter blues come creeping back, hold the tactile, vibrant stones in your hand and think of sunshine, blue skies and remember, Spring's just round the corner!  For serious colour injection (therapy), we have to recommend our latest RB 'statement' necklace.  One, because it's turquoise, and nothing gets us thinking of sunshine and summer like a good helping of fresh, blue turquoise.  Secondly, it's gorgeous and, finally, the clue's in the name really.  It's from Riley Burnett's Neon Warrior Collection, inspired by warriors past and present, so this necklace should (shouldn't it?) have us fighting off winter blues, no problem, with all our hidden woman-warrior skills...!  Riley Burnett Long Turquoise Warrior Necklace has been intricately handcrafted with flourite, howlite, turquoise, african glass and stunning sterling silver pieces.  

We have masses of colourful, handcrafted semi-precious stone and silver jewellery on our website plus our SALE is in its last few days and we've just added new items up to 70% off!

SlinkyPIG at Clothes Show Live 09

Weeks of preparation and finally 4th December, and the start of Clothes Show Live, was upon us.  Here are a few pictures....

Our dazzling Riley Burnett display drew people on to the SlinkyPIG stand at Clothes Show Live with the usual 'ooohs' and 'aaahs' we've become accustomed to since we've been stocking this fabulous, vibrant jewellery. 

Above & below: Our stand, in the Black Label Designer Zone, characterised by black carpets and stand fascia boards, seemed to shine like a beacon with its white necklace stands and exotic, colourful Riley Burnett silver and semi precious stones. 

Above: Key Riley Burnett pieces from the collection (click for larger view) with a Neon Warrior overhead keeping watch!  The Turquoise and Indian Silver Necklace (centre) and Bright Zulu Necklace seemed to attract the most attention (left).

Above: Our bestselling Riley Burnett Slinky Bracelets, here shown in Multi and Neon but also available in Turquoise, Onyx, Smoky Quartz and Red Coral, were popular as always.  As each one is individually handmade, these were snapped up for beautifully special Christmas presents.

If you missed us at Clothes Show Live, have a look at our collections at SlinkyPIG and find out more about renowned artisan designhouse, Riley Burnett.

Riley Burnett Necklace Prize Draw Winner

Thank you to all those that entered their details for our Free Prize Draw to win this stunning necklace.

Congratulations go to Dotty Williams from Kirkbymoorside, York who wins this beautiful Riley Burnett Necklace.   The Zulu Necklace is just one of Riley Burnett's latest creations, intricately crafted by hand in their Australian workshop from assorted semi-precious stones and sterling silver. To see other gorgeous pieces from the Riley Burnett collection check our website and sign up for our newsletter for exclusive offers and giveaways.

Also, a big thank you to Natalie Robinson of Style Icon (shown above left with Sharon of SlinkyPIG) for drawing the winning prize draw entry from the bag on our stand at Clothes Show Live 2009 on Wednesday 9th December.

A big thank you...£200 raised for East Anglia's Children's Hospices

Despite the stormy wind and rain, the SlinkyPIG Charity Christmas Jewellery Sale at The Centurian Club in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, was so well attended we were too busy to snap any of you actually browsing our jewellery! 

Thank you so much to everyone who braved the weather to support the Charity and to have a mooch around our lovely jewellery.  With the charity raffle and proceeds from the sale, £200 was raised for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) and well done to Aidie for winning the £50 SlinkyPIG Jewellery Voucher and all the other raffle prize winners! 

We were bowled over by the hospitality, the help (thanks Jodi, Matt, Yasmin, Tom) and the support we received.  I think we should do this again......

Win a Riley Burnett Zulu Necklace worth £199

Ashamed as we are that this blog was created some time in 2008 and this is the first post, we're hoping to make up for it by exploding onto our blog with this fabulous offer.

SlinkyPIG, in the lead up to our biggest ever adventure out of our online world of http://www.slinkypig.co.uk/ and off to Clothes Show Live in December, is giving one lucky winner a chance to own a gorgeous black onyx Zulu Necklace worth £199.00 from artisan design house, Riley Burnett.  This necklace is from Riley Burnett's latest collection, Neon Warrior (inspired by warrior tribes past and present with intricate and exotic silvers and semi precious stones) and is handcrafted from sterling silver and onyx.  An absolutely perfect statement piece for the party season.

The prize draw will take place on our Clothes Show Live stand (BL68 in the Black Label Zone) on 9th December.  Click here now to enter.  Good luck.