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After the success of our ‘Tie the Knot’ Wedding week, we thought we’d continue celebrating all things wedding!
So on Sunday 5th May we’ll be exhibiting at Chosen Wedding Fair in the beautiful setting of Chelsea Old Town Hall on Kings Road.

Chosen Wedding fair offers a selection of hand-picked designers, offering bespoke and unique options to inspire you for your perfect wedding. It has been organized by bride-to-be and Alex Monroe fan, Kiki Sunshine. Kiki struggled to find exactly what she was looking for when arranging her big day, so to help other brides looking for more unique and individual nuptials like herself she gathered together an array of designers in a wedding fair with a difference! Chelsea Old Town Hall will be transformed, filled with designers, live musical entertainment, DIY  wedding accessories, hair and make up and Marshmallow Apothecary…we’re not sure what this is, but we know that we can’t wait! Yum! We’re very excited to be part of an event that celebrates hand made and unique pieces, perfect for your special day!

We’ll be showcasing not only our 18ct Goldcrest collection of Engagement and Wedding rings, but our brand new cufflink collection and a selection of pieces we think would be perfect for any bride or bridesmaid to wear on the big day.

We look forward to seeing you there!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Some of our ‘Goldcrest’ 18ct Fine Jewellery rings:

· Morganite Eyebright Ring – £675.00 ·
· White Dream Diamond Ring & matching Band ·
· 5mm Diamond Eyebright Ring £5,500 ·

We’ve been celebrating all things wedding here at Alex Monroe this week and welcoming some beautiful new 18ct pieces to our Goldcrest Fine Jewellery range. We’ve had the pleasure of showing many brides-to-be our solid 18ct gold rings,  and our Bespoke Manager, Susie Lee has been booked up with happy couples popping in to see her at the London Bridge Boutique to discuss their own unique engagement and wedding rings.

If you’re considering commissioning a bespoke piece from Alex Monroe, Susie will also be in the Boutique on Saturday 13th March, available from 11am-5pm. Feel free to drop in for a free consultation to discuss your very own Bespoke pieces! If you can’t make it to the Boutique this week, then you can always contact Susie at anytime to book an appointment.

Below are some of the new pieces that are available exclusively in our Boutique.

Unity Thread Ring, part of our new collection of solid 18ct rings.

This is our Seruni Ring and matching Seruni band. It was inspired by our Chrysanthemum collection and is set with a 3.8mm diamond. We think it would be a stunning alternative to a traditional engagement ring and wedding band!

Also new in the Boutique this week we have one of our favorite rings from the Heritage Collection, now in solid rose gold and white gold. Can’t help but think these 3 would look gorgeous stacked together!

Finally, congratulations to the happy couple Mr & Mrs Cannon, who sent us these beautiful photos of their big day. Their wedding was full of beautiful Alex Monroe jewellery, from Melanie’s stunning engagement ring, right down to her 18ct dragonfly necklace. A lovely surprise to receive at the beginning of our wedding week!

We always love to receive photos from our customers sharing their special day with us…so please keep them coming!

As Western Europe’s tallest building officially opens to the public today we wanted to share the (rather grey) view from up there with you.
Tom and I were very lucky to be given two exclusive preview tickets to visit the View From The Shard back on 11th January.

big smiles!

It was a very grey and overcast January day, but we were nevertheless both ultra-excited to be amongst the first visitors onto the two viewing platforms located on floors 69 and 72 which by the way is partially open and exposed to the elements with sounds of the city around you.

It was chilly up there!!!

Our Head Quarters and Boutique is just a stone’s throw from The Shard and of course first thing as we got to the top, was to locate our beautiful building and wave to our colleague’s who were down below working away as we had fun.
Ha ha ha !!!

Alex Monroe HQ as seen from the top of The Shard

Can you spot the Alex Monroe Building on Snowsfields?

I know everybody is moaning about the steep entry fee for The View From The Shard, but we can really wholeheartedly recommend the experience.
Why not make it a whole day out in the London Bridge area and visit the Alex Monroe Boutique, then have lunch on Bermondsey Street or Borough Market followed by a stroll down the river to Tower Bridge or all the way to Tate Modern?

Tower Bridge - told you it was a grey day.

We’ll certainly be going back up there. Perhaps on a nice clear Summer’s evening next…

Evening Shard

Jutta

On Thursday 6th September London celebrated Fashion’s Night Out, an annual shopping event hosted by VOGUE, with an abundance of fashion retailers taking part all around town and Alex Monroe joined in with the fashionable fun in our Bermondsey Boutique.

We hosted a little launch party for our brand new collection entitled ‘Dream of Me’ with bubbly refreshments and a very, very special Bee print canvas shopper goodie bag for every purchase on the night.

Happy Customers with our Bee Goodie Bag

The team and Alex himself were to hand to chat about his work, passions and of course the new shop and his new Headquarters in London SE1.

Early shoppers get Alex's undivided attention!

Our petite boutique was packed with curious shoppers throughout the evening trying on the new pieces as well as viewing our whole back catalogue of beautiful classic collections.

Fun, laughter, fizz & jewellery - Happy Days!

Have a look at these lovely little blog posts featuring the FNO event and the new collection:

What Laura Did Next

Dress Up Show Up

My Chic City

Styllure

Thank you for all who attended and made it a fun-packed evening plus a very special thank you to all our friends who supplied some fantastic treats and offers for the goodie bag.

We ♥ Our Goodie Bag Sponsors

PS: For those of you who sadly couldn’t make it to the event in London, we would like to ask for a little more patience with the launch of
‘Dream Of Me’ on our website. Sadly our photographer, online shop manager and all round tech guru Tom, has had a cycling accident which has left him with only one usable arm/hand for a while. We are hoping for an online launch at the end of September now.

A little selection from the 'Dream Of Me' collection

ALEX MONROE JEWELLERY GOES ON SUMMER HOLIDAY.

As we are waving goodbye to the coldest, but most exciting and eventful Summer in the UK for 100 years, Alex Monroe is giving you the chance to win our Hero Necklace from the ‘Best Of British’ collection.

This truly special price includes the popular ‘All the best’ Crown & Tag Necklace as well as a jam-packed exclusive Alex Monroe Goodie Bag filled with treats from our friends at Burt’s Bees, Penhaligon’s Perfume and Holdsworth Chocolates to name but a few.

To enter:

1. Follow Alex Monroe on Twitter @agmonroe or like us on Facebook.

2. Take or upload a photo of yourself wearing a piece of Alex Monroe jewellery on Summer Holiday or on a fun Day Out – or just be creative.

3. Share this photo on Twitter using hashtag #bestofbritish or post the picture on the Alex Monroe Facebook Wall. Entries must be received before 7th October 2012.

The winner will be chosen on Monday 8th October. The judges decision is final.

We would be happy to see fun pictures of you or your friends and family on a beach holiday, city break, a day out at the races, at the Olympic games, or of you all dressed up to see the Queen for the Jubilee celebrations. As long as you were having fun any photo can enter.Feel free to be creative too. If you are a Whiz Kid with Photoshop then let your imagination take you somewhere you would have liked to go on holiday this summer. This competition is all about fun, sun, rain of course too as it is the UK and Alex Monroe jewellery has to be seen in the photo.

Enjoy and have fun.

PS: the beautiful queen image was supplied by our friend Susie from www.bargainistafashionista.com and tweaked by our very own Tom.

They call this a soft launch in the trade I think, but nevertheless are very happy to invite you to come and visit our brand new and very first Alex Monroe Jewellery Boutique in 37 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SU.

If you are a husband/boyfriend who is still desperately looking for a piece of beautiful jewellery for your sweetheart this Christmas then give me a ring on 020 3117 0640 for further info, stock availability or just directions to the shop.

We’ll be open 10am – 6pm till Friday 23rd December and then again of course in the New Year.

Our classic pieces are available in the shop as well as some very unique 18ct solid gold jewellery such as our very adorable Eyebright rings.

And because our 12 Days of Christmas Calendar was so successful Alex, Mayo & team have re-created a real working calendar and all the special jewellery for the shop too. So if you missed out online on any of the 12 Days jewellery come on down to Snowsfields or call Jutta on 020 3117 0640 for a telephone order.

The official launch for the boutique will not be until Spring 2012 now when the cladding is finally installed on the building, but we’ll be keeping you informed in the usual way with our newsletter, blog and facebook updates.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

with love from all of us at Alex Monroe

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