Smithsonia Gifts

Welcome to November! Can you believe we are in our 11th month of the year?!
Gorgeous golden coloured Citrine is one of the birthstones for November. Known as "The Merchant's Stone" as it is believed to bring success, prosperity and joy.
A generous gift for your November born friends 😊🎁

October 31st - Spooky night!!
Have fun 😊🎃🦇👻

Aren't these just the most perfect pair of autumnal earrings?

Today is 'National Feed the Birds Day' celebrating the special relationship between people and the birds that visit our gardens and encouraging everyone to feed their garden birds.

Please take note !

***** Deadly Pumpkins ***** please share as widely as you can!

Over the next couple of weeks many of us will have pumpkins that need to be discarded. Though kind-hearted the increasingly common practice of leaving them in parks and nature reserves for wildlife poses a very real and often fatal risk to many species including the already threatened hedgehog! At this time of the year hedgehogs are on a desperate search for a last few meals before hibernation and a discarded pumpkin often proves irresistible. Unfortunately hedgehogs, as insectivores, lack a caecum and cannot properly process vegetable matter. Eating pumpkin causes both dehydration and diarrhoea which results in weight loss that can easily lead to hedgehogs entering hibernation with not enough fat stores to survive the winter.

If you do have left over pumpkins it is far better to leave them raised up on a garden table or bird feeder for a few days to allow birds and squirrels to benefit but always remove them before they go mouldy and please never leave them anywhere within parks and nature reserves such as Sutton Park.

If you come across pumpkins, gourds, or indeed any discarded food items within the park please let the rangers know as we need to remove them as quickly as is possible as they also pose a significant and potentially fatal threat to our Exmoor ponies; thank you.

Happy Friday one and all! Don't forget this weekend is an extra hour long. Do you have plans to do anything with your bonus hour? I will be practising piping spiders on cupcakes for next week 😆😆

Talented jeweller Linda Macdonald has a very special way with hares. She captures the magical side of these wonderful creatures and creates the loveliest pieces of handmade jewellery featuring them.

These are just a few choices from our stud earring collection. We have many shapes, colours, materials, textures and prices. Perfect as gifts, pick me ups for yourself or the final touch to an outfit. Take a look on our website, we have over 250 to chose from!

https://www.smithsonia.co.uk/search?type=product&q=stud%20earring

Today is 'Apple Day'. Started in 1990 to raise “awareness not only of the importance of orchards to our landscape and culture, but also in the provenance and traceability of food” , it is a day to celebrate apples. Apple pies, apple crumbles, toffee apples, apple danish, tarte tatin, apple sauce, apple tarts and apple cakes. And don't forget "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"!

Happy Birthday to both Paula and Toni, who share their special day. Between them they were with Smithsonia for well over thirty years! Have a fab day both. Birthday cocktails soon !!🍸🍹

Still looking for the perfect gift for your October born buddy? Consider these beauties! Handmade and pretty with a lovely pop of colour.....

Don't you find it amazing that we go from late summer to autumn in a week? Colder clear nights, golden leaves, ripening berries and people wearing scarves! This lovely little bronze wren with his autumnal oak leaf is so of the moment....
Happy Friday one and all 😊

October birthstone and autumnal leaves in one peice of jewellery. So pretty and so seasonal. 🥰

Our treasure hunter has been out and about and has returned with some wonderful vintage bangles. They range from Christening bangles for babies to one with golden birds flying around it. Fabulous gifts with a touch of history!

Happy Friday folks! Pretty start to the day here 😊

It's National Poetry Day! I have managed to find some pretty lines from a poem about jewellery with a necklace to match 😊
"Bustling town along the seaside, sapphires glitter upon the ocean
Buildings made of ivory stones, ruby shingles full of devotion.........Trees rattle with glimmering peridots, grass cheer of emerald green
Warmth of the radiant sun, with raindrops of aquamarine"

It's October 1st......
The birthstone for the month is the gorgeous Opal. Always well received, it is hugely popular as a gift in October. Pretty opal is not only lovely to look at, it is associated with loyalty, faithfulness, purity, hope and confidence.
If you know a jewellery lover with a birthday in October, you know what to do !

Don't know about the rest of you, but I am thinking of buying a boat!!🤣🤣
Have a fab weekend, it appears it might not rain tomorrow🤞🏼

September 25th is World Dream Day, a day when people around the world declare, share, celebrate and activate their dreams. A day when we honor the dreamer, the visionary and bring together and motivate all of us who have big dreams.
It's also 3 months to Christmas Day !! 😅🤣😂

Well, Autumn arrived with a bit of a splash yesterday didn't it?! So its time to get our jackets and coats out of the wardrobe. Brighten them up with a stylish brooch. We have an extensive collection in silver, resin, embroidered and ceramic. We have vintage, classic, cute, animals, birds, flowers and scenery. Don't buy a new coat, buy a new brooch 😊

Bringing you a touch of sparkle and romance to your Friday.💞
Enjoy your weekend!

Like this little hare I was out moongazing last night! Did you see the Harvest Moon? It was beautiful 🌕🥰

Hoop earrings never seem to go out of style - their history is as long as human history itself. The magic of hoops is that they can be worn anywhere and everywhere; as part of casual weekend outfits to special occasion dressing. We have a super collection featuring different shapes, sizes, materials, with stones, without stones. Take a look.....😊

"Many thanks for the fantastic service in getting the brooch to me so quickly. My friend will be absolutely delighted with it."

We love happy customers.....

These are my favourite earrings at the moment. With their subtle autumnal shades, I'm not sure how long I can resist them 🤔😉😊. Somebody save me from myself!!!