I first saw Julie Robert’s jewelry called Collect at the Design Indaba this year. They caught my beady eye because they were all really sweet and dainty, such special little pieces. Julie says she started making jewelry when she was just 4, but professionally she’s been lovingly hammering pieces out for 7 years now. Shooo at 4 I was eating most of my arts and crafts materials, my mom was lucky if she got even a third of her mother’s day macaroni card. Shame.
Julie lives in Cape Town and draws all her own designs. I asked her if she ever gives her friends any of her pieces, she says only if they’re good – I’m good at not sewing well, can I please have a gold bunny ring, I swear I will take care of it.
You can buy Collect pieces at her Gardens studio and you can view a ‘stockists’ section on her site if you are keen to purchase some of these lovelies.
Julie has very graciously given me not one, but 2 Collect pieces (see below) to giveaway to you guys. And this time around I thought I would run this a bit differently. You still have to leave me a comment to enter as well as like the Collect facebook page, then I will pick a winner who will in turn pick another winner from the list of comments, whoever they want, no questions asked. So the winner will get a new friend and a new necklace. Yes. So good luck guys xx
