BOÎTES DE BIJOUX MAGNIFIQUES . . .

Well, I've just been writing the descriptions for our new jewellery box selection today, and I'm more impressed with them now than I was last week. They are very posh . . . and looking through the suppliers catalogue, so are the others, especially the wooded ones.

The one I have sitting in front of me now - the next one on my description list - consists of four large drawers at the front, working from the bottom up, and then when you lift the lid you have numerous sections on top. The sides then open up outwards providing you space to hang necklaces, and - AND - it also comes with a travel box that sits perfectly in one of the top trays under the lid. This is a handy little box, with rolls where you can keep your rings, and other little compartments to keep your presious's when travelling. It's HUGE, but GORGEOUS!

However, upon researching jewellery boxes in hopes for some inspiration for their description, I discovered that these boxes have nothing on the boxes that were given to Queen Marie Antoinette in during the 1700's. (Yes, by squinting at the picture below, you can actually see a door!! It's that big.)

Jewellery boxes were originally supposed to be designed to look and appear grand as these, as well as their contents, were usually one of the first things to be inherited and passed down to generations. Antoinette's were of no exception when she had her final meeting with the guillotine. One now sits on display at Windsor, and the other at Versailles. I have no doubt that the grand design of these boxes were, during their day, literally fit for a queen, but today, I don't think I'd want one sitting in my bedroom. I'll quite happily settle for one of ours . . .

. . . And I'll quiet happily buy more jewellery just to fill it. Remember, Christmas is just round the corner, and so is my birthday (hint-hint) . . .

D. Ilott

Cybercheckout

Gridstop Ltd

A Sparkling Way To Keep Your Sparkles . . .

We - as in Cybercheckout, as in Gridstop Ltd - have finally decided to get some new products with a bit of zing to them. They are very smart, very handy, come with numerous little hidey-holes, and are very swish-swoo!!

Have you guessed what they are yet?

No, they're not swish horserugs with pockets that you can stash your gear in whilst riding - although, there's not a bad idea - they're Jewellery boxes. I have a sample sitting right next to me, and so I had to take photos to share them with you all.

Finally, a place to keep your precious's that looks just as precious as those precious's themselves . . . And this style isn't just the only style that we are getting. The other style has a wooded affect. They look very smart.

Okay, so maybe jewellery boxes aren't really your kind of thing . . . but they might be someone else's! You're partner, your mother, your sister . . . me! Oh yes, I'd have one! Remember, Christmas is coming up soon, and these will make great presents! And apparently it's a new thing for men to have one too, for their little sparkling bits and pieces. (They're obviously of a more manly design, though.)

If only Gollum from the Lord of the Rings had one. If he did, not only would he have added some class to his dank cave dwelling, but he would never have lost his precious . . .

D. Ilott

Cybercheckout

Gridstop Ltd