Do you know which colours suit you? Have you thought about the connection between what you are wearing and your jewellery? What kind of jewellery would suit you best? Which colours of jewellery will show your true personality and what will that say about you?

Do you often end up wearing BLACK? It might allow you to keep your privacy, or look sexy in that lbd, and it can be useful in business. If you always wear it though, perhaps it's time for a change, and time for you to think about putting some other colours in your life.

RED stimulates passion, desire, stability, courage. Have you any red jewels, and if so, what kind of personality traits do you think you display when you glam up in red?

Wearing ORANGE is not for everyone - does your colouring mean you look good in orange? Orange is regarded as a happy colour, and good for dancing!

Like blue? Men and women love light blue and it gives a classic, elegant look. Is this you, or do you prefer a more snazzy YELLOW? It's a friendly colour which those of you who want to make a statement about your bright and special personality will choose.

Violet inspires gentleness, and creativity. Are you a creative? If you create music or art work it is said that voilet will be a great colour for you to wear.

If you have a good eye for colour, it could be that you can go for the multi colour option. People will love to look at your choice of colours and it might give hints about your vivid imagination.

Let's end with PINK. This is a colour that attracts comfort and relaxation, and wearing baby pink will see you pass unnoticed, if that's what you choose.

So - think carefully about your colour choices, and whether your jewellery echoes your true personality.

Stephen Webster's Flamboyant Gems

Are you flamboyant enough to wear these fabulous creations by Stephen Webster?!

Here's something for all you fans of vintage! Heard of Lina Baretti? Well, she was a couture jeweller living in Paris .... She would use materials such as velvet, cork, cellulose acetate, pearls and mother of pearl. She was around in the 1940s and 50s, designing and making. She embroidered, plaited straw and raffia, and even sculpted little buttons from pine in her native Corsica. In the post-war years she was friendly with Balenciaga and Schiaparelli, and her costume jewellery was still in the news right into the 1970s. She supplied couture houses with her work, and her fans included Rochas, Lanvin and Chanel. Why not put her name into your search engine and view some of her work. You'll find auction houses in the USA who still trade in her pieces. You'll also notice how she influenced many of today's jewellery designers and makers.

Some great new stock has arrived from Brazil! We now have a range of semi-precious beaded jewellery, including -

salmon pink coral
purple, blue and greenfire agate
bressicated jasper
lemon chrysoprase
lapis
chrysocola
faceted green cubic zirconia

Coming soon - our list of 2011 venues where you can visit us and try our style taster. All will be revealed, check back here soon.

Meet the Co-Directors of Imagical Gems

Meet Dorry (above) and Kim (top) from Imagical Gems

This year at International Jewellery London, there was a great selection of more traditional as well as contemporary jewellery.
One of our favourites was 'Momocreatura:
'Momocreatura' - beautiful pieces as seen at IJL, 2010
Momo studied fine arts and jewellery making in Japan and graduated MA Design: jewellery at Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design.

Her jewellery explores the boundaries between reality and fantasy through the depiction of fairy-tale inspired images. Influenced by European antique jewellery of the 16th-19th century and post-war Japanese sub culture, her references combine to create figurative macabre objects.

They are more like 3D illustration or wearable miniature sculptures rather than fashionable jewellery.The silver and gold pieces are finely handcrafted assemblages of child-like imagination, suggestive of ambiguous, twisted humour.

About the team leading the IMAGICAL© programme –

Kim Pace trained in Fine Art, receiving her MA in sculpture. She also studied Personal Styling at the London College of Fashion. Kim is a highly respected artist who has initiated and completed many creative projects over the years. She has also lectured widely, such as the University of the Arts, London, the Royal College of Art and numerous other universities, including in the USA and Australia. Kim has enhanced and honed her communication skills and identity awareness through a stimulating blend of professional, personal and creative developmental experiences and courses.

Dorry de Plume has an honours degree in Fine Art, has studied Costume Design at Central St Martins, London, and focused on researching identity whilst she was at University. She is a professional who has worked in the public and private sectors, and is highly qualified in the education and management consultation and training fields and in addition has been a self-employed business woman. Her art practice with its particular focus on identity and image is now combined with her high level skills in helping others to learn, to develop greater self-awareness, and to benefit from making a transformation.