In our office we have all loved this Summer. We have been swimming in the sea, enjoying parties in the garden, late night chats under the stars and topping up our tans! And now, we are very definitely entering Autumn, and we love that too. The changing of the season from summer to autumn give us the chance to dig out some of our favourite layers and to wear some different Jewellery. I personally love Jewellery with a gold touch for autumn, like our acorns and sycamores, to add touch of those beautiful golden autumnal tones to my look. Not quite into winter woolies, choose pieces that look amazing with an open neck shirt, that you can pop a cardy over. Embrace the Seasons!

#jewellery #season #parties #love #family #friends 

My first memory of the Queen was her Silver Jubilee in 1977. I was 7 years old and we had a huge street party. My Mum made a gorgeous 3 tier cake, we all dressed up, even the edge of the pavements were painted red, white and blue. It was a windy day and I recall someone with a staple gun, fixing the paper plates to the umpteen trestle tables.

What an amazing woman, to have given so much of her time and energy to serve and strengthen her country, and many of us as individuals too. I loved the brownies and Guides as a kid, achieving my Queens guide award when I learnt so much about her love of the Commonwealth and ALL the people within it.

If this is the only thing we learn from her reign, then it is a good lesson; We are all equal, we all have a place in this world and be gracious and welcoming at all times.

#ourqueen #thequeen

We always hope that you love what you've ordered from us. But if, for any reason you don't, we'll be happy to refund or exchange any item that is returned in a fully re-saleable condition within 14 days of delivery.

If an exchange is required, your order will need to be refunded and a new order will be placed. Please email our customer care team on caroline@reevesandreeves.com and we will be happy to help you with this. If you would like an exchange and there is a difference in price between the two items, we will refund you the difference once we have received your unwanted item or contact you for an additional payment if the new item is more expensive. We will send you the new item free of any new delivery charge (to the UK). For hygiene reasons we cannot accept earrings as a return or exchange unless faulty.

Please return your unwanted item in it's original packaging and with the dispatch note, to the following address:

Reeves & Reeves
Unit 2 The Old Forge
Forde Abbey, Chard
Somerset
TA20 4LU
UK

#ReturnsPolicy #Exchange #BeHappy #LoveJewellery #Silver #DesignedInDorset

After the pandemic our appreciation of teachers has very definitely increased. There is no better way to say thank you than with a gift of jewellery, that will show both thought and care. We have to start with our adorable apple charm necklace which has a lovely high shine finish with a detailed gold leaf, with earrings to match if that’s a more suitable choice for you. Our next choice would be something from our nature range, such as the hedgehog necklace or earrings, that are perfectly formed and will bring a smile to any hardworking teachers face. If these are quite right for your favourite teacher then how about a gold star! Our Seren Gold star necklace sits beautifully and will make the most thoughtful gift, lets hope your homework got a gold star too!

#GiftOfJewellery #HedgehogNecklace #Teacher #GoldStar #Apple #Nature

Pearls never go out of fashion and here at Reeves & Reeves we just love them and have had some real fun designing our new capsule collection. We use real pearls as the lustre and texture cannot be replicated. Do you know how to test if a pearl is real? Gently rub the pearl against your tooth and it should feel slightly gritty, not smooth. We have set the pearls with sterling silver and also gold vermeil, we feel both work equally well. Our more simple designs include our Bead and Pearl drop earring, just perfect to add a touch of elegant style to your outfit. Team with our Pearl drop necklace which has a lovely added touch of textured silver to really catch your eye. For a more dramatic look, with added class, have a look at our Pearl Glamour earrings which hang from an eye-catching textured silver stud. Enjoy your shopping and remember, don’t let your precious pearls come into contact with perfume or moisturizer!

#Pearls #PearlNecklace #Glamour #Silver #Earrings #GoldVermeil

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