Jewellery Blog

Articles by Australian designer Simone Walsh

How to Measure Your Ring Size

Do you know your ring size? Shopping for rings (especially online) can be a minefield if you don't know your size - and buying the wrong sized rin...

All about gold: carats and karats

Gold has historically been one of the most popular (and most expensive) precious metals on the planet. But you might ask: why is gold so popular an...

Most popular jewellery for Christmas 2021

Wondering what our most popular Christmas gifts are this year? Every year I'm fascinated by what our customers shop for as Christmas gifts (includ...

What to wear: outfit ideas for Christmas & summer

No matter where you are on Earth, it's been a long, bizarre couple of years. With things slowly getting back to ‘normal’, many of us will be sched...

Christmas gift ideas for 2021

Here at Simone Walsh Jewellery, we’re getting our Christmas gift list together and checking it twice as soon as possible. There’s a bit of a bottl...

We need to talk about Christmas 2021

It's no secret that Christmas 2021 is still going to be affected by issues to do with the pandemic, along with ongoing global supply chain problems...

10 Tips to Quickly Clean Your Jewellery

Let's face it, everybody's jewellery needs a good clean occasionally. If you take a look at your own collection you'll probably notice your preciou...

Types of gold: solid gold, vermeil, gold filled, plated & more

If you’re shopping for gold jewellery, you might find yourself lost in jewellery jargon. What does it mean when jewellery is described as gold verm...

How to Wear Statement Jewellery

Our statement jewellery designs, including statement necklaces and earrings, are a great way to add some drama to an outfit: from casual to dressy....

Outfit ideas: mixed & matched jewellery

If you've read our article about How to Mix & Match jewellery and you're looking for some examples to inspire you, here are some selections we'...

What it means to truly support small shops, designers and artisans

A few years back I read an article in the lovely Onya Magazine about handmade jewellery which indicated that a price of $19 was decadent for a pair...

Most popular jewellery this Christmas - 2020 edition

Each year I get a kick out of seeing which of our Australian jewellery designs are most popular with our lovely customers in the lead up to Christm...