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helen noakes jewellery
unit 3 berwick courtyard
berwick st leonard
salisbury
sp3 5ua
uk

m 07956 879 283

e helennoakes@me.com

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Tiny worlds in silver & resin. 20+ years at the bench crafting precision, story-led jewellery for collectors. Owned by spaniels 🐾

This is the face of relief. Friday the 13th meant This is the face of relief.

Friday the 13th meant 13 Midget Gems.

Planning stage:
plenty of time. loads of time. all the time in the world.

Execution stage:
everything taking about three times longer than I thought it would.

and yesterday unsurprisingly was peak chaos and hyperfocus….

(to add to it because I’m bussing it to the studio at the moment my bench time ends at 4.30pm!)

At 4.25 I finished photographing everything (not editing), threw the camera and laptop in a bag and legged it to the bus stop.

….And at 5pm I realised the only bus for the rest of the day wasn’t coming….

(but thankfully i have a beautiful friend that scooped me up and drove me home)

so then it was editing photos and uploading them to the website like a cornered feral cat….

Everything finally went live at 7.54pm.
Emails. Instagram. Slightly late. Done is better than perfect. 

All the while with that horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that nobody will want them - Hello RSD my lifelong (unwanted) companion…

Today I’m shattered and the studio looks exactly like my brain felt yesterday - but we will reset - the workshop and the brain. 

But the lovely bit…

Easy Rider
Just Keep Swimming
I Wish I Had a Penguin
Go Get ’Em Tiger
I Was Made for Sunny Days

…are already leaving the building.

So this is me sitting in a patch of sunshine feeling grateful that my brain was lying again (sucks to be you RSD!)

And there are still some gorgeous gems waiting if you fancy a look.

THANK YOU xx

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13 tiny worlds for Friday the 13th. It felt wrong 13 tiny worlds for Friday the 13th.

It felt wrong to let the day pass without an antidote.

So tonight I’ve released 13 Midget Gem necklaces - tiny characters stepping out into the world all at once. Lions, swimmers, penguins, seaside wanderers and a few other little souls have quietly appeared on the bench this week.

Each one is cut by hand in silver and resin, so no two are ever exactly the same.

Think of them as a small counterspell to superstition.

They’re live on the website now.

Choose your luck.

Helen x

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People have been asking for a while if Mini World People have been asking for a while if Mini World Mondays might come back.

The answer is… no.

But only because they’ve moved!

From now on it’s going to be Tiny World Fridays.

Small releases from the bench, reworked pieces, one off statement pieces - little resin worlds with their own stories and messages.

And the first drop happens to land on Friday the 13th, which felt too good to ignore.

So instead of fearing it, I’ve made 13 tiny lucky talismans.

A horse running with Unbridled Joy.
A swimmer quietly reminding us to Just Keep Swimming.
A cow for those moments when you realise you might just be a Lucky Cow.
A woman standing on Cornish sand with the words Here Comes the Sun.

…and a few more small worlds besides.

They’ll appear tomorrow evening at 8pm.

Tiny World Fridays begin! 

Do you have a favourite already?

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International Women’s Day This photo was taken on International Women’s Day

This photo was taken on a sunrise walk on a beach in New Zealand with two of my closest friends.

These days I live about 11,500 miles away from them.

But some friendships don’t really care about geography.
They stretch across oceans, years, different lives ….and they’re still there.

Women who’ve seen you at your best, your worst, and everything in between.

The ones who remind you who you are.

Happy International Women’s Day to the women who walk beside us…
even when they’re on the other side of the world.

#InternationalWomensDay
#WomenSupportingWomen
#FemaleFriendship
#FriendshipAcrossMiles
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A small heads-up before the next Midget Gems drop A small heads-up before the next  Midget Gems drop.

A couple of people have already asked for Brave as a Lioness and Go Get ’Em Tiger, which made me realise that Mother’s Day is suddenly very close.

So if you’ve quietly had your eye on one of those little silver and resin necklaces, either as a gift or a bit of self-gifting, I’m starting the making list this weekend.

Prices start at £145 for a 16 inch chain.

If you’d like to be included (especially if you have a date in mind like Mothering Sunday), send me a message by Monday morning and I’ll add you to the list.

More tiny world resin jewellery will be launching next week as planned - but if there’s a particular animal Midget Gem you’ve been hoping for, now is a good moment to raise your hand.

And a quiet note - I know Mother’s Day can be complicated for some people (me included) If that’s you, please feel free to ignore that part entirely. These pieces are simply small stories for whoever needs them x 

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The jeweller’s manicure. Not the glossy kind. Mo The jeweller’s manicure.

Not the glossy kind.

More the:
• mystery cuts
• burnt fingertips
• silver dust permanently embedded in your skin (I proudly have lots of “jewellers tattoos!) 
• nails that have clearly lost a fight with sandpaper….

Today’s beauty routine included soldering, stamping, sanding resin, polishing silver and trying not to embed myself in resin….

Behind every tiny seaside person, swimmer , penguin or miniature world in resin… there’s a lot of very un-manicured work.

Turns out the real jeweller’s manicure is just evidence that you’ve been making things all day.

Other makers - tell me I’m not the only one with bench hands.

⸻

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helen noakes jewellery
unit 3 berwick courtyard
berwick st leonard
salisbury
sp3 5ua
uk

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