Believe me! My pockets weren't big enough! I wanted to collect so much more of these beautiful fragments of slate the other day! I bought a copy of @hiddenscotland recently and read about Easdale Island where the World Stone Skimming Championships have been held at at the end of September every year since about 1983. Little did I know, I'd be visiting the island this summer, whilst reading! Easdale Island is the smallest permanently-inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides, off Scotland's west coast. It was once the centre of a thriving Scottish slate mining industry. The active slate quarries are now deep still pools and are a defining feature of Easdale. With beautiful clear crisp water, they're perfect for swimming and cliff jumping. I didn't partake, being a total landlubber, but my son and partner quickly stripped down to their undies as soon as we got there and jumped in. I collected rocks instead.... Wondering if I can make some sturdy claw settings and turn a few of these into pendants? What do you think? #easdale #easdaleisland #easdaleislandfun #easdaleislandquarrypools #easdaleislands #easdaleislandslate #easdaleslate #easdalestoneskimming #easdaleslatequarries #easdaleslatejewellery #easdaleslates #InspiredByTheSea #inspiredbynature #stonejewellery #stonejewelry

A quick and easy tip for you... I often use general household items to texture my jewellery and when a customer asks how to re-vamp a pair of tarnished earrings, they're often suprised when I tell then they can find a simple solution in their kitchen sink. A standard kitchen scourer works a treat. These sponge scourers are not recyclable but I've not yet replaced them with an eco alternative (I'm working on it though), so I salvage many and keep them in my studio for use on my jewellery. This reel shows you how I easily transform the oxidised/tarnished silver of these Seashore Studs back to the scratchy silver state they were in when I first gifted them to my sister in law. #cleaningjewelry #cleaningjewellery #cleaningjewelleryathome #cleaningjewelryathome #cleaningsilver #cleaningsliverware #tarnishedsilver #oxidisedsilver #oxidisedsilverjewellery #seashorestuds #seashoreinspired #doityourself #nochemicals #nochemical #nochemicalsneeded #nochemicalshere #polishingjewelry #polishingjewellery #quickfix #aquickfix #toptip #jewelryofinstagram #RecycledSilver #recycledsilverwarejewelry #RecycledSilverJewellery