Tree of Opals Blog

How I Manage Childcare As A Work at Home Parent

Posted on 19th January 201816th February 2018 by Nikki Lovegrove

People often ask me how I manage childcare as a work at home parent and there's no simple answer. Things change often and I try to be flexible and manage my expectations. I'm a parent first and a WAHM (work...Read More

Memorial Gift Ideas Tree of Opals blog by Nikki Kamminga

15 Memorial Gift Ideas

Posted on 16th January 201816th January 2018 by Nikki Lovegrove

When someone close to you loses a loved one it can be a struggle to find the right memorial gift ideas for them. Nothing can replace someone who has passed away but the right keepsake can bring a bit of...Read More

Microplastics in Jewellery

Posted on 4th January 20187th January 2018 by Nikki Lovegrove

Microplastics in Jewellery: Reducing Glitter Waste Plastic has been worrying me for years now. As a child of the 80's I grew up with lots of fruit and veg, supermarket produce and virtually every other thing we bought being packaged...Read More

November Newsletter – 2020 Weddings

Posted on 13th November 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

All of a sudden we're in the middle of November and now seemed like the best time to start our new monthly newsletters. This month we've been adding more solid gold products and looking at 2020 Wedding Planning. Nikki made...Read More

White Poppies of Peace

Posted on 2nd November 201711th November 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

White Poppies of Peace: Remembering the Victims of War You can learn about the history of white poppies of peace on the Peace Pledge Union White Poppy page which says that the white poppy remembers all victims of war including...Read More

Pets and Fireworks

Posted on 2nd November 20176th November 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

Keeping Your Pets Safe The RSPCA fireworks page has lots of info on pets and fireworks displays including how to keep your pets safe this bonfire night. They've put up this helpful video we want to help promote in honour...Read More

Wave of Light

Posted on 15th October 20176th November 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

Wave of Light: Baby Loss Awareness 2017 [caption id="attachment_15836" align="aligncenter" width="400"] wave of light graphic free download[/caption] The Wave of Light #waveoflight is a show of love and hope across the world as those affected by baby loss show candles...Read More

Vegan Jewellery

Posted on 3rd August 20175th April 2019 by Nikki Lovegrove

Vegan Jewellery and Compassion in Fashion As more and more people become vegan (including myself) there are questions raised about every aspect of our lifestyles being truly animal product and cruelty free. First of all I must admit that after three...Read More

Vegan and Fairtrade Gemstone Ethics

Posted on 24th July 20176th November 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

When a client purchases vegan jewellery they want to know that the artists making the pieces are doing so in a vegan environment but have you considered fairtrade gemstone ethics? Caring for the planet, the animals and the people too...Read More

Mermicorn Moon Sand

Posted on 18th July 201726th September 2017 by Nikki Lovegrove

As an artist one of my favourite things to use in our pieces is gold pearlescent powder, so I decided to try some in this Mermicorn Moon Sand to keep the toddlers entertained. Being a work at home parent is...Read More