Journal

Let’s Talk About Cut Steel Jewelry

Let’s Talk About Cut Steel Jewelry

Cut-steel jewelry was designed and “set” with tiny faceted and polished steel studs - fashioned to resemble gemstones. These small metal pieces wer...

A Year of Grace

I don't believe in luck--I believe in grace.If you were to tell me this time last year that this little business would survive 2020 unscathed, I wo...

A Small Charm with A Big Secret

This Victorian watch fob has held a little secret for in its own time, and even still over 100 years later. I n its closed position it looks very ...

We Are Each Other's Harvest

“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” – Gwendolyn Brooks⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀We live in a broke...

Sisterhood: Ladies of the Maccabees

Our Maccabee Fraternal Locket Necklace has an alluring history of sisterhood and secrecy. The locket features a bee hive with the letters “L.O.T...

A Story of Sentiment: Luck at the Races

Heirlooms always come to us with history, but not all come with personal stories—tales of grandma wearing a pearl necklace on every S...

The Coterie: Where We Meet & Work

When I’m not in the studio designing, you can find me at the Coterie—a beautifully curated space recently renovated and designed by Colleen Locke...

Find us in British VOGUE!

We. Made. British. Vogue. If you happen to pick up a copy, don’t blink—you might miss Glen & Effie’s small profile alongside...

Brotherhood: Knights of Pythias

Our Fraternal Pendant necklaces bear a history that dates back to the mid 19th century. Most of our Fraternal Pendants originated as watch fobs fr...

Symbols of Victorian Jewelry

Precious jewels and metals have, for many years, carried significance in a variety of ways. The Victorian era saw an explosion of symbolic and ...

The Roaring Twenties are Back: the Impact of 100 Year Old Trends

Art Deco is a design term that was coined in the late 1910s to define the style of the new generation. Art Deco would hold popularity through the...

It's all in the details... even down to the rhinestones

It’s all in the details… even down to the rhinestones! Five years ago we stumbled across a lady selling parts, pieces, and packages out of man...

Shoe Buckles: Everything You Never Knew

the ACCESSORY we desperately want to COMEBACK Did you know we can date the origin of buckles back to cloistered monks in the mid 17th ...