Two beautiful and very different choices of birthstone gift for December born folk…Vicki takes a peek: TURQUOISE This stone has been known by many names through the millennia, Turquoise comes from the French word for Turkish ‘Turquois’. One of my very favourite gemstones, Turquoise epitomises the wonder and beauty of mother nature. Read more…
Got a November birthday? Those lucky folk have two of the most beautiful gemstones as birthstones – Topaz and Citrine. Lets take a look at topaz first; it’s as tough as old boots – clocking in at 8 on the mohs scale of hardness! It comes in an array of gorgeous sparkling colours Read more…
Those lucky enough to have an October birthday have a wonderful birthstone – Opal. Perhaps best known to originate from Australia, there are many wonderful different types of this amazing gemstone, all magical and from all over the world. Technically, opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica. They’re classed as Read more…
Hello eclecticats! Jodie here… I finally got around to watching the film Kinky Boots t’other night (I’m at least 10 years behind the times with my movie watching!) It’s BRILLIANT and well worth a watch if you are wondering what to do tonight! If you are not familiar with it, here’s Read more…
Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum – pretty much as tough as it comes clocking it at a 9 on the mohs hardness scale & classed as a precious gemstone. It is a beautiful and durable gem for jewellery. Typically we think of sapphires as blue and some Read more…
I haven’t gone all cultured or foody on you but who’d have thought a marine gastropod and underwater skeletons could be so beautiful? Abalone Abalone is the common name for any kind of sea snail of the genus Haliotis – small or large, actually very large in some cases. From Read more…
There’s no memo that goes around saying you can’t wear denim shorts when you hit 30; no rule that at 40 your arms should be covered up. So why do Vicki & I hear time and time again “Oh I love it, but I’m too old” – a sentence that Read more…
Peridot is a green semi-precious mineral & variety of Olivine, & Jodie’s favourite gemstone, so she rues the fact she is not August born! It’s also one of the rare gemstones that occurs in one colour only – a striking olive green. The appearance of the stone does depend on the percentage Read more…
Heyland & Whittle is a quality soap and home fragrance manufacturer based right here in beautiful Blighty! Husband and wife team Paddy Heyland & Ursula Whittle combined their names and set-up their award winning luxury soap and fragrance company on a farm in rural Surrey back in 2003. H&W use Read more…
5 Shopping & Wardrobe Tips That Will Stop Wasting Your Hard Earned Cashola… hello eclecticats! Tis Jode’s here….& Yes, I’ll admit it, i’m a shopping fiend – my bursting at the seams wardrobe makes that pretty hard to deny! But..and it’s a big old BUT – there’s nothing I get Read more…