Treasure Box

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

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Charms

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 $150 two sides $195



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

Baby's hands or footprints placed into charms of all shapes can be done.
This family requested a snowflake style as snowflakes are special to them
They emailed me the prints from Canada and this is how it turned out on a Pandora style bead
Ave price $125



Harrison Heart Charm 1cm across and down

This sterling silver heart charm can be filled by me or yourself as the little heart has acrew in the back
available as a regular charm $90
Thomas Sabo style charm with clip $95
Pandora style charm $115 (the Pandora style bead is little love hearts)
Order is via email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au


A Harrison Heart with Shells soldered to the top $135

A Harrison Heart is sterling silver can hold ashes or hair and this one had a shell placed on the top for a family as the shells have meaning for them.
Butterflies, Dragonflies or other symbols can be placed on top
email to have your own personalization
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au



Clip charms available many shapes from $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

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Pets

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 7 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.

Idea for pet photo one side and paw print the other ashes can go under images

Pets actual paw print engraved on the front of a Pandora style locket ashes can go under images
$110 + $25 for paw print engraving

Gold and Silver style lockets with image of pet one side and actual paw print the other with fur on the paw print
Prices for lockets start at $135 (silver) depending on locket chosen 

A memory ball with 6 special images
prices from $180

To know more about memory ball go to blog link below and click
Memory Balls 

sterling silver heart paw print pendant $145

Paw print heart email to order
sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

Paw Print sterling silver $145

Paw print pendant to fill with ashes or fur

New Stainless Steel Pendant for ashes or fur $95ea

New range of hearts in Stainless steel 1.8cm across and the two black background ones are .5cm thick. the center one is more curved so only .3cm thick
all come with a choice of a ball or belchur stainless steel chain 70cm long that can be easily shortened
all unscrew at the top and can be easily filled with ashes or fur
$95 each
email to order sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
The back of each can be engraved at a flat rate of $15 per heart




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


pressed in print(actual size print taken from Pet)

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
prices vary depending on the size of the pendant and the weight of the silver or gold
average price $135 in silver



Your pets Paw prints used from email copy of prints on paper

Your Pets Paw prints can be used and made into pendants or charms from paper copies
silver from $125 solid gold from $350


below is 3D style print is actual size and print taken from pet

3D style print average price $135 in silver 


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

Eddy Bears can Hold ashes or hair from your beloved Pets



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.


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Shell for a Friend

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

Memory Balls

 No wait list for these items but please read blog carefully as your questions are probably answered here or at FAQ&A. Please read and once you have an idea of what you would like you can email me order sue@sueellasignatures.com.au


Conversation of silver memory balls to hold ashes or hair no longer available


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.

Starting from $190 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)

Another on of my personal balls "My Family"

One of my other memory balls with my family in it
Me and Mark, Bubby's butterfly in the sand, Baby J's Scan,
Our Chickens, Skitz the Cat, Shep our dog lost a few years ago

Plain silver balls $190 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 $1600
(Available to me made in all gold colours Yellow, White or Rose) 

Above is solid yellow 9ct gold
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 can hold ashes of a loved one. The two end photos of solid gold memory balls remain watertight.

$1600 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and sealing of ashes if required
if a solid gold chain is required one to suit is approx $880 depending on daily gold price you require a stone curb chain to hold the weight of these balls


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.

$1600 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images and sealing of ashes if required
if a solid gold chain is required one to suit is approx $880 depending on daily gold price you require a stone curb chain to hold the weight of these balls


22ct Yellow Gold dipped fancy Memory Ball $240
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



Plain gold dipped 22ct $220

$220 to purchase email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au
Price includes editing and fitting of your images
gold dipped chain to match in colour to ball $50 if required
silver balls are the only ones that come with chains 



Fancy Sterling silver Memory ball $220
Fancy silver $220 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 $190 (Plain ball)
perfect idea for Grandma to add grandbabies as they arrive

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

1.6cm sterling silver on a keyring $150

Smaller Memory ball 1.6m is a suggestion for those that do not wear jewellery
it is still sterling silver and a good size for a keyring $150
to order email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au


Memory ball 1.7cm style on a bracelet
$190

Sterling silver memory ball holds six images on a sterling silver bracelet
ball is 1.7cm bracelet is 19cm. Ball is placed on bolt ring so it can be removed and put on a necklace at any time. If you would like a neckchain as well they can be sent with bracelet for additional $25
I have only recently said YES to putting these on bracelets as you must be mindful the photos are not watertight and can be damaged when washing your hands. Memory balls on bracelets do get wet easier than necklaces. A spare set of images will be sent with your ball. replacement sets if required due to water damage can be sent to you at a cost of $20

To Order email sue@sueellasignatures.com.au

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3D Hand and Footprints

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


Triplet boys prints. lost at 1 hour, 10 days and 58 days. To honour their time on earth and their fight to stay each foot is a different size.
can be made in gold and to order just 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

If you already have a pendant made by someone else and would like it copied and made in solid 9 or 18ct gold click on link below

Turning your pendant from silver to gold 

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