Employees at St Teresa’s Hospice in Darlington have designed and created a range of jewellery pieces in time for Christmas.
‘St Teresa’s Little Gems’ is a collection of hand-crafted necklaces, earrings and bracelets have been created from a donation of semi-precious stones. It’s been designed by Yvonne Macdonald, shop team leader at St Teresa’s Charity Superstore.
“A friend of one of our hospice volunteers had a craft shop that was closing down” she said. “They didn’t know what to do with the leftover stock and we were happy to take it off their hands.
“Five large boxes arrived at St T’s Superstore full of beads, baubles, clips, clasps, fastenings and wire, along with semi-precious stones, including opals, fire opals, shell pearls and jade, which we decided to use to make our first ever range of necklaces, earrings and bracelets.”
The collection, which ranges in price from £1 to £25, was officially launched at the hospice choir’s recent concert, and is now on sale at each of their charity shops.
“This is a great time of year for people to pop into one of our St T’s stores and grab a bespoke piece of jewellery as a fabulously unique present, Yvonne added.
“Every piece will not only be a wonderful gift for someone but the whole purchase price goes to the hospice’s vital palliative and end of life care for patients and support for their families, which is the best Christmas gift of all.”
For more information visit St Teresa’s Hospice
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