This blog post is very long overdue! It intends to act as a
thanks and also a celebration of friendship. Helen was a customer when I worked
at a jewellers, who unfortunately lost a bracelet :(
Anyhow in the small world that we live in it turned out
Helen was training to become a vicar and had a summer placement in the church
that Nic and I attend. She has been studying in Switzerland for the last 4
months (she has been home for about a week now... see how late this post is!)
She came home over Christmas and took me and Nic to
Wagamamas to celebrate my birthday. It was the first time I had been and I have
now become a bit obsessed (The first reason she is bad)
While we were there she gave me the second bead I have been
given as a gift by someone who isn’t Nic (if that makes sense to you then some
sort of reward is coming your way) and that is why she is very bad! I promised
that day that I would post a blog about the event and better late than never,
right?!
The bead I was given was Stay Positive from the Spirituality
collection. I absolutely ADORE it! I thought it would be quite flimsy when I
first saw it because silver is naturally quite soft and it looked quite thin;
however it is strong enough to survive me wearing it. The round shape is one
really easy to work with and I really like the look of it at the big end of my
bracelet.
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| No matter which way you turn this bead, you will always have a plus sign smiling up at you. A reminder to stay positive and focus on the good things in life. |
Here is a quick picture of the bracelet I made up with the bead on, unfortunately my photography leaves a bit to be desired and it is quite hard to see.
Thank you Helen!xx
Love this post, what a lovely story Mike! Helen sounds like a very lovely person and I hope she enjoys this post too. Does the bead work well on the leather? As in the gaps to thread it look quite big?
ReplyDeletep.s. I only went to a Wagamama for the first time in 2011 when I first started my current job with colleagues, not been back since but that's no reflection on Wagamama!! (Or my colleagues)
She's pretty lovely Tbh. It fits well on the leather, it moves a little, but the holes are triangular so it's not as bad as it could be!
DeleteI on the other hand have NEVER been to waggamamas ........and now I want to!! I am looking at this bead in a different light, cos I also thought it looked flimsy, but have never actually seen IRL x
ReplyDeleteYou really need to see it. First thing I tried to do with it is squash it between my fingers!
DeleteAlso you need to try Wagamamas!!
Great Bead! I have it and I love it! It's not flimsy at all...it's lovely! I wear mine on silver though. Great story, Michael...and great friend you have in Helen! :-)
ReplyDeleteI find it looks really lovely by the clasp on my silver bracelet. Maybe I need 2. One for either end :p
DeleteI also have this bead and love it, how great that you were given it as a present, it will always be very special to you. Never been to 'W' either BTW!!!
ReplyDeleteAlison!!! You need to try it! Maybe we should take a group trip! :)
Deletexx