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Everyone loves our Bumblebee, and we do too!

Since it’s debut at the end of 2007, our Bee Necklace has gone on to become our most popular piece, and is now somewhat iconic and is signature of the Alex Monroe brand.

We are nearly approaching selling our 1000th Bee Necklace on-line, so to celebrate, we are offering the 1000th Classic Bumblebee (in Silver or Gold-Plate) for FREE!!

It’s a game of chance, but we reckon we’ll sell the 1000th Bee at the end of this month…..

The lovely Sophie modelling our Bee!

You need to actually purchase a Necklace, and we will notify you afterwards, and then refund your purchase.

We are also running a competition with the National Magazine Company, as part of their ‘30 Days of Fashion and Beauty’ event, which details a September full of events, shows, offers and giveaways…..

By entering on-line, you can win a gift voucher for alexmonroe.com for £125

Lots of excitement, so good luck!!

Emma x

We were very surprised and of course thrilled, to hear on Monday that we have been shortlisted - by public vote - in Sheerluxe’s first ever Online Shopping Awards!

Sheerluxe is a fantastic interactive shopping guide, so we feel really honoured that their subscribers have voted for us - a great big THANK YOU if you voted for us!

And now for the favour…….!  It would obviously be great if we could sit this trophy next to our ‘E-Tailer of the Year’ award, so we would LOVE it if you could vote for us in our category of ‘Best Fine Jewellery Online’…..To do so, just click this link! There are a lot of categories, but you can just vote for ours if you like!!

You will need to sign up to Sheerluxe, but you can opt in or out of their newsletters, which often contain great offers or discounts, infact, we have previously offered 15% off at alexmonroe.com with Sheerluxe.

In other news, Alex has readjusted to life back on his feet after two weeks on his bicycle, and is in the workshop as I type making new pieces…….  We have got lots of exciting projects on the go at the moment, so as always, watch this space for news!

We are constantly sending out Jewellery at the moment, and have new stockists in: Aberdeen, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Liege, Munich, Paris and Waterford - amongst others!  We try and keep the stockists page of the site as up to date as possible, so don’t forget to check for your nearest store selling Alex Monroe!  Overseas customers just need to click on the little globe.

We have to confess that our Trunk Show page has been looking a little bit sad over the last couple of weeks - we just couldn’t keep up with demand for the Fruity pieces - but I am now very excited to say that we are going TROPICAL!! Check out this little beauty……

Stunning Dragonfly & Rhodolite Ring with a tiny Diamond.

And our next actual Trunk Show is at Bloomsbury in Bristol, to celebrate their 2nd Birthday. The date for your diary is Saturday the 25th of September, and I will be in-store to offer advice and an insight into life at Alex Monroe HQ!

Thanks again for your support!

Emma x

Hey all!  It’s been a while since I last blogged, so I thought it was about time I updated you with what’s been happening at AMHQ.

As you all know, Alex is a super keen nature lover and takes his inspiration directly from the gardens and hedgerows around the UK.  A few weeks ago, Liz Haresnape sent us this wonderful image of a tiny Goldcrest that landed in her parents garden.  Brian and Janet Haresnape found this amazing creature after it bumped its’ head on their window.  Temporarily stunned, they were able to cradle it before it flew off on it’s journey!

You can see where our Alex Monroe Goldcrest gets it’s cute rounded tummy from!

Nicky Ranger has also been in touch, to let us know about the decline of Goldcrests around the UK (down 56%).  If you’re interested in finding out more about wild birds in your area then you should definitely check out the British Trust for Ornithology.  If any of you have cute snaps of animals or insects that Alex has used as inspiration, then please send them to us.  You can e-mail them to me on info@alexmonroe.com

Oh, and I have to share these new photo’s with you - taken this morning, just because I had to!

We’ve been busy making lots of these stunning Posy Bangles, don’t they look gorgeous stacked up together?!!  It’s making me want ALL of them

Best,

Susie x

Hi All,

Just thought I ought to reassure you all, I am still here. Promise. It’s just been one of those weeks. One of those quite-a-few weeks to be precise. I have great plans to write properly, but just in case time flies without me, here’s a very quick update on what’s been going on…

Firstly and mostly I did finish my huge bike ride. Actually I’ve found stopping harder than the actual doing of it. I could have carried on forever (except we ran out of U.K. of course).

John and Lloyd, rather wet.

I’m behind the camera of course. I was unofficial photographer and film crew (you just wait, ‘LeJog, the movie’ will be out soon)

Anyway, I finished the cycle (1670.2 kilometers), taxied to Inverness airport, flight to Gatwick, taxi home, pick up the kids from friend’s houses, got babysitter, changed, 176 bus into town, ran into the awards ceremony within seconds from us getting best web-site award. Very nice too. We didn’t get designer of the year this time, but I’m not bitter. Besides, they are heavy things, and we ought to share them out a bit.

Emma and Susie looking glam. me looking knacked.

Back to work for a few days. I think discombobulated is the word, if it is a real word, but exciting projects ahead; Astley Clark, Burts bees, British Bee Keepers, those people that make the nice water-rolly thing to purify water, oh, I don’t know, lots and lots more….

But it is summer, and I’ve never been much of a jetsetter, so I wizzed off to my friend’s posh party in Majorca for the week-end. We stayed in the super l’Hermitage near Alaro, and partied ’till dawn (everybody else seemed to last longer than me and Denise!). I had supper with the lovely Kirsty Wark and family. Very nice they were too, I gave her a replacement necklace because hers got nicked recently! Eyes out for a rogue bee on newsnight…

Poolside party in Majorca

The view from my room

Not bad eh? I feel like I need a rest….

More soon,

Alex

It’s been a very exciting couple of days here at Alex Monroe HQ……

As you all know, Alex has been cycling from Land’s End to John O Groats, truly an epic journey, and on Wednesday he finished! It’s a massive achievement, and we’re all very proud of him.

He emailed this photo to us on Wednesday lunchtime:

Nearly There!

Last night was the UK Jewellery Awards, which myself and Susie.L were lucky enough to attend - Alex managed to make it back from Scotland just in time for the nominations.  We were shortlisted for two awards, which is a pretty big honor in itself, E-Tailer of the Year, and Designer of the Year…..

Unfortunately we didn’t win the ‘Designer’ category, we had very stiff competition and it went to the amazing Shaun Leane, but….we are over the moon to have won E-Tailer of the Year!

All of us here have such an input into different aspects of running our website, and we all love it, so it’s a real boost to have won this category.

Here’s what they said:

Praise indeed.......

Celebration time!

So thank you for all of your support, and as always, do let us know your feedback. May alexmonroe.com go from strength to strength!!

Emma x

As usual life at AM HQ is non-stop!  Alex is currently pedaling away on his epic voyage from Land’s End to John O’Groats whilst Emma is taking a well deserved break in sunny Spain…..

But I don’t mind because this weekend I will be heading to the Seaside myself!!!

Our next fabulous Trunk Show Event will be hitting Silverado’s gorgeous Flagship Store in the heart of Brighton this Saturday 10th July!!!

The event will not only allow you to have a sneeky peek at our latest collection ‘The Peacock and The Crow’ but most importantly a chance to grab yourselves an exciting ‘one-off’ piece from our exclusive Trunk Show Collection.

Here is a little teaser of some of the pieces we will be taking along……….

Nautical Lovelies

Ooh Argh Captain!

Remember, each Trunk Show piece is a complete ‘one-off’ so when they are gone, they’re gone!!

And if there is something that catches your eye, you not only get the chance to win a cute Gold Baby Bee Necklace but walk away with a fantastic goody bag full of treats!!

Come along to 31 Bond Street, Brighton. I will be there helping out so please come and join me for a glass of champagne and a delicious cupcake or two……!

Look forward to seeing you there!

Suzy A x

Newly added to the website is Alex’s Forest Jewel Ring Collection.

New ring collection

Taking inspiration from sunlight and shadows in the forest, are these delicate twig rings, with amazing 12mm trillion checkerboard cut stones. The Prasiolite ring comes in solid 18ct white gold, whilst the others come in a solid 18ct yellow gold.

These are great to wear individually, but look even better when worn stacked up together.

You can find them under the Alex Monroe Goldcrest section, called Forest Jewels.

That’s enough jewellery for now, because we can’t forget that Alex is currently cycling 1000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats for charity! Go have a look at the website, catch up with him on his blog, and consider making a donation to a great cause… you can even bid on his gorgeous 18ct bicycle necklaces!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tom

Dear All,
We’re off! LeJog as it’s inappropriately called starts tomorrow morning for us three cyclists.
We’ll be blogging our way along so do keep in touch at http://eyecycle.fightforsight.org.uk/blog/
Any messages much appreciated, ridicule or support, beggars can’t be choosers……
Many thanks for all your support and donations….

Here we go.

Alex

Don’t forget to join us if you can. All details on the website

Cheers me dears.......

Have we got a treat for you this Friday afternoon! First up is a new archive charm collection just posted on the website. For this, we’ve brought together a collection of our favourite charms from past and present, and crafted them in a beautiful solid 18ct yellow gold.

Adorable little dog charm

There are so many to pick from. You can opt for a loose charm if you want to add it to your own chain, or alternatively choose a matching solid 18ct yellow gold bracelet or necklace to wear it on. Plus, if you’re finding it hard to decide, Ulrikke has created her perfect charm bracelet to act as inspiration.

The acorn charm on a bracelet

That’s not all though! Susie L has been feverishly working through the heat today to put up some new Trunkshow pieces. Don’t dawdle though, because these new fruity wonders are sure to get snapped up quickly!

A sneak peek at one of the new fruity Trunkshow pieces

Have a great weekend everyone!

Forgot to say, we’ve been shortlisted for UK Jewellery Designer of the Year again, and Web-site of the Year. Don’t get too excited, we were shortlisted for Fashion Exporter of the year again but didn’t win it. We did get a fab lunch with Joanna Lumley and Princess Anne and very nice they were too. These awards announced in July….. we’ll let you know (only if we win!!!)