About Our Company

The Jazzy Jewelz Studio aims to introduce children and adults to jewellery making with well designed projects that stimulate creativity and educate children about the importance of creating things by hand.

Beading is an excellent craft activity for children: it is fun and it is also very rewarding. It stimulates children's immagination and helps develop their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and cognitive skills such as planning and problem-solving. And most importantly it raises children's self-esteem and their confidence in their own abilities.

The materials we use....

The beads:

Much thought has gone into sourcing the materials to use in the various jewellery making projects for the parties. Quality and safety is always top priority. In some projects aimed at older children and adults we use semiprecious stones, colourful millefiori glass beads, imitation pearls ans silverplated beads. However, for some of our youngest “designers” the colour palette available with semiprecious stones is just too limited to be of a great appeal. Safety is also an issue and we prefer younger children to work with something less delicate and breakable than glass.

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And after searching long and hard we have finally found a wonderful range of lucite beads which is just perfect. Lucite, also know as “acrylic glass”, is a resin invented by Dupont in the nineteen thirties. It has been used in the designs of a variety of household objects, from chairs, to handbags, shoes and jewellery. Lucite was particularly popular in the thirties and fourties but it is still produced and widely used today. The material is non-toxic and, unlike other plastic beads, there are no sharp edges or seams on them. They are colourful and cute….no wonder children love them!

Nickel content:

All the plated items we use are guaranteed by our suppliers to meet the European Nickel Directives restricting the use of nickel. However, wherever possible we do try and stock metal component which are 100% nickel and lead free.

Aurora Lombardo, founder and owner of The Jazzy Jewelz Studio is an experienced designer-jeweller, specialising in glass and silver jewellery. She's also a contributor to "Creative Beads & Jewellery" magazine. A mother of two young children herself, Aurora enjoys sharing her skills and passion with children while running her own jewellery business. Please visit www.auroralombardo.com to see her latest collections.
She is insured for public liability and CRB checked.