Swenglish Jewellery Maker in Devon

Hi, my name is Helena and I'm a Swedish woman living in the UK. I moved here in 2002 and ended up married to a lovely Englishman. Now living and working with our daughter, dog and two mental cats on the beautiful and rugged North Devon coast.

I used to own a little newsagent's, and to make the downtime go faster I began making little beaded earrings and displaying them on a small cork notice board in the shop. To my surprise, people wanted to buy them! Eventually this lead to my own fashion accessories shop back in Sweden.

Since then I have worked in jewellery and fashion retail management for many years, but decided to go it alone end of 2009, to better fit my hours around my husband's work and to get a better quality of life. Nowadays I make and sell my own designs on various online sites, and also in some local shops and at occasional craft fairs and markets etc.

My lovely little helpers Kiersten and Cheryl work extra here during busy times such as Christmas, and also helps make backstock of all our pretty designs.

I now run two shops here on Etsy - this one and MediBracelets https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MediBracelets , which sells our collection of medical alert jewellery.