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The offerings in her By Emily collection are a mixture of poise and playfulness drawing inspiration from beloved childhood stories and English history alike."

🌱 As featured in Country Living Magazine
🍁 Quintessentially British, handmade silver and gold jewellery
🌱 Collections inspired by nature & classic stories
🍁 Commissions and remodelling "Whether it be teatime or gin o'clock, the appropriate adornment is an absolute essential- thus consider designer maker Emily Sidwell, your duchess of artful accessories. http://fab.com/

It all began many years ag

o on her bedroom floor; inspired by favourite childhood tales she would sit for hours building houses out of shoe boxes with intricately drawn wallpaper and painted floor boards; she would meticulously glue together pieces of cardboard to create tiny but elaborate pieces of furniture; she would stitch dainty Victorian clothing decorated with ruffles and lace and beads. She was fascinated by history and narrative, swept away by minute detail. Since then it has been a whirlwind of adventure, while backpacking across the world after finishing her fine art degree Emily fell completely in love with jewellery making, a year later in 2011 she realised her dream and established an unmistakably English luxury jewellery company founded in London. Inspired by classic literature, Emily’s jewellery pieces reveal themselves like an unfolding narrative as intricate details are found upon closer inspection. Opening a locket can reveal a bee, the glint of rubies and emeralds can be caught in the eyes of hares or foxes and tiny diamonds can be discovered set in a ring. Her designs are never quite what they first appear to be as each piece had it’s own story to tell. Using the lost wax casting process, each tiny piece is first carved from a unique blend of wax resulting in figures that appear alive and untamed. The wax is then cast in precious metal and lovingly crafted together in her workshop in beautiful Oxfordshire. As each piece is handmade to order we can accommodate personal requests or even create something entirely new just for you so do get in touch, we would love to hear from you! So instead of her bedroom floor Emily now works at her bench designing and creating unique story inspired collections of exquisite tiny treasures from silver and gold for lovely customers all over the world. Our jewellery can also be found in boutiques and galleries across the UK, for a list of our stockists please do follow the link at the bottom of the page. By Emily- wear a story!

11/05/2026

“Walk three miles in all that dirt? You’ll not be fit to be seen!”
- Mrs Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

Mrs Bennett’s word rang through my mind as we adventured home through the fields today. Three miles.
We saw deer, came nose to nose with rather large and curious horses, we spotted our first swallows skirting over a farmers field, close enough to see their distinctive white tummies and long tail feathers, we collected stones and feathers and buttercups and a handful of cow parsley for the table. As Lizzie would say I’m very fond of walking”

I asked if they would do it again.

They said they would not 🤣

08/05/2026

Someone’s been at the lettuces again.

Imagine your carefully packed picnic basket, the sun still warm on the garden walls, bees bumbling past the alliums, you open the lid and beside your cheese and lettuce sandwiches and juicy strawberries there he is. Tucked in and entirely unbothered.

This little golden snail is one of my favourite things. He first appeared on the Peter Rabbit locket, the tiniest detail at the foot of the golden rabbit, almost hidden amongst the lettuce leaves and carrot roots. I loved him so much I had to let him venture out on his own.

He’s now a pendant in his own right. Made in recycled 9ct gold, every whorl of his shell shaped by hand.

Slow made. Worth the wait. Just like the best things always are.

He’s in the shop now, tap to find yours 🐌🥕

07/05/2026

I’ve been making jewellery in this little workshop for years now, and I still feel a happy flutter when I open the stable door in the morning.

It used to be a Victorian wash house, a tall chimney, brick walls, a window once covered with ivy. I’ve filled it slowly with the things I love. Postcards. Wallpaper. Books. Tools worn smooth with use. Dried flowers from the garden. The odd snail who wanders in uninvited.

This is where every piece begins. Not just the making of it, but the thinking of it, the sketching, the collecting, the starting again.

I make everything here by hand, one piece at a time, from recycled silver and gold. It takes longer that way. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

If you’re new here, hello. I’m Emily. Welcome to the workshop 🤍

Link in bio if you’d like to see what’s made here.

06/05/2026

I’m not really one for shouting about things, but this one feels worth sharing.

By Emily has been named a finalist in the Muddy Stilettos awards ~ Best Fashion & Interiors ~ and I’m genuinely a little lost for words.

Muddy Stilettos is one of those lovely corners of the internet that champions the small, the independent, the makers and the local businesses that put so much of themselves into what they do. To be noticed, let alone shortlisted, is something I’ll quietly treasure for a long time.
If you’ve ever bought a piece, sent me a message, shared something I’ve made, or simply followed along, thank you. You are entirely the reason this little handmade jewellery business exists.

If you’d like to vote, I’d love that. It takes about 30 seconds and means more than I can say. The link to vote is in my bio.

Voting closes 26th May at 1pm

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01/05/2026

April 🌸

Daisy chains and blossomy walks. Lunch eaten outside for the first time this year. Antique finds. Seeds on the windowsill, and a lettuce leaf necklace that made me very happy indeed.

Lambs in the field, happy hens, bangle commissions taking shape on the bench, a hill that absolutely needed rolling down, and, well, some secret plans I’m not quite ready to share yet.

May, I think we’re ready for you.

What did your April look like? 🌿

29/04/2026

There’s a particular blue that only exists for about three weeks a year.

Not quite purple. Not quite blue. Just that specific, soft, impossible colour that fills the woods in late April and makes you stop walking and just stand there for a moment.

I took a different path this week. Down through the old part of the wood where the bluebells have been coming back slowly, year by year, reclaiming the ground under the giants.

I didn’t intentionally go looking for inspiration. But I came home with it anyway.

This ring started there, in that light, with that colour, on that particular morning. By the time I got back to the bench I already knew what I was making.

I hope wearing it feels a little like that walk 🌿

The link is in my bio if you’d like it for yourself, or DM me if you’d like to talk about something made just for you 🤍

Handmade gold jewellery, inspired by the English countryside.

25/04/2026

Today is Shakespeare’s birthday.

Or thereabouts, nobody is entirely certain, which feels very right for a man who spent his life writing about the mysteries of being human.

I’ve been thinking this week about why stories find their way into everything I make. The symbolism, the literature, the myths that have been told and retold for centuries.
I think it’s because jewellery and stories do the same thing. They carry meaning across time. They keep people present long after they’ve gone.

Swipe through for the stories behind some of my pieces and the books that put them there 📖🤍

Handmade silver and gold jewellery, made in rural England.

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23/04/2026

I came very close to melting this one back down.

It had been sitting on the bench for months. Every time I picked it up something felt slightly wrong, not broken exactly, just not quite itself yet. Not ready.

There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes with that. When you can see what a piece wants to be but you can’t quite get there. When you’re not sure if you’re being patient or just stuck.

I nearly gave up on it. Turned the torch on and started again.

I didn’t. And I’m glad.

Because somewhere in that in-between time, when I’d stopped forcing it and just left it alone for a while, I saw what it needed. One small thing. Half an hour’s work. And suddenly it was exactly what it was always meant to be.

I think about this a lot. How the pieces that give me the most trouble are almost always the ones I end up loving most. And how often the answer isn’t to push harder but just to wait.

If you’ve ever abandoned something that wasn’t quite working, give it one more look. It might just need a little more time 🤍

22/04/2026

I make jewellery surrounded by fields in rural England.

Not a fancy white studio. Not a converted warehouse with exposed brick and a ring light. A bench in a Victorian wash house with ivy stained windows that looks out over a wild, over grown garden, and, on a clear day, a sky that goes on forever.

I think about this a lot on days like today. What it means to make something by hand, in this particular place, with this particular light coming through the window.

There’s nothing grand about it. But there’s something in the making of a small, careful thing, something that might last a hundred years, that feels like it belongs here. In the quiet. In the mud. In England.

If you’d like to see what comes off this bench, the link is in my bio 🤍

Handmade jewellery, made in rural England.

18/04/2026

There’s a walk I like to take before I go to the bench. Over the brook at the bottom of the field, following the hedge line, to the old oak. I pick things up. Notice things. A seed head. The curve of a frost-bitten leaf. The way light catches a spider’s web strung between two branches.

By the time I get back, I usually know what I’m making.

This is the piece that came from a walk — from sketch, to wax, to silver, to finished.

I hope watching it brings you a little of the quiet I feel when I’m making it.

If you’d like this piece for yourself, the link is in my bio 🌿

17/04/2026

There’s a word I keep coming back to. Slow.

Not lazy. Not behind. Just… deliberate. Made with care, at a pace that lets the work be good.

I’ve been making jewellery by hand in rural England for years, from recycled silver and gold, one piece at a time. It takes longer. It costs more. And it will still be beautiful long after fast fashion has dissolved into landfill.

Swipe through if you’ve ever wanted something made to last 🤍

Handmade silver and gold jewellery, made in rural England.

Address

Wightwick Manor, Wightwick Bank
Wolverhampton
WV6 8EE

Website

http://www.byemilyjewellery.com/, https://www.byemilyjewellery.com/collections/workshops, https://substack.com/@byemilyj

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