Custom Orders

Have you, or would you like to design a piece of jewelry?

Forward me your drawing, or design, whether it be just a silver piece, or if it includes stones & I can make it for you.

Alternatively, let me design something special for you.
Here are a  few custom orders I have done in the past while,

Smokey Quartz ring in split schank band. Customers own stone.

A client who found me through my blog recently ordered this pair of cufflinks for her fiance, she forwarded me a picture of fish eagle cufflinks, and I created them for her. ♥

Flower pendant

Sapphire pendant

Stone charm, and tag custom necklace. Customer wanted London blue topaz stones, and the tags are hand stamped with her children's names.



Breast Cancer bracelet with Pink tourmaline



Initial Cufflinks

Narwhal pendant necklace

Butterfly necklaces with pink tourmalines for bridesmaids - custom order.



Charm bracelet filled with clients memmories hand stamped onto brass, copper & silver tags.



Name Necklace, customer chose this font/ text style & made her this necklace.

Lapis Lazuli Pendant, with peridot & moonstones. Leaf design.

Client ordered one of my Customizeable charm necklaces, but especially wanted an opal stone.

Custom cufflinks.

Turquoise ring

Mens wedding band. Two grooves, with textured finish in the middle. Cursive engraving on the inside.

Lightening bolt pendant

Amethyst pendant necklace

Moonstone ring

I began playing around with perspex, and putting designs or prints behind clear perspex, my brothers Wife commissioned this piece.

Letter pendant.

Butterfly ring

Bangle, client wanted her daughters name & birthdate engraved on the bangle.

Blue topaz earrings.



Oval Iolite ring, split schank band



A customer saw my charm bracelet on my online store, & loved the idea, but wanted a necklace made, with her children's birthstones.




Email me : hellothula@gmail.com
Or visit my online store : here (Rand prices are available on this blog.)




♥ handmade

Amazing vintage furniture... ♥

Yesterday my Boyf  & I visited 2nd Time around.. an amazing vintage furniture store on the Chelsea Road - PE.

It is packed.. inside.. & outside with fabulous vintage finds, from furnutire.. vintage jewelry, vintage appliances... to vintage wedding dresses.

I am planning on buying the vintage green oregan piece below this week. Im so excited! Its going to go in my workshop ♥ I love it so much.

Call  2nd Time around on :: 0822 548 833

New ring ♥ Domed textured ring

This is a domed, textured ring,

It is tapered, the top width if 15mm and it tapers to 7.5mm at the bottom,
It has a fine sanded finish on top, and is highly polished on the inside.

This ring is made to order,

Please email me to order if in South Africa, hellothula@gmail.com R375 + R28 Postage incl. full tracking.
International customers : please visit my online store here

Thank-you for viewing ♥

green fingers wooden fingers

Today... I'd have to say my boyfriend had a much more productive day than me !
He built a lovely kist in just a few hours...

It's not finished yet,
he is still doing some work to the top, and he plans to stain it with a  dark stain aswell.

♥ Love it

I on the other hand... saw these sweet flowers (Chrysanthenum's) at Builders Express... (R19.99 each) and decided I would grow some green fingers - even though, all I basically did was dig a hole, shove the plants inside it, and cover it up...

I thoroughly enjoyed it & am hoping for the best.

♥♥♥

Hope you are having a beautiful day :) 

some pictures of inspiration to me

Posted on hellothula on 15 August 2011 *please go to the individual blogposts to see image credits.

Weekend away in... Oudtshoorn

My boyfriend Bryce and I decided at the beginning of last week that we desperately needed to get away for the upcoming weekend.

We were curious to explore Oudtshoorn and its surrounding areas so I immediately started googling to find a place to stay. When I came accross the Berluda website, after searching for accommodation in the Oudtshoorn area, I knew that this was the place. We were not dissapointed, and had a wonderful experience at Berluda.

Oudtshoorn is a town in the Klein Karoo, South Africa -  renowned for its natural beauty and ostriches.

In the beautiful Schoemans-hoek Valley, halfway between Oudtshoorn and the Cango Caves, you will find Berluda; a wonderful guesthouse with an equisite 4-star farmhouse as well as a number of charming cottages.

Visit Berluda here

After driving around for a while exploring Oudtshoorn we came across the gorgeous little coffee shop & bakery, Cafe Brule, in Baron Van Reede Street.  Part of the Queen's Hotel, this little gem serves the most delicious cappachinos and a variety of cakes.

Light meals are served between 07:00 - 17:00 and freshly baked bread is available every day.

What a lovely spot. ♥

Visit Cafe Brule (Queen's Hotel here )

After leaving Cafe Brule we realized it would soon be time for dinner and we began looking for a restaurant on the main road (Baron Van Reede Street). We drove past a number of places but Kalinka caught our eye and on walking in we just knew we would not be disappointed.

Both Bryce and I had the Beef Fillet which was grilled and served with chunky roasted vegetables, baby potatoes and a sherry mustard sauce. The fillet and vegetables were cooked to perfection and the sauce was delicious.  The service was first class and it was a great evening all round.  We will definitely visit Kalinka again.

Visit Kalinka here

One of the many things I loved about Oudtshoorn and its surrounding areas was the picturesque countryside with its many characterful farm houses and labourer cottages; I just wanted to take a picture of every single one as we drove past.



3 little houses in the distance



On Sunday morning after a hearty breakfast at Berluda, we left Oudtshoorn to explore Uniondale - a lovely little village close by to Oudtshoorn which is accessed through the picturesque Prince Alfred’s Pass.

We took time to drive around in search of antique shops to browse through.  We found the Uniondale Lodge, a very inviting place, where we enjoyed Illy cappachinos.  It is filled with antiques and antique jewelry was displayed in the lounge area.

I especially loved the antique vases on the coffee tables... ♥

Visit the Uniondale Lodge website here

6-7 August 2011.

custom order smokey quartz ring

This was a recent custom order I made..

It is a very big smokey quartz stone, in a flower shape. Very pretty.. and unusual too.

♥