Sue-Ella Signature Designs

Treasure Box

2012-02-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

Sue-Ella's Treasure Box

In my office I have a special little box I have always called it my little "Treasure Box" inside this box I keep all sorts of treasures, treasures I have picked up from shows, fairs or suppliers. Things I may have made, things I see beauty in, things I think that may help someone in the future. Things with meaning to me or something that captures my eye that says "the person that needs me will come looking for me" so I take them home and I put them in my treasure box and I wait. The person that needs them always turns up and I always know the owner as soon as I talk to email with them.

Treasure box items are often one offs. Sometimes I can get more but more often than not they are in short supply and this makes them just that little more special to me.

I am now going share some of my treasures weekly with everyone and will offer a few items for sale on Facebook. Each Wednesday Morning so my overseas friends do not miss out I will place photos of some treasures for sale that week.

Let's see if there is something special I have found has been sent for you.

To purchase from Sue-Ella's Treasure Box is simple if you are the first one to comment "sold" under the image then the piece of jewellery is yours and I will email you an invoice and through email get your address for postage. Prices including postage will be posted with the items image.

All Treasure Box items that are silver will be sterling silver or handmade fine silver (more pure then sterling) any stones will be natural stones.

If you are searching for that special something remember you can always email me as I love to hunt down special requests as everyone remembers loved ones in different ways. This week for a family I will be placing a babies feet prints into a Snowflake charm as this has meaning for them. Weekly I find and make new jewellery that never makes it to my blog or FB as it is of a personal nature to families.

email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and Light

Charms

2012-02-08T22:11:00.000-08:00

Charms all Styles

I get asked quite often for Pandora style charm beads and the answer is yes I can do charms for most style bracelets. Pandora style, Thomas Sabo clip style or the good old fashioned solder on a bracelet with a jump ring style.

These charms are sterling silver but not "Originals" to the type of bracelet you are have as they will be personalized to you and generally are one off designs for families

Below are some images of predominantly Pandora style charms as this was to be a post on Pandora style, then I thought it would be easier to just group them all in as one. I can adapt these charms to fit your style of bracelet.

Lockets

Lockets can come in different styles and shapes this plan round one is very popular and can hold two images ashes and hair
these tiny lockets can be adapted the same as any of the larger locket
see locket ideas click here

charm locket in ave price $110

Angel balls can be fitted to bracelets of all style this is my Pandora Bracelet and on it you can see both an Angel ball and heart locket
to know about Angel balls click here
Prices start at $55

Little hands, feet or fingerprints can be made into charms for all bracelet style
to find out more and fingerprint, hand and foot print jewellery click here
Prices from $95 to $135
depending on degree of personalization

Little faces can be etched by computer onto beads
these stunning pieces are specially made beads
round or square and you can even have hands for feet prints etched on
one side etched $140 two sides $170

Handmade fine silver shell can hold sand from Christians beach or ashes
$95

All charms except diamond etched beads or charms can hold ashes. Let me know via email and look through options you like on this blog and I will be able to adapt most pieces to charm size for you.

To purchase and have a personalized charm made for you please email
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and light

Pets

2012-02-05T11:55:00.001-08:00

Our Beloved Pets

I have wanted to blog about pets for a while now and just have not found the time then last week I had two very big remainders that I needed to do this for families.

For some out pets are just that pets yet for others they truly are very important members of our families.

These days more and more of our pets are cremated just as our human loved ones are and all the jewellery I make can just as easily be adapted to hold your beloved pet.

From lockets to prints to pendants to hold ashes. Even last week I placed a much loved and missed dogs ashes into a shell that was found on the beach where this dogs ashes were shattered.

For information or ideas of how to hold your lost pet close below are some examples of what can be done and never hesitate to contact me via email for more help

sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Our much loved dog Shep that carried our wedding rings on our wedding day. Sadly we lost Shep 4 years ago we miss him very much he was everyones best mate and loved by all.
Love you Shep

A locket I made for myself with Sheps ashes behind these images of him. Also placed over the photo on the left is some of his fur.
He was a big hair thing we loved him so much so loyal and so beautiful
Prices for silver lockets average $135

Our crazy cat Skitz she was dumped and decided that she would like to live at our place. We had never been cat people before and I truly think she was sent to let us both know it was ok to love a pet again after the devastation of losing Shep. Skitz is very much still with us and is a true charterer. This was made to show her on one side and fur on the other over pretty pink paw prints.

Sterling silver Paw print pendant $145 with a sterling silver chain
This pendant can hold ashes for fur
for more styles please click here
to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Sheps ashes were also placed in the back of this shell. This fine silver shell was handmade from a mould I took of a shell I found on the beach we were married on. Shep was our ring bearer so this is pretty special to me. Last week I put another much loved dogs ashes in the back of the same shell as this dogs ashes were scatted on Pottsville beach.
more shell styles available click here
Price of shell with ashes sealing start at $135
(prices on site may vary depending on size of shell and degree of personalization as ashes sealing requires more work)

email for details sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

This simple key ring is of two finger prints from a friends dog Rusty. This was taken years ago when I was experimenting with both human fingerprints and pet prints. I love that you can see all the fur prints in the base as Rusty was a hairy funny little dog. Sadly Rusty passed away a couple of months ago and I found this on the week end having forgotten I had taken them and made this. This week Rustys prints will go home to his mum that misses him so much.
Rustys name was written on this just as he was all shaggy and rustic
Names can be engraved or stamped they are not normally done in this style

Skitz is only a small cat so I was able to capture her full paw print into this fine silver pendant. If you have paper copies of your pets prints I can use and size them to fit anything just as human hand and footprints see the post by clicking here
or email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Horse Locket $135

Not forgetting our larger pets this is a stunning horse locket in sterling silver and inside an image of a much loved horse lost a couple of years ago now and inside we have his image and on the other placed over a lovely photo of a paddock is some of his mane.
to have your locket personalized
email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
$135

Pet memorial Albums avail in blue, maroon or cream
with paw prints or horse shoes
$55

Place you much loved pets photo on the front of albums like this. Inside place more photos and words to remember you much loved pets life with you
a lovely way to honour and remember forever
email me to purchase sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Eddy Bears can be personalized with engraving on their paw and can hold precious fur or ashes of you beloved pet and then when you really need to give them a cuddle again this is perfect
to purchase click here and go to The Eddy Bear Company

No matter the size of your pet no matter the type of pet we all love them and they are all part of our family and when they die it is a family member that is now missing
I will help you in any way I can hold your beloved pet close
email me and together we can go through idea
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

This blog post is in memory of all pets loved and lost and especially to Fat Guts lost this week she was a funny little chicken. Although I have always worked with families after loosing pets I knew I had to officially blog about it after been so touched by a card we received from the vet after she sadly passed.

Love and Light

Shell for a Friend

2012-01-09T11:54:00.000-08:00

Shell for a Friend

I have a beautiful friend I have never met her in person as she lives almost 15625km or 9709 miles from me which truly is a world away in distance yet I feel I know her so well . Sadly I met this friend through a loss a few years ago as I helped her and made her some special shells.

When I first started on Facebook she was one of my first "Friends" and I we have got closer ever since and I love to watch and keep up with her family she is a very special lady and has an equally special family.

Anyone that says Facebook friends are not "Real" friends does not have my FB friends.

Sadly she and I now share a very sad date as I was asked by her to make yet another shell to remember her most recent Angel in Heaven.
So I made her one and on a significant date one like she asked me to but as we share this time in the universe I wanted to make something else. Something special one for me and one for her one that we would both have for our Angels together in Heaven.

On Saturday the 7th of Jan 2012 I was at my beach Pottsville beach in far North New South Wales Australia, all those miles away from her and I asked for and looked for a special shell for us both that I could make a cast from and turn to silver. So I asked and I looked and I asked and I looked and all I was looking for was my favorite shell on that beach and that is a fan shell but none would turn up. Disappointed I kept asking and was lead to a shell that I kept saying "That can not be it, that can not be it, that is not the shell I want" yet I was told to dig that one out. So I got the shell out of the sand on the shoreline and there it was a small shell almost in a tear drop shape and as I looked closely at it I found that it has a very small piece missing at the top it was slightly broken and I knew that was the shell. I feel like anyone that has lost a child will always have that tear in their heart and always will be that little bit broken with that little piece missing so I knew it was perfect.

So I took this special shell home and have now made two copy's one for me and one for her with our Angels initials stamped inside and today hers will leave on its very long journey across a very big ocean.

"Time to go home loved one travel safe, may peace, love and harmony accompany you smile down on us from above" Sue-Ella

I have made many shells over the years many from special shells people have collected from their own beach and many are the Mermaid coins found on Christians seashore and sent to me by the lovely Carly Marie. Some hold ashes or sand from the beach and others I have placed baby's footprints in the back.
If you have a special shell I am be able to make something special like these for you
Just email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Our Shell

Taken home and a mould then taken of it and then turned to fine silver and oxidised to bring out the fine detail of its marking

A Fan shell from Pottsville beach, my favorite type of shell I find there. I have made many of these into fine silver and one very special one holds the ashes of my beloved dog Shep lost many years ago.

My shell I made for Shep this shell I placed his ashes into the back

A Mermaid Coin shell found on Christian beach and sent to me by Carly I have made many of these into fine silver and place sand from that special beach inside as well had Angel baby footprints into the back. I will not publish images of these as the jewellery is far too personal to the families

This is a Mermaid Coin pendant a coin not collected from Christian Beach but another beach special to the lady that wears this pendant. Sending love to her and her family always

If you have a special shell you would like to have turned to fine silver let me know via email and I will try and help you. Fine silver or gold shells made from originals will be 12% smaller than original as in the image below. Ashes can be placed into your shell but you must register post as very small portion of the ashes to me please click here for FAQ&A to find out more about postage

If you do not have a special shell but would like a Mermaid Coin from Christian Beach I have many on my desk and I know one can be made personal to you and if you would like some sand from that beach placed inside I have a collection of that safe as well. Carly not only sends me shells but sand as well.

email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and Light

Sue

Memory Balls

2011-10-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

Memory Balls

I love memory balls in fact I have three of them. Two of them hold six of my favorite wedding photos. One is on a long neck chain and the other is on a bracelet. The third one has six photos of family.

I have wanted to blog about these special pieces of jewellery for a while now and I have just not got round to it. This week I got an email from a lady in England after she received hers, reminding me that I must share how special they can be.

A memory ball can come in a few different sizes and hold six of your favorite images. This can be six photos of a special occasion like a wedding or your hold family can be there together. The most common reason for families to purchase a memory ball from me is to hold a lifetime of memory of one particular loved one that has been lost.

Photos of lost loved ones can be six favorite photos from the beginning of a life to the end of it one this earth. Sometimes the stories and memories have been a long and fruitful life and others are far too short as was the case of the lovely lady in England who's memory ball was one of the saddest I have had to edit and fit in a long time.

Memory balls can be made of Sterling silver or 9ct Yellow, Rose or white gold. The Gold ones only come in one size and style and can hold ashes of a loved one. Sterling silver memory ball come in small range of sizes and can be plain or fancy Plain sterling silver can be made to hold ashes for an additional $50 fancy memory ball can not hold ashes. However hair can be placed inside over images.

A Gift to a friend
This was a birthday gift to my very special friend CarlyMarie. This is a family memory ball with Carly's parents, Carly with her husband Sam then her four beautiful Children. Sadly her son Christian is in Heaven but he is represented with a Butterfly name in the sand. Please visit Names in the Sand or Seashore of Remembrance if you have a loved on in Heaven you would love remembered in this way.

$180 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and a sterling silver chain
An additional charge of $50 applies if you would like your plain silver ball to hold ashes.

One of my Memory Balls
My Six favorite Wedding Day Photos
A great Wedding gift idea or first anniversary (paper for photo paper)
Many are also purchased for 18th 21st 30th 40th or other significant birthdays or anniversary

(Can be placed on Key Rings for Guys)

$180 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and a sterling silver chain
An additional charge of $50 applies if you would like your plain silver ball to hold ashes.

Solid 9ct Gold $1200
Hand made to order is Australia and a truly magnificent piece of jewellery weighting almost 19grams
Sold 9ct of any gold colour available. The solid gold memory balls are the only style that can hold ashes of a loved one. The two end photos of solid gold memory balls remain watertight.

$1400 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and sealing of ashes if required

Solid 9ct Rose Gold "Remembering Ricky"
If you have followed my work for some time you would know how truly special this young man is to me. I sadly never met him on this earth and have only know him in Heaven. He is remembered with a serious of photos throughout his life and ends with the photo of his Name in the Sand by the Amazing CarlyMarie. His hair is also set into the sunset. Love to his mother that wears this.

$1400 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and sealing of ashes if required

22ct Yellow Gold dipped fancy Memory Ball $200
Gold dipped over sterling silver. This is the ONLY Gold dipped piece of jewellery I do and would ever sell. The reason for his is the cost of the solid gold ones. If you wear gold and your budget does not extend to the price of this in solid gold. These gold dipped ones are a great alternative. As you wear these pieces on the outside of cloths and must take them off in water. They wear really well and I have not had any to day have the gold wear away. All my gold lockets are Solid gold I just like to offer these to help all family budgets

$200 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images

Fancy Sterling silver Memory ball $180
$180 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and a sterling silver chain
Fancy silver ball can not be converted to hold ashes

Babies still to come $180
I love this use of memory balls. This was a gift to a Grandmother. There were babies on the way at the time I made this and includes a set of twins on the way. This has the first two Grand babies images set in the first spaces with some hair placed over the top and babies booties to represent the babies to come. Once the babies arrived I was able to re size and edit the images to fit post the family the images that they placed in themselves.

Images in Sterling Silver Memory Balls are not watertight and can be changed at any time. These pieces of jewellery are designed to wear on the outside of cloths and if you ever do get them wet and cause damage to images do not worry extra sets can be include with purchase and you can easily remove old damaged ones and place in the new ones.

Memory balls if this style can also have the images changed over time as children grow.

The only images in memory balls that are watertight and can not be changed are the end two in solid gold memory balls that hold ashes.

To Purchase your special memory ball and email me your six special photos you would like with you every day

email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and light

3D Hand and Footprints

2011-09-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

3 Dimensional Hand and Footprint

A couple of weeks ago I called for a couple of volunteers that had paper copies of Angel Baby hand or footprints there were happy to email me and share with the followers of my FB Page and Blog. I had a new idea and I wanted to make something and see how they worked out. If I have to make samples I would rather make something for a family that is going to love and treasure the piece of jewellery than make something for myself as goodness I have enough jewellery and I love to give things away.

Messaging with Jodie one of the volunteers yesterday reminded me of a little Angel girl. She was lost at 36 weeks gestation and I went to the mortuary and took her prints for her family. I remember what she looked like and what she was wearing but I don't remember at the time thinking her hands where anything other than normal. I took the moulds and came home and made the pendants. While making the pendants I discovered this little girl had really odd looking hands and very strange shaped fingers, they were really square. I had never seen hands like it before. I started to stress had I done something wrong had I failed to take the prints properly I was so worried but made the pendant anyway as that was the print this little Angel had given me.

I delivered the pendant to her dad a few days later. I nervously handed over the pendant. Her father held it in his hand and started to cry through his tears he softly and staring at the pendant "She had my hands" I then immediately looked at his hands and there they were only adult sized this little Angels hands her dad's hands were the same kind of odd and with very square fingers. What a special gift I had given him and I had worried so much. Yes I cried too and have never shared this story until yesterday.

Taking a paper copy of a hand or footprint that is emailed to me I can now help more families with this unique form of jewellery. I take the print through a series of processes of cast and mould making and eventually after loosing four what are called generations I am able to create a three dimensional hand for footprint piece of jewellery of your Angels hand or footprint.

The jewellery I create from these casts or moulds can be anything from pendants to charms for mum's or dad's and even ear rings known as "Evan is Waving ear rings" have been created using this method. I can make the jewellery in fine silver, sterling silver or gold in both 9ct and 18ct in all three gold colours. Only the fine silver versions of these pieces of jewellery will be able to hold ashes and I must place them in as part of the making process.

The piece of jewellery that is created is an exact replication of the print I am send and therefore no two are ever the same. The end result will always depend therefore on the quality of the original sent. This is no more obvious with little Zak's hand print that I worked with. The hospital took his print and his little finger was basically missing from the print and therefore is very hard to see in the final product. In the case of Xavier's print it has worked beautifully as it was a good strong clear print to start with.

All I know is I love the fact that they are all different and truly a copy of the print sent. I know this from reactions I get from families I make the jewellery for. Yesterday I got a message from the lovely Jodie and she was so happy with her pendant as it shows her little boys print perfectly and it reminder her that even at such a young age with regards to gestation her little man had her feet and second toe. Jodie's pendant could not be any more different to the one made for Ron using Xavier's print and this show how different we all really are.

Baby Xavier's print in a pendant for his Granddad Ron

Priced from $140
email to purchase sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Ear Rings of a Baby's hand in sterling silver and 18ct Gold
Ear rings of this style are know as
"Evan is Waving" Ear rings in honour of this little boy sadly lost too early

I am so in love with the detail that came out in these little hands when these ear rings are so small
Priced from $140 for silver to $250 for gold
to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Jodie's Little Angles print paired with a Dolphin an important part of his and her story

To have your story told in jewellery visit story jewellery on this blog

A closer look at the detail in the "Even is Waving" hand print ear rings
priced from $140 in silver and from $250 in gold the bigger the gold piece the more expensive due to amount and weight of gold used
to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Little Miss G's hand print as a Pandora bead

Big Brother Zak's hand print as a Pandora bead

Pandora style with 3D from $140
The same time and process required and made more difficult due to small size
to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Beautiful Baby Amalia's footprint for her dad

To know more about how Amalia's family is helping other families that suffer the loss of a child please visit Amalia's Lockets

Taken a couple of years ago using a different method that was only available to families in my home town, these are still some of my most favorite pieces I have ever created. Beautiful twin girls lost too early
This Dog Tag was for Dad

Little Angel toes for Mum in a heart

To purchase and order your 3 dimensional hand or footprint jewellery please email me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Prices for fine silver from $140 as it is such a very involved making process
Prices for gold will start at $240 due to the current price of gold and again the very involved process to make this style of jewellery

Other style of finger hand and footprint jewellery can be found on this blog
Finger Hand and Footprint jewellery
Colour Hand and Footprint Jewellery

Love and light

SIDS and Kids Qld Memorial Wall Launch

2011-08-24T15:49:00.001-07:00

SIDS and Kids Queensland Memorial Wall and Garden Opening

On Sunday the 21st of August 2011 I was asked to attend the opening of a very special memorial wall and garden at the head office of SIDS and Kids Qld.

What a wonderful day it turned out to be and what beautiful people I had the pleasure of meeting. I also caught up with the lovely Kylie Darbey and her beautiful boys and shed a tear at the plaque for you little girl Hayley who's short life is honoured in this beautiful place. Kylie is not only a beautiful person and sole but she is incredibly talented and spends a lot of her spare time making wonderful Journals for Yasminah's Gift of Hope.

At the launch there were tears and hugs and admiration as we listened to the founder of Sids Qld and her tireless efforts to start such a wonderful place where families can go and find help for the loss of any child up to the age of 6 years that unfortunately are lost not only to Sids but under any sad circumstance.

This beautiful garden can now be a place where families can go and feel safe and peaceful a place where they can just sit and remember not only their baby or child but all the Angel babies and children. My friend Brenda has now ordered a plaque for her Little boy Zak and another for her Auntie that lost a baby many years ago. This baby is buried in New Zealand but will be honoured and remembered in this garden. This has brought so much peace her her as she now has a special place in Australia and close to home where she can go and remember.

To have a plaque placed in this special garden all you need to do is visit or contact SIDS and Kids Qld. The plaques are free but most families leave a donation to help SIDS to continue their wonderful work and maintain the garden.

The gorgeous mural and wall with sadly too many names on it. Lots of tissues needed as I read names especially when I know so many of the families

A place in the garden where families can also leave personal massages to their children

Garden Plaque names

A peaceful waterfall flows in this special place

There always has to be a cake

Walking into the front reception you are greeted with on of CarlyMarie's gorgeous Butterfly Beach images. WOW!!!! it looks amazing

On this special day I met a lady that has written a wonderful book that is helping many families to cope with Miscarriage and Pregnancy loss you may like to check her book out at
www.ntpages.com.au/therapist/31621
email: lnleece@bigpond.net.au

Big Love and Hugs to all the families and stuff of SIDS and Kids Qld

In Angels Arms

2011-08-22T15:18:00.001-07:00

In Angels Arms

Everyday as I honour lives in jewellery I read and hear countless story's. So many of them are beyond sad as the lives are lost too early. Some are of wonderful lives lived for years and through the tears of the loss you can see the happiness of a long and wonderful life.

I listen to all the stories and do truly take them all on board. I stress over every piece of jewellery I make and not a day would go by when tears are not shed in my office or work room. Especially the days when an image may arrive that is going to go into a locket. It seems to be so much more real when you get to see the face of the loved one that a family has been talking and emailing about. Even images of the tiniest of hands or little feet just make my heart so sad.

How do I deal with so much sadness and loss everyday?
I get asked this a lot.
To say that some days I just don't is true.
Then I discovered YOGA

Yoga? Yes Yoga, I felt that I was holding onto every loss I read about and ever loved one that entered my home. I was so heavy with grief that I was no longer going to be helpful to anyone. So Yoga was the answer. If anyone has ever done Yoga you find yourself at the start and finish of every session whether as home or in a class with "Quite"time. In this quite time I would say the names of the loved ones I have read about that week and the ones I have placed into jewellery. Then as I said their name I would visualize each of them with an Angel and if an Adult they would take the hand of their Angel and go to Heaven. If the loved one is a Baby then I would say the name of the baby and have an Angel pick the baby up in their arms and shield them with their wings and carry them away. Tears always trickle a little down my face and I am sure people worry about me if I am doing a Yoga class but I don't care, as this practice then clears my heart and I am then able to go on and help the next family that needs me.

This is never to say that any of the lives I have honoured are ever forgotten. I think of so many of you everyday. Just having released the life to an Angel helps my heart to heal and takes away the heaviness.

This I guess is why I was so drawn to the following range. I have known of these beautiful pieces for years and have only now decided it is time to share. Each piece in some way can hold your loved one in the Arms of An Angel and is the best way I can find to show what I see during my Yoga.

My personal favorite is the Angel that holds the Angel stone that can hold a personalized image.
Please email me if you find something in this range that may help you.

Postage is for Australia Only for overseas please email me for postage quote
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

"Angel Blessings" 12.7cm High
Angel Holding personalized Angel Stone. Any image of your choice can be placed into this stone for you. Ideas, A photo of your Angel, Name in the Sand image, Poem, Hand or Footprints any image really that means something to you
$59
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)
(This style of Angel stone Angel is currently out of stock. back very soon I hope)

If you do not have an image then you can have your Angel Stone Angel holding a butterfly Available in Purple as pictured or Natural (same colour as the Angel)

"Heavenly Blessings" 11.5cm High
Angel Stone Angel can be personalized as the ones above
$59
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

"Grace" 17cm High Shelf Sitter
Angel Stone Angel can be personalized as the ones above
$59
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

"Angel Treasures" 27.3cm
$65
Angel Stone Angel can be personalized as the ones above
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

"Angel and Baby" 22.2cm High
$49
To purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (for overseas freight please email me)

"Essence of Love" 15.9cm High
$49
To purchase please email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (Overseas freight please email me)

"Angel sleeping in Wings" 35.6cm
$55
To Purchase please email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Express Freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

"Angel Sleeping in Wing" 22.9cm
$25
To Purchase please email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

Angel Wing Keepsake Box 12.7cm x 11.4cm x 5.7cm
$39
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Express freight in Aust $13 (for overseas freight please email me)

Angel Wing Photo Frame
$39
To Purchase email me sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
express freight Aust $13 (overseas freight please email me)

How one family personalized their Angel stone to remember a baby girl lost too early. This image has a very special meaning to them. This image was also taken by the family and has given me permission to share her. I love that this image shows her beautiful wings shimmer. All the Angels above have wings that are sprinkled with Angel dust.

Postage is for Australia Only for overseas please email me for postage quote
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

email me to purchase and personalize your Angel stone
sue@sueellasignaturs.com.au

Love and light

Weddings

2011-08-11T16:55:00.001-07:00

Weddings

Is your special day coming up? Will there be someone special watching over you from Heaven that you wished could be with you? Will you do something special to honour then and remember then on your special day?

I have been married for 7yrs now to my wonderful husband Mark. Mark had lost his mother when he was only 8 and I had lost a much loved Grandmother and Great Aunt many years ago. We remembered these loved ones with a special prayer and lighting of three candles at the beginning of our service to represent them watching over us from Heaven.

My Grandmother was also part of our Wedding for the fact that her pearls were my something old. I did not wear them as you would normally wear pearls as one of her necklaces had broken years ago so instead of having them restrung I hand sewed them into the train on my dress.

As jewellery is my art form now days I have helped many families have a special loved one with them on their special day. Maybe that could be something simple as a Pearl.

A Godfather walked down the isle with this lady with is image in a glass pendant and special words they use to share on the back.

This lady's Mother had passed away only a few months before her wedding so in a special locket with a photo of the two of them and words to her mother on the other side this locket was also part of a bridal bouquet and later to become a treasured piece of jewellery to wear.

Gold lockets can be worn or placed in with flowers.

Lockets in silver of all shapes and sizes can be used in many ways for ideas click here to see locket idea blog post

If a locket is not for you then maybe just a simple pendant with ashes or hair from a loved one may be more your style many shapes available in 9ct gold and silver see jewellery for ashes by clicking here.

Long before I found my passion for helping families heal with my jewellery I use to just make general keepsakes and from time to time I still do. This is my husbands fingerprint in fine silver in one of my favorite lockets. A wedding photo is on the other side.

His print is also on the back of this Angel wing. I wear this almost everyday. I am so fortunate that Mark is still very much with me on this earth but I still love to wear his print and have him with me where ever I go. Especially when I travel.

A favorite gift of mine to give as a Wedding gift. This is one of my many memory balls with a series of favorite shots from our day in Black & White. I love Black & White images in silver.

Last idea for this post as always my favorite the Angel ball. So simple and so beautiful a simple ringing ball that will chime as you walk sending messages from Heaven. To know more about the Healing power of Angel balls click here to see blog post

In a few short weeks I have a lovely friend getting Married and sadly her Angel Baby Boy will be watching from Heaven. I dedicate this post to her and her family. On this special day Blake will be remembered and will also be in many pieces of jewellery. His ashes have been placed in all sorts of styles from lockets to shells, to suit Aunty's, cousins and of course his Mum. It has been a long journey for this family since first meeting them after the sad loss of Blake. I remember getting an email from Blake's mum not long after Christmas saying how her jeweller was so special as Blake got to be in every Christmas day photo taken. I now know this will also be her thoughts with her special Wedding photos.
I will be thinking of you all and I know Blake will be watching so look for his signs. I send you Big Love and Hugs for the day. ♥

Please email me if you are looking for something special for your big day
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and Light

Audrey Hepburn's Beauty Secret......

2011-08-09T16:09:00.000-07:00

My office is filled with letters, notes, cards and images that so many lovely families send me. I keep them all and many hang on cork boards or are framed. They remind me on the tough days that what I do makes a difference and helps families to heal. A lot of your emails also go to my testimonial page, a page I read often. Again to remind me to keep going along the path my Angels have chosen for me. The tough days are not only the days I read your stories to help create something special, tough days are also the days I spend editing images for lockets. They say "a picture paints a thousand words", I think that is an understatement, I see so much more in everyone.

Now back to the reason for this post as I seem to have got sidetracked. As I looked around my office today I was reminded and read something I have had up for years and just wanted to share. Many of you would have read it before, I love it.

Audrey Hepburn's Beauty Secret.......

Love and Light to all
I hope you liked her words

Jewellery for Children and Siblings

2011-08-08T16:36:00.000-07:00

Children and Siblings

Far to often I am sadly asked to help families find special jewellery for Children. The jewellery could be for a surviving twin, or a sibling that has lost a big brother or sister prior to their birth or maybe a little bother or sister, in Heaven sometime born sleeping or has passed too early.

Children who have lost Parents, Grandparents or a significant loved one can also find healing in special memorial jewellery.

Many people have asked me if I think that children are too young for such special jewellery. All I can say is that from all the families of children I have made jewellery for I get nothing but good and positive feedback about how much the jewellery has helped the child. How it has calmed a child and that they totally understand the importance of the piece and it is treated with so much love and care. Email after email comes into my office with beautiful stories of the words that have come out of a child's mouth in relation to their special piece of jewellery.

Pieces for Children can be as simple as An Angel Ball or as Personal and individualized as a Locket. Most adult sized jewellery can be found in smaller versions for children. Dog tags can be engraved or etched. Lockets can be personalized. Small stone pendants can have images of loved ones, or hand and footprints placed into the back. Natural stones are often better than lockets as they do not open, the child can see the image by simply turning the stone over. Lockets I would only recommend to a slightly older child as lockets can be delicate and a small child will often open them too far and can break the hinges.

Always feel free to contact me for more ideas that may suit your family situation
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

A Bracelet for a surviving twin

This is an Adult size bracelet that is clicked back to make it the size that will fit a child then held back with a small butterfly clip pendant to represent a sister lost. As the child grows the bracelet is just not pined back as far. This is a piece the child can then, with proper care have for life. Always having something to honour a sibling with them as they grow.

An Angel Ball So simple so beautiful
click here to find out why

Hand or footprints of siblings in gold or silver any size available

silver or 9ct gold hand or footprints

Engraving or etching available Tags can be made in a size to suit a child

Simply engraving names or etching photos is lovely for a child

Lockets are available in sizes suitable for children
they can be personalized in the same way
Please click here to see Locket ideas

Natural stones also available in sizes suitable for children and can be personalized
click here to find out more about Natural stones

Please email me to purchase or go through ideas that may help a child in your life
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and light

Angel "Telephone"

2011-08-02T23:18:00.000-07:00

Angel "Telephone"

I was contacted by a lovely family in Perth not long after I posted about The Healing Power of Angel Balls. This family was trying to find something simple yet meaningful to help them Heal after the loss of their Baby Girl. Little did they know the true power of something this special especially as seen by a young boy. below with their permission I will share their story of how Angel Balls have helped the whole family heal. They have asked to share in the hope that this story may too help others. Big Love and Hugs for sharing.

Hi Sue,

I'm so sorry that i did'nt reply sooner. I've had such a busy week and just didn't have the time to sit down and really give this email my full attention like it deserves.

We did get our Angel Balls and they are everything we expected and more. I absolutely agree with you about the engraving. It is written so delicately and they are just beautiful. Thankyou so much, not only have they given us a sence of closure but have also helped our family in a way we did'nt expect.

As i'm sure you assumed that one of the balls was for me and the other was for my husband. Well when we recieved them we unpacked the parcel together and looked and listened to each of them. I placed mine on my chain and put it on more or less straight away. Mark intended to put his on a string of leather that he has hung up in his office which also has our 2 sons finger prints in silver hung on. My eldest son Marky Jr is nearly 3 and a half and was very excited about my pregnancy, came with me to all my ultrasounds and appointments and he was always asking questions and is a very protective big brother. He would also pretend he had a baby in his tummy and when we first told him that i was pregnant i was only six weeks along. We asked if he wanted another baby brother or a little sister and he said with no doubt that the baby was a little sister. Nothing during my pregnancy would change his mind and eventually we found out that he was right and we were expecting a girl.

Then when we lost our baby we told him that God had made her an Angel and needed to take her up to Heaven to be his special helper, but he is still so young and doesn't quiet understand, and would ask about why we couldn't visit her in Heaven or give her the things we had brought for her. Two months later he still asks about his little sister or "our Angel" and when we can go see her. So ofcourse he was very inquistive when we were unpacking the Angel Balls and asked alot of questions. We told him that they were a special present that God had posted from Heaven for us because he knew we were sad that we couldn'nt bring our baby home. I said they were magical because even though we could never see her the Angel Balls would let us talk to her from Heaven. Marky thought about this for a few seconds and jingled the ball, then said to me "No Mummy Angels don't talk to me, she is singing". He had a few more questions then decided it was like a telephone and when we had answered all his questions he ran to his bedroom and got his St Christpher necklace that we gave him for his christening and told me that he wanted to sing with sister too. And since then he has worn my husband's Angel Ball, but if you ask Marky it's his Angel Telephone.

Sending you so much love and thankyou with all my heart,

Deb xo

Receiving an email like that not only brings out the tissues it also acts as a sign to me from my Angels that I am doing what they have chosen for me to do. This is to help families heal through jewellery, the only language I know.

To read more about Angel balls click here for my Healing with Angel Balls post. Angel balls are also available through this blog or email me to purchase

sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

An Angel ball on a bracelet that can come off and go on a necklace at any time price included engraving of your Angels name onto the ball $120
to purchase email
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
other Angel Ball style available on the blog right hand side under
Angel Balls

The Power of A Natural Stone

2011-08-01T21:53:00.000-07:00

The Power of A Natural Stone or Crystal

I truly believe that everything on this earth holds an energy. Have you even looked through an Antique store and felt the energy of items inside have you ever wanted to know the stories they could tell? The other day I put a customers necklace on to show her what it looked like on and boy did it feel strange and trust me I am no stranger to putting on lots of different jewellery. I also remember a time I had to do a quick repair for a very special lady to a very important locket of her "Wow" is all I could say. What an amazing energy that piece has I could feel how much it was loved and needed to go home very very quickly.

For centuries people have believed and used natural stones and Crystals for healing. Stones are loved by so many that I often get asked to place loved ones ashes, hair and images in the back of natural stones either for Love or the particular energy one stone my be known to have. Not only do I love natural stones for their beauty and healing powers but not two are ever the same just as no two lives.

If you have a stone that is special to you whether it be a birthstone a stone for Healing, Love, Peace or Abundance please let me know as I can probably get one for you in the shape and size that will suit you. Or it may just be a colour you would like. From Reds to Pinks to Blues Greens and Black stones will suit you all.

Things I have placed in the back of Natural stones are so very personal and the images in the post are just a very few I have done. I place CarlyMarie images in quite often as well as hair that you can see across little hands or footprints. Faces young or old. I placed a much love partners ashes only a week ago under a Yin Yang symbol in the back of a Lapis Lazuli as it was a special stone to a family. I have even sealed a prosthetic eye of a Friends husband in the back of one of the prettiest pink stones I have ever had. As this lady knows sometimes the stones will pick you. Amazing how the stones know.

So leave a comment and tell us about your favorite stone or crystal or email me if you have something special you would like sealed into the back of a stone for you
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Moonstone on of the most popular stones

A set of Moonstones

Rose Quartz yet another very popular stone for Love

Back of the Rose Quartz

Front and back of a stone that was chosen for it colour and shape as a "blue green" stone "teardrop" was the request from this special lady

Rose Quartz again with a very Fancy setting. Settings can be simple or fancy

I get asked quite a bit about this stone and settings similar to this. This stone is now with a very special friend of mine and I truly believe it was sent from Heaven just for her by her three little girls. I have never been able to find one like it since. I can get similar setting but nothing quite this magical has come across my path again.

This is not to say I can not find you something very special and unique for you I just want to re state that every stone is different and unique and this makes these stones even more special

A CarlyMarie image in the back

A Yin Yang placed in the back and under this is ashes of a much loved and missed partner

Hair can be placed and sealed so you can see it. Popular to be placed over hand or footprints

Black Onyx with a fingerprint in fine silver in the back

A cabochon cut Amethyst with loved ones images in the back

The lady that ordered these two has ordered many stones from me and in fact bought me the beautiful book "Crystal Therapy, How to Heal and Empower your life with Crystal Energy" by Doreen Virtue. So special for her to do that for me as she wanted me to understand more about the stones and crystals I was working with and that I may be able to help others with this book.
I keep it on my desk

Remember no two stones are the same and let me know your favorite prices of stones will vary depending on the type of stone and the size stones can also be reset in 9ct gold.
Prices can start as low as $65 to as high as $200 for silver depending on your stone and then gold can be quoted as size will make a big difference in the amount of Gold required

email me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
to order your special stone or crystal

Love and light

Colour Hand and Footprints into jewellery

2011-07-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

Colour Hand and Footprints into Jewellery

Adding to more options to be able to have your loved ones hand and footprints to jewellery. These options show your colour images you email me sealed into jewellery. I will edit re size and seal them for you. My personal favorite is the Angel Wing Below.

To see other options go to post
Finger, Hand and Footprints into Jewellery

Print sealed into the back of an Angel Wing
Prices from $110

Prints placed inside lockets can go on necklaces or bracelets in Silver or Gold lockets for necklaces prices will range depending on locket chosen
Prices will start at an average of $135 for sterling silver
Gold locket prices start at $150

Prints can be sealed into the back of pendants this one is sterling silver. Natural stones are available and very popular along with a small range of 9ct gold pendants.

email me to purchase your colour hand or footprint jewellery and we can work together on style that will suit you most

sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Finger, Hand or Footprints into Jewellery

2011-07-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

Finger, Hand or Footprints into Jewellery

No two fingerprints are the same nor are little hand and footprints. No two lives or stories are the same. Anyone that has followed my jewellery for any time now would know that creating jewellery that is unique and one off is my passion.

Capturing finger, hand or footprints into your jewellery is available is so many ways. I will now try to explain the different options available.

If possible and you live within Australia I like to take a rubber mould. To do this I will send you a DVD and send you the material to take the print. This of course is not possible in allot of cases. Not to worry if you have a paper copy of finger, hand or footprints I will still be able to create something special and as one off as your loved ones print.

All you will need to do is scan then email me your loved ones prints. I will then replicate this into my computer and have it pressed or diamond etched into your choice of 9ct gold, fine silver, sterling silver or stainless steel. Many shapes and sizes are available and via email we can go though what is best for your taste. Diamond etched is a "Cleaner" flatter finish and will suit some. Where as fine silver or pressed in prints are more "Earthy" and "Organic" in the way they appear and it is up the individual as to what will suit them best.

Your colour copies of loved ones prints can also be used and placed into lockets or the back of pendants. I will explain and show samples of this in another post.

The following are some samples of the different types of prints
to see prints in colour in jewellery see post

Lots of different shapes and styles available this is just a look at the basics

Colour hand and footprints in jewellery
Or 3D Hand and Footprint Jewellery

Personal favorite An Angel Wing

Angel Wing with Fingerprint on the back, hand or footprints can be pressed in or colour copies can also be placed in the back
prices from $125 email me with your prints to purchase
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Baby's Actual footprints re sized and pressed into the back on an Angel wing
$155
To order email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Available to be made in gold and price will vary on the price of gold that day
Ave cost in 9ct gold $550
pendant is 3.5cm x 1cm

Solid 9ct gold baby footprints these prints are taken from your emailed copy of prints and then pressed into the gold or fine silver
Prices in Gold start at $300

Little feet or hands in fine silver taken from your emailed paper copy
prices start from $110

More little feet different shapes available just email me your prints
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Handprints can be emailed and used as charms
email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

A Three dimensional version of a footprint
This is taken from an emailed copy of prints you may have
Every print will vary and differ as every print is different the result may depend on the quality of original print taken. These can be made to hold ashes.
To have your child's actual foot or hand print made into this style please email me
sue@sueeelasignatures.com.au
These can be made into pendants, charms or even ear rings and Pandora style beads or clip charms for Thomas Sabo style bracelets
9ct gold also available in this style.
Prices for fine silver start at $140 as this is quite a complex procedure

Please visit 3D hand and footprint blog post

A Three dimensional look can also be achieved just email the scanned copies of the hands or feet prints and I can achieve a look like this.
This is an Angel Babies toes set into a heart shape placed on a pear pendant
Available in fine silver or 9ct Gold
email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

The Three dimensional look with an Angel Babies hand in a dog tag for Dad
Available in fine silver or 9ct gold
email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Fingerprint pressed into fine silver and placed into a locket
prices will depend on style and shape of locket. Gold lockets available. Along with the print you can place a photo on the other side
prices of lockets in silver from $135
Lockets if gold from $250

Men's fine silver dog tag handmade with print pressed in
prices from $90

Solid 9ct yellow gold discs can have prints diamond etched onto them
prices depend on size of pendant and its weight in gold
prices can start at $300

Diamond Etched print on men's stainless dog tag
price of single etched tag $90

New style above of engraving prints into pendant dog tags or pendants shapes for ladies available. This new style if stunning as you can feel the print of you loved on making you feel even closer to them. Ave Cost of engraved print and pendant $90
To order email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Diamond Etched print on men's stainless dog tag
price of single etched tag $90

solid 9ct gold pendant with hand diamond etched

Men's double dog tags with hand and footprint diamond etched on
price of double tag $170

Men's double dog tag with hand and fingerprint etched on
men's double etched tags $170

Men's single dog tag with footprints
single etched tags
$90

Fine silver fingerprint on the back of natural stone pendant
prices will vary on stone used can start at $130

To have your loved ones finger, hand or footprint placed in your choice of jewellery and to purchase please email me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Hand and Footprints if Colour in Jewellery

Melting down your old Gold

2011-07-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

Melting down your Old Gold

Recently I was asked for a price on a 2cm round engraving disc to have two little faces diamond etched on. This lady's sister has a silver one and she loves it so much she wanted one. As she only wears gold she of course wanted a gold one. Gold as everyone knows has become very expensive. I am fortunate enough to work with some amazing and talented jewellers and we are able to to melt down your old unworn or broken gold and have that made or put towards your new jewellery piece.

The Gold you have melted down can be either 9ct or 18ct gold of any colour. The idea of melting down and reusing gold really does save you allot of money and can also be very significant to people if you happen to use Gold that maybe you were given by a special loved one, maybe you no longer wear this jewellery but would wear it again as a memorial piece with their ashes safe inside. This I understand my sound upsetting to some, however I see it could be significant to others as the jewellery they melt down could be very special. I am always open to anything that may be meaningful to anyone.

What would need to happen is to weigh your old gold then in the process of manufacture you loose about 10% of the weight. This is sent to the manufacture where the gold is melted down and used to make your special piece of jewellery. I can get more gold added to your gold if it does not cover the weight needed for you special piece. The Gold added would be charged at that days gold price. Then a manufacturing fee is added this is 20% of the value of the gold sent by you, again based on the price of gold for that day. Sorry I can not quote a dollar value in this post at gold prices change daily. If you ever want this done via email I will be able to help you with a price.

The average weight of a solid gold memorial piece of jewellery is between 6 and 8 grams I can however have your jewellery made to most weights you would like.
Remember you do not pay for the gold you have sent me you are charged 20% of its value as a manufacturing fee only.

Ideas for jewellery that can be made are memorial jewellery pieces that come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. The most popular shapes are round balls, Hearts both puff and slide and crosses. Please email me if you have a shape in mind you would like and we can have this handmade for you some shapes will require an extra charge if unusual as a template will need to be created. However using your old gold will still significantly help keep the cost to you down.

As well as memorial pendants for ashes and hair you could have flat engraving discs make that can have hand or footprints or a face diamond etched on.

Some Gold images and samples are below. If you like any of the styles on this blog that are sterling silver in the memorial jewellery range these are all available on request in solid gold.

14mm Solid 9ct yellow gold ball that hair or ashes can be placed inside by me or sent to you and you can fill yourself as the bail on the top unscrews

18mm solid gold puff heart that you can place ashes or hair in yourself or you can register post your ashes or hair to me and I will fill and seal for you
also available in smaller sizes

A flat 9ct yellow gold engraving disc with a hand print diamond etched on.

A round 9ct yellow gold engraving disc that will soon have faces diamond etched onto this was made using old, broken and unworn gold.

remember we can make most shapes that you would like. Gold can not be used to make lockets that hold photos only pendants.

always feel free to email me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and light

FAQ&A

2011-07-13T19:53:00.000-07:00

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

I spend a lot of my day helping families via email or over the phone. I know you have allot of questions and I know how important the piece of jewellery you choose is and that it must be just "right"

I think even harder than choosing sometimes is the posting of ashes, I think all of you that do post me small portions are so brave and I thank you for trusting me so much to make the jewellery that will honour our loved one. It is a true privilege to help.

I just want to cover a few regular questions today and finish the blog with a copy of the FAQ&A from my website.

Yes I post overseas I had received and posted back ashes and hair from all corners of the world.

Best mailing proceedure

All ashes and hair are sent registered mail so must be signed for. The average postage time is two weeks. If you want express courier services it is more expensive but will get to and from in less than 5 days

The best way to post ashes is in a small plastic zip lock bag. Only about a teaspoon is required or not even that depending on the piece of jewellery and I will return to you what is not used.

I recommend you do not handle the ashes yourself please have a family member or trusted Friend do this for you.

Postal address is
Sue-Ella Signatures
P O Box 852
Jimboomba Qld 4280
Australia

Yes I do have some pieces that you can fill yourself. However all lockets and handmade pieces I must seal for you.

Fingerprint, Hand and footprint jewellery is also available world wide we can work together on options that suit you. I will post more about these options soon.

Most recently I have started working with the most talented jeweller's I could find, so more of the one off creations available that were once only available in fine silver are now also available in 9ct yellow gold, prices will depend on the weight and size of the jewellery

Below is the FAQ&A's from my Website

Please always feel free to email me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Love and Light

"Imaginary Friends?"

2011-07-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

"Imaginary Friends?"

I was organizing dinner and watching TV the other day and we have this quiz show in Australia called Millionaires Hot Seat. Not a show I normally watch but it was on anyway. This show has a host called Eddie lets not get into our opinion of him as that is not what this post is about.

Anyway Eddie the host was talking to one of the contestants and it was all a big joke as they talked about the contestants "imaginary Friend" he had as a kid, she was a fairy and her name was Glenda (don't remember the name I am drawing from Wizard of OZ for this one) it is not relevant anyway what her name was. What is relevant is they proceeded to go on and laugh at "imaginary friends" and how all kids seem to have them and that we grow out of them. Joke Joke Joke.

Well I don't find anything funny at all about imaginary Friends in fact I envy the children that have the innocence to see them and talk and play with them. It is only as we grow older that we are taught and told they are not real by ignorant people. Who is to say that these "friends" are not our guides our lost family members from years ago or our Guardian Angels who for a short few years relish in the love that they are truly able to be seen and heard by us. I have known too many children that imaginary friends bare striking similarities and names to lost family members that they would never have met or known about. Make a place for them in your home and heart and if need be at the dinner table.

I think too many dreams of children are squashed by those that "know better than them". We can all, if we listen hard enough even as adults hear our old friends the ones we knew as children trying to contact and talk to us. Some of us call it "intuition" or "Gut feelings" we know we need to trust and listen more.

All this got me to remembering my favorite book of all time. A book that is of few words has many lovely images and only takes about 5 minutes to read, however it's contents will stay with you a lifetime. I have it on a stand in my lounge room and when I have really had a bad day and need some reminding that I am never alone I read this book. It is called "Peace Angels" by Antoniette Sampson please if you would like one just Google or look in your favorite on line book store you will find it. I have given it as a gift to so many and you should truly give it as a gift to yourself and your soul.

To sum it up briefly as I do not want to take away from its beauty when you read it. Oh and if you do have tissue ready. I will now do some brief quotes from it.

It starts at your birth

"When I came here the landing was very soft. I remember you were there with me, I opened my eyes hello"

"I always saw you, you and your friends"

"I was giddy with the light, I could climb mountains, I could fly, I was a King"

Then as you get older in this book and age a little

"Where did you go?"

"I had teacher now, teachers I could see, they told me you only existed in books"

"That real people knew better than to believe in fantasy"

Then later in this Little book as you journey though life and you learn to listen within yourself again it goes onto say

"Oh I missed you so much. But I was always here I never went away. who made the slippery rocks dry, who made the waves softer,who stopped the car"

"you are never alone"

"I have never left you, I will never leave you, we are together always every step, every breath, until the last, and when you leave I will come with you, on another adventure"

I will finish with a quote from the inside cover of this beautiful book

"I believe that peace
begins in your mind,
in your heart, and
lives all around you.
Remeber, Peace is on your lips and in your
hands" Antoinettet Sampson

Love and Light and Happy Listening

Early Pregnacy Loss

2011-06-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Jewellery ideas for early Pregnancy loss

Today's blog post will be very similar in ideas to an early post "lost years ago." Similar in the way that you may not have hand or footprints of your baby. No hair locks or even have gotten to the stage that you named your baby. However it was your baby you were pregnant and you want to have something to remember and honour a life sadly lost.

Miscarriage is something many just do not understand on an emotional level unless you have been there. Many would just tell you to forget and move on. Don't let people tell you how to feel or what you should and should not remember. My pregnancy was very much a surprise after years of thinking it was never going to happen seeing those two pink lines I must say was quite a shock, an exciting shock but a shock none the less.

Sadly we lost the baby very early and never got to know the sex nor did we name the baby but we did have a nickname and that was "Bubby" not very original I know but that was who I would talk to everyday.

Ways I remember Bubby are that I have a name in the sand. A butterfly from butterfly beach. These are in a locket. I taped one of the pregnancy tests to the back of one and it is framed. This may sound strange but no one can see the test. I know it is there and to me it is "Proof of Life" and all I really have. I took another test as my husband just did not believe me. That test is in a beautiful Eddy Bear that sits on our bed. Tracey from Eddy Bear has also put early pregnancy scans into bears again the only proof of life or image of a baby that you may have that sadly left too soon.

The Birthstone from the month of conception can be found in many pieces of jewellery and images from Carly can be placed in the back. Letters to Heaven can help heal. I have many many ideas in my head so if you feel there is something special for you out there I can help you find it. A butterfly, dragonfly, a star, a flower anything that says something to you is special and no one else has to know or understand its significance unless you choose to tell them.

Some ideas and images below as well as in post lost years ago.

A Dragonfly on a pearl

A butterfly on a necklace or bracelet (style can vary)

A Mother Child Pendant

One heart or multiple hearts as many people suffer multiple miscarriages

Bubby's images from Carly in a locket. Ultra sound images can also be scanned and resized then fitted into lockets for you.

Bubby's Treasure Tags from the Beautiful Amy

A simple initial with an Angel these are Bubby's and Christians

You can engrave a simple piece of jewellery to remember

One of Carly's butterflies in the back of a Rose Quartz

An Eddy Bear can have your baby's name embroidered on the little feet and if you kept a positive pregnancy test like I did you can place it inside. Maybe an ultrasound image can go inside if you have one.

Yes always a good idea an Angel Ball always so simple saying so much. Mine is just simply engraved "Bubby"

You can always contact me for something special for you
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Lost Years Ago

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Lost Years Ago

Over the past week I have had the privilege and honour to help 3 lovely lady's who all lost babies many many years ago. In fact these losses were decades ago. For these ladies it is still like it was yesterday. Their stories were all so touching and so sad and made even sadder because in years past they where not offered the help and support that can be found by us all today.

No help at the hospital no support groups or gifts of hope, photos taken by Heartfelt or something - anything you could take home. No hand or foot prints taken. Just cruel words like "go home, forget it happened" "You have more children at home be grateful and forget about this one"

Well these ladies did not forget the children they never go to see. Never given the chance to hold as that was not the "done thing" in one case it took over 30 years to find where twin baby boys had been laid to rest.

I don't want this post to be about what should have happened as we all know so much help is out there now. I want this post to be simply about ideas of what you can do to still capture something special in jewellery or a keepsake and how I have helped families that sadly could not get help before.

If you have not hair locks, No hand or footprints, No photographs you did not even get to hold or cuddle your baby. For you I send love now. I send thanks and am grateful to all the wonderful organizations out there that now offer help. I am thankful also to organizations like SANDS that have support groups for people that have suffered losses years ago and would like some help now.

Below I will try and offer some ideas of how I can help create a special keepsake piece of jewellery for you.

Firstly to create a special image that is will honour your baby, a unique moment in time that is yours and your baby's moment and that is to get a name in the sand from the beautiful CarlyMarie. Or a personalised butterfly from Butterfly beach from there we can place these images into lockets for you.

Under these images I can place soil from grave sites or images of the graves if that would bring you comfort. I have known and actually done this for a lady that lived interstate. I went to the cemetery photographed the plot then stood there and looked around and picked the first flower I saw. This flower was then placed under a photo in a locket along with a small amount of soil.

You can use a combinations of images from CarlyMarie and letters to you loved one like in the four way locket below. A recognition of life certificate, Angel images, A letter to this baby from her mother and a name in the sand.

You may prefer just something simple like just engraving special words onto a piece of jewellery

Write a letter the power of word can not be measured. Write it down and if you do not want a traditional locket we can seal the scaled down letter into this sterling silver envelope. I call these Letters to Heaven.

Last idea for this Blog and Angel ball this simple ball is so simple yet can say so much. To find out more about Angel Balls please read Blog post Healing power of Angel Balls

For more ideas or help please never hesitate to contact me
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

♥Love and light ♥

The Healing Power of An Angel Ball

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The Healing Power of An Angel ball

Angel Balls Available in Sterling Silver or 9ct Gold

"I just want something simple". "I don't know what I want or need"."I lost my baby very early in my pregnancy." " What is an Angel Ball?" "How can it help me remember and Heal?" "How do I wear it?" "What does it represent?"

These are some of the things I hear in emails, website enquires and on Facebook. I will now explain what an Angel Ball means to me and maybe it will help others.

I got my first Angel ball I must say over 15yrs ago I have always loved them. It is a very large ball that I hang on a long chain. After 15yrs it still chimes and sings the same beautiful message it always has. Angel Balls over the years have been called all sorts of things and have so many meanings to people. Some call them Fairy Balls, Gypsy Balls, Harmony Balls or as I know them Angel Balls. No matter what you choose to call them I believe they have an amazing ability to heal your heart and soul.

Many years ago I started to give Angel Balls to friends as gifts when they were pregnant as in times of Gypsy's they would wear them not only to protect an unborn child but the baby would hear the Angel ball sing and then when the baby would always know it's Mother when raised in a community of Gypsy's.

I try to help families with Angel Balls as so often families just want something simple or they don't really know what they are after or a baby was lost too early in a pregnancy to have hand or footprints taken. Angel Balls are perfect for everyone to remember anyone of any age as I engrave the ball with your loved ones name and as it rings I believe you hear your loved ones message from Heaven.

I have whole families that have embraced Angel Balls and an example is Ricky's family that all wear one to remember him. Anyone that has followed my FB page for any time would know how special his family has become to me. Not only do all Ricky's sister's and mother wear an Angel Ball so does is Goddaughter that was Christened after his passing. The Angel Ball was given to her as a gift from him to always know that he will be watching over her from Heaven. As it rings she will remember and hear him as he sends his messages. More recently I have had another whole family wear Angel Balls to remember a beautiful little boy sadly gone too soon.

People have also purchased Angel Balls purely due to the fact that they make "noise". Something they love as they may wish to have "sound" with them as they move. I remember helping a lady in America, she did not know what to wanted yet she just wanted something simple and small to remember her baby Anna. I told her about Angel Balls and she loved the idea so I got her one, had it engraved with Anna's name and sent it home. A few weeks later I got an email from her saying how much she loved her ball and that one day while in the kitchen her ball was ringing and her son said to her "Mommy I hear Anna" Yes I lost it and cried a river of tears. This is what an Angel Ball is suppose to do, they sound and send you messages.

Angel Balls are not only for loved ones lost they are also wonderful for having with you if a loved one is sick. I was helping a lovely lady years ago with a little locket idea to have her daughter with her all day even as she worked as a nurse at a hospital pediatric ward. Never did she think she would ever be "one"of "those" Mothers taken into "that" room to be told the devastating news she was about to be told. Immediately we stopped work on her locket and the focus was straight to an Angel ball one for her and one for her little girl. The Angel Ball for Mum was to wear and to listen too as her daughter underwent treatment. The Angels were sent to help calm her. Through emails I did hear that they did and that she would ring it and listen at the most difficult of times. Her little girl would wear hers always knowing she was not ever alone and would be protected. I am happy to say I got an email not so long ago from this lady and her daughter is doing well and should now have a long and happy life.

I mentioned briefly before I would give Angel Balls to friends years ago as a gift while they were pregnant to talk to and protect unborn babies. Sadly we all know that not all babies are born healthy and often Mum's and Dad's know the baby is sick well before birth with the results of scans and various other tests. Examples could be Heart Babies or Babies with Trisomy 18, these babies sometime will not be with there families on Earth long. This week I have sent an Angel Ball to a lady pregnant with a little boy with Trisomy 18 for now while he is still with his Mum I hope the Angel Ball will sing to him. Then as his Mother wrote "Goes to be with Jesus" I hope she will continue to wear the Angel Ball and hear his messages to her from Heaven.

Whether you choose to believe in Angel Balls or not I find them to me one of my personal favorites and if you are ever looking for something simple that can say so much and Angel Ball could be a good choice of keepsake for you. Angel Balls come in various sizes and are suitable for Necklaces or Bracelets as these pictures can show.

Never hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or think an Angel Ball my help you or someone you know sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Angel balls in silver range from $55 Available in solid 9ct Gold and priced from $290 to $420

Love and Light

Sterling Silver Angel Ball

9ct Gold Angel Balls Available (all three Gold Colours)

An Angel Ball in a Necklace different sizes and lengths available

An Angel Ball used as part of a Story Bracelet
See Story Jewellery Post for more details

Another Angel Ball uses as on a Story Bracelet

On a Bracelet so simple yet saying so much to this little girls Mum.

One Angel Ball remembering Two Angels in Heaven

An Angel Ball on my Pandora Bracelet

Red Nose Day 24th June 2011

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Red Haematite Clip Charm for Sale for SIDS and Kids Qld

For the next week I will be taking orders and selling this simple little clip charm. It looks so much like a Red Nose to me I am giving 100% of the profits of the charms sold this week to
SIDS and Kids Qld.

The charm is suitable to clip onto your Thomas Sabo style charm jewellery or any memory/story necklaces or jewellery you may have purchased from Sue-Ella Signatures.

You could also clip onto your regular style charm bracelets.

This Charm is sterling silver and has a Red Haematite ball on the end. Or my version of a Red Nose.

Thank you everyone for your continued support

Love and Light

Red Nose clip charms can be purchsed direct from Blog orders will be posted 29th June 2011