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We met, fell in love and together we created LOVE IN A JEWEL®

We met, fell in love and together we created LOVE IN A JEWEL®

 

Where it all began
The Ash and Love Note Collection

 The story behind LOVE IN A JEWEL® is as personal as the designs themselves...

When I (Tracy) lost my beautiful Mum, I asked Joachim (my husband), to craft a special pendant to hold Mum's memory close forever.
Not knowing that his gift to me would later become a gift to many, this was the start of our story.
 

 

 Once Joachim had made my special pendant we then wanted to make pendants for my young nieces which would hold Mum's handwriting inside forever.
So we scanned Mum's handwriting from a handmade birthday card,
resized it and sealed it inside the pendants for the girls to wear with love.

Someone suggested other people might like this as well.
 Thinking about how important it is to show those we love, how loved they are,
we started to imagine handpenned notes being written to partners, mums, dads, children, grandparents and friends
and sealing these inside jewellery. We imagined how special these pieces of jewellery holding personal love would be for people to give and to receive.
 

With that, after many hours of designing and creating, from a special place in our hearts, LOVE IN A JEWEL® began.
Established in 2016, our keepsake designs tell a story, your love story.
What sets our jewellery apart is the love that is connected with it.
The pieces are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside due to the personal love held inside every one!

The LOVE IN A JEWEL® Keepsake Collection is designed with a special compartment to hold a note or keepsake inside to cherish forever.
Whether that is a heartfelt note of love, earth from a place that connects with you, a baby's fingerprint, lock of hair, or the Ashes of a Loved One...
it is a beautiful way to hold personal love close.
 
 
We are proud to have now made many LOVE IN A JEWEL's for people.

From special ones holding a Loved One's Ashes and hair to an 18th birthday gift with a note from the parents inside, to an 80th birthday gift with a note from the whole family inside.
Love notes from partners, a leaf from the tree a much-loved dad planted when the family home had to be sold, to wedding proposals...every single LOVE IN A JEWEL® holds it's own story.
We believe that truly precious jewellery is not about the size of the stones or the latest modern design, it is the jewellery which is connected to love which is the most precious in life
and that is what we are proud to make for people.
It really is a beautiful gift to give someone you love and a beautiful way to hold your love close if you lose someone you love.


Together, Joachim and I look forward to playing a small part in helping you cherish, show and celebrate love with our LOVE IN A JEWEL® Keepsake Collection.

From our hearts to yours.


Joachim and Tracy van Oostrum's studio is based in Christchurch.
They make LOVE IN A JEWEL's with great care for people throughout New Zealand and around the world.

A conscious Jewellery House where quality, authenticity and design combine to bring you enduring and meaningful jewellery to treasure forever. 





Also in Journal

A recent article about our unique Collection in Essence Magazine
A recent article about our unique Collection in Essence Magazine

It is not easy to find a gift that really shows how much you love someone. But a LOVE IN A JEWEL does that. This is fine jewellery with real love held inside forever.

 

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A heartfelt note from a Grandad to his Granddaughters sealed inside Charms
A heartfelt note from a Grandad to his Granddaughters sealed inside Charms

A special family lunch was organised to present the charm bracelets and he put on the same suit he wore to the hospital when the girls were born.

 

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