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As the final days of 2009 draw to a close, we’ve been looking back over the year at the special events and exciting projects worked on.  For me, the highlight has been contributing towards the Emeralds & Ivy Ball 2009 organized by Ronan Keating in support of Cancer Research UK.  This event raised a whopping £655,000!!!  I am proud to say that everyone at Alex Monroe helped to add £8,025 to the grand total.

This opportunity started when Alex was invited (at the last minute!) to design a necklace to match the theme of the evening, emeralds and ivy…

Alex made the necklace from 18ct yellow gold, set with Emeralds, Peridot and Tsavorites! LUSH!!

This years ball was designed around a secret garden theme - suits Alex work perfectly don’t you think?  As well as this stunning necklace we also made some pieces from our Enchanted Collection to be silently auctioned during the Ball.  One of the pieces was this lovely textured wide bark ring with a tiny Tsavorite stone, in gold-plate.  If you want to see more pieces from our Enchanted Collection then click this link.

http://www.alexmonroe.com/Shop-By-Collection-Enchanted/c49_52/index.html

wide bark ring

Denise (Alex’s other half) and I were lucky enough to go to the Ball!

Alex was away enjoying Australia, so I didn’t feel too bad taking his place!  The first act of the evening was the amazing dance troupe DIVERSITY!  I think you can just about see them dancing in this photo -

All in all it was a wonderful evening, so thank you to Cancer Research UK for lettings us get involved.  If you want to read more about the amazing work that Cancer Research UK do for people, whether it’s medical support or raising awareness, then check out http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Right at the end of the night, when no one was looking, Denise and I took our own cheeky paparazzi photos!  Denise looks wonderful, of course - but I think you can tell i’ve had a few too many glasses of champagne…

The last of our Christmas sales is this week-end. (actually, I’m rather pleased it’s the last. Got to have some time off to do my Christmas shopping!)

We’ll be in Primrose Hill this Saturday 12th December. It’s one of my favourite. Held in my brother’s church (well, not his but you know what I mean) it’s a real family affair. My mum makes the soup for the lunches, daughter Verity will run the stand, brother Roddy organises it all, Sister-in-law Jo does the vintage clothing etc. etc. I’ll be there with the family, there’s lots to see and super tea rooms if you just want to come for a cuppa!

St Mary the Virgin Church, Elsworthy road, Primrose Hill. London NW3, 10 ’till 6. Saturday 12th December.

It’s the start of Christmas for us!

Primrose Hill designer sale

It’s about time I let you all know about our Open Studio Event.  This weekend we will be opening our workshop and studio space to the public.  There will be loads of gorgeous Alex Monroe jewellery at reduced prices!!  This is part of a larger event, where all of the studios in the yard open and sell beautiful works of art and craft.  Perfect for getting your Christmas shopping done in the idylic setting of iliffe yard.

FRIDAY 4TH DEC,  6-8.30pm

SAT 5TH DEC,  11-6pm

SUN 6TH DEC,  11-5pm

Check out these links for more information on the other studios also opening this weekend -

http://www.iliffeyard.org.uk/

http://www.pullensyards.co.uk/

Our address is -

Alex Monroe

9A iliffe yard

London

SE17 3QA

I hope to see some of you on friday night for drinks and nibbles… as well as lots of lovely jewellery!

Susie x

…Oh, and it’s cash or cheques only!

Hi All,

You can tell how busy we are by how often we add a post on our blog. And this is rather late I’m afraid……..!

But it’s London Fashion Week-end time again, it already started last night and I didn’t get a chance to let everyone know! Very sorry about that. Still, better late than never…

Suzy A and the team are on the stand at 180 The Strand.

Today (Friday) 11 till 9

Saturday  26th 9 till 6

Sunday 27th 9 till 5

We’ve got loads of classics and all sorts of discontinued samples at great prices.

Come and say Hi!

To check out further details of the weekend visit - http://www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk/

Some of the pieces for sale

The Girls!

Congratulations to all our Marie Claire Competition Winners!

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who entered our Online Competition atwww.marieclaire.com.  We had such a fantastic response (nearly 6000 entries!), and i am so excited to announce that the winners are (imagine the sound of an envelope opening…)-

Julie Grace
Rebecca Richards
Sarah Gibbings
Kimberley Howes
Annette Walker
Hwa Hoang
Carolyn Westerman
Martha Bond

Well done ladies!  Some lovely summery pieces are on their way to you right now!  Don’t worry if you didn’t win this time…

You can always check out the Daily Mail ‘Give Away’ on the 16th of May.  There’s loads of fantastic stuff, including our hugely sought after Lucky Clover Necklace from Alex’s exciting new collection. Everyone’s going to want one of these, not just because it’s gorgeous but also for that little bit of extra good luck!

Clover necklace

Susie x

P.s… Good Luck!

Well, how exciting - our ‘Trunk Show’ at Liberty was a huge success!

November was ‘Jewellery Month’ at Liberty, with different designers visiting the store each weekend. Apparently, our event was by far the most successful of the whole month, so we are really really chuffed.

We made lots of one-off pieces especially for the trunk show, which was the first time we’d had one here in the UK, having tested the water earlier this year in Japan.

Arriving in Carnaby Street on a cold wintry morning, these giant snowmen started to make me feel a bit Christmassy!

As I’m normally in the office, I really enjoyed selling jewellery directly to our customers, and everyone was so lovely.Lots of Alex Monroe fans came especially to visit us, but we were so busy I think we must have gained a few new ones too!

Here is our display in the handbag room:

And a customer looking at the jewellery . . .

Liberty is such a gorgeous shop, and perfect for our jewellery - it just seems to fit in perfectly. Look at these Umbrellas, with Birds, Leaves and Flowers, they could have been made especially to compliment Alex Monroe Jewellery!

And I couldn’t resist having a little look around the shop myself . . .

Here are a couple of my favourite things!
(Sigh….!)

Alex popped up to see how we were getting on, and brought two of his daughters, Connie and Libby.
Here they are enjoying afternoon tea!

So we would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who made the event such a success.
Bye for Now!
Emma x

Here’s some dates for your diaries:

- 29th and 30th November, Liberty! We are in store all week-end with a fab new exclusive collection of pieces, and of course all the old favourites. Me, Emma, Susie and Mayo are all taking turns to mind the shop. Come and say Hi!

- 6th and 7th December, Studio Sale. Come and pick up a bargain at our annual Studio Sale in our Kennington workshops (more info to follow)

- 13th December, Sale. For all you North Londoners, we’re also doing a sale in Primrose Hill (more info to follow)