In our office we are always do our best to find new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Everything from recycling paper for packaging to reusing plastic bags to lift sharing! We are really excited now too that we are able to not only recycle our own silver here, but also have our designs made from recycled silver. We collect all our returns, off cuts from creating new designs and breakages here and use a UK firm who recycle silver, we sent over a kilo off last week! Our manufactures are now able to source recycled silver form a variety of different sources including electronics, manufacturing and unwanted jewellery. This means we will be reducing our CO2 emissions, reduce water usage and reduce the environmental impact of mining. Both silver and gold can be recycled forever without losing any of their quality. We hope to be only using recycled silver by 2024 and will let you know how we get on!

#Recycling #RecycledSilver #UnwantedJewellery #ReduceWaste

Here at Reeves & Reeves we love gift wrapping. Jane folds all our tissue paper in little squares that sit on the Jewellery inside our fabulously branded Jewellery boxes. The box is wrapped in gorgeous wrapping paper and we then hand tie all the ribbon into cute little bows. If you would like a gift message added to your order, we can do this. Please pop your message into the notes section at checkout. We will hand write this message onto a gift card and attach it to the wrapped box. To make life easier or for those last minute gifts we can also send directly to the chosen recipient. Simply enter their details in the shipping address.

Heath and Caroline take a lot of pride in their packaging. The insert is dual purpose and can hold rings, necklaces and earrings. Perfect for keeping your treasured pieces safe.

We offer free UK delivery on orders over £25. Orders are sent via Royal Mail first class postal service. For orders under £25 it is £2.95 for the same service.

We often get asked whether we are able to send packages for next day delivery. The answer is yes! All orders placed before midday, Monday to Friday are dispatched the same day. Our Royal Mail driver is called Steve and he is pretty prompt! If your order is placed after midday, your package will be sent out on the following working day. The cost for the special delivery service is £6.95 and this guarantees your parcel to arrive before 1pm the next working day. To select this service please use the drop down at checkout.

If you want to upgrade your postage or if you decide you want a faster service after you have placed your order, please just phone the office on 01460221630 and one of the team will assist you. Please ensure you have a method of payment handy for this call.

#postage #next #day #delivery

In a normal year I spend a lot of my time away from home. At least twice a year I am visiting our factory oversees to check on production, new designs and collections, and also to ensure that the factory is running ethically and that every employee that produces our jewellery is valued and looked after extremely well in every aspect of their working day. It is also important to us to have that human contact with each of our amazing silversmiths that work so hard to produce our Reeves & Reeves collections, something that must never be taken for granted.

I really miss the interaction with our teams, whether we are working through a design tweak, discussing initial drawings which will soon come to life into real, physical pieces, or looking forward to having lunch together and getting to know about their families and loves in their lives, which usually revolves around food, sport and children, in that order!

These artisans are integral to our creative business, and there is nothing more exciting than spending hour upon hour working on a new collection with them from inception of a beautiful drawing from Caroline’s hand, to a cad image, right through to creating the finished piece of jewellery, a new best seller that is on the shelves of our fantastic retailers. This is something really magical about our industry.

So, as we hopefully start to come out of this extraordinary and difficult situation, I hope that we can all take a moment to reflect on how important and vital human interaction is; that we appreciate every moment shared with a fellow human being and we do not take anything for granted. We will always marvel at the skill and ingenuity of what can be achieved through teamwork.

Written by Heath Reeves

#teamwork #artisans #ethically #bestseller #food #friends #life #work #passion #jewellery #silversmiths #magical #skill #reevesandreeves

As I sit at my desk this morning, coffee in hand, children expertly ferried off to school by Caroline, I find myself thinking about the shows that we have missed through the whole of 2020, and the very difficult and testing time everyone within our industry has had during this pandemic.

Never have we had a year like last year, where we have not been able to meet and see friends, family, customers, face to face, something we took for granted as the normal. As a business, shows have always been a massive and very important part of our year and we have missed it, financially and emotionally!  

I really miss the frantic weeks before we exhibit, preparing new artwork/ signage, finalising the new jewellery collections and mocking up the stand layout and displays. But most of all I miss the buzz of the shows and the interaction with our lovely retailers! Thinking about our food options for the duration of the show is also never far from my mind! I love food!! As we live and work in the middle of nowhere, we have to get in a car in order to visit our local eateries, but when we are at a show, the world is literally our oyster, with a huge choice of food establishments within easy walking distance, what a treat!! Another love of mine is proper coffee - I love hunting out the local independent coffee roasters & retailers and checking out the single origin roasts they have on offer, proud to be a coffee snob!!

I cannot wait to see everyone soon, and we are counting the days until we see you all again at the shows and in your shops. We are very excited that Harrogate home and gift will be the first show of 2021 in July and hope to see you all there!

#tradeshows #retail #jewellery #lovefood #buylocal #familybusiness #independent

Cleaning – a year of lockdown has seen me address some parts of my house that have been ignored for a good while! One of my favourite jobs has been to sort through my Jewellery collection, with some cleaning and caretaking along the way. Most of my Jewellery is sterling silver as I have been working with silver for over 30 years and silver does tarnish over time. The surface of the silver reacts with oxygen to create silver oxide which is grey/black in colour. To prevent this, or slow down the process, pop all your Jewellery into airtight plastic bags. Plastic isn’t always the enemy! This also stops your Jewellery from being scratched, killing two birds with one stone. You can then stack your Jewellery neatly in a dry box or cabinet.

To clean tarnished silver or gold, a soft “silver cloth” would be your first step. With a little bit of “huff” and elbow grease you should find that your jewellery returns to its original high shine. If there are more stubborn stains you may need to use some silver dip or other similar cleaners but DO make sure you follow the instructions. Do not soak, do not use hot water, and any cloths that you use make sure they are clean otherwise little specks of dirt on the cloth may scratch the surface of your jewellery.

For Jewellery with set stones or pearls then a silver cloth really should be all you use, stones and pearls should not be put into any cleaning solution. Taking a little time with the cloth to get into those hard to reach corners will pay off.

Remember that silver will react to different chemicals such as chlorine, moisturisers, perfumes and even salt. You should remove your Jewellery for swimming, exercise, showering and sleeping as all these activities can increase the risk of tarnishing and discolouration. The discolouration caused by some of these chemicals can be irreversible so do treat your Jewellery with the care it deserves, it is precious after all!

#clean #your #jewellery #jewellerycare #silver #silvercloth #jewellerybox

Silver is a wonderful metal to work with, it is very malleable and there are so many different ways and techniques that can be used to create jewellery. It is also a relatively unreactive metal, so good to sit next to the skin. Working as a married couple has far more challenges! For a start, there is no book to read (other than maybe “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus?) and every day presents a new challenge! We are in the midst of the pandemic though and that has thrown us a new one! Heath has drawn the short straw and works from home whilst keeping an eye on the homeschooling of our 2 teenagers. They don’t need too much from him, other than to be fed lunch, top up a water bottle, check the wifi and made to go for their daily exercise, but even this can be tricky when dealing with 2 socially deprived teenagers…#silver #jewellery #women #pandemic

Whilst I lived in London, way back in the 1990’s, I noticed there was an exhibition on at the V&A that I knew my mother would love. I got us tickets and she came to visit so off we went, not quite hand in hand, to the V&A to see the Faberge exhibition. Oh my goodness, for someone who loves all things sparkly, this was heaven. The exquisite work on display was just awe inspiring. Almost 20 years later, that exhibition inspired me to create our very own “Egg collection,” one of the first collections that we created at Reeves & Reeves and one that has lasted the test of time. I wouldn’t go so far as to compare our works to that of Faberge, but I hope our necklaces are just as cherished. 

The village created a challenge to create the best 'scarecrow' out of household objects and sit them outside their houses. There was over 70 entries! What a great idea! - maybe a good one to get the kids (or adults) creative minds flowing, even just to make your neighbours smile as they walk past your house! Have a look at some of the great entries in the village below!

#scarecrows #creative #keepsmiling #villagelife

We often talk about our CZ jewellery, but what is it?

Since Cubic Zirconia was introduced into the fashion world around 1978, there have not been any synthetic gemstones that have made as much impact’CZ’.

Cubic Zirconia is made from a simple synthetic crystalline substance and used as a more affordable alternative to diamonds and other gemstones. Cubic Zirconia is a man-made substance, so quality can be consistently maintained.

CZ is much less expensive than diamonds and the brilliance and crystal clarity of it makes it a great alternative for everyday wear. Not very many people can tell the difference between a cubic zirconia and a real diamond; both have exquisite clarity and capture the light spectacularly.

It sparkles in sunshine or candlelight, and means you don’t have to keep your crystal jewellery just for special occasions. Every day needs a bit of sparkle!