Variety - the spice of life!

Myriad Life Jewellery came into being 9 years ago when I decided I'd had enough of working for other people and wanted to do something different. Having visited markets in Europe and seen the lovely displays and buzzing atmosphere there my thoughts turned to how I could create a stall with its own unique style right here in Norfolk. The idea was to create the kind of stall I myself would love to come across. I wanted to see variety, colour, regularly changing designs and to see, well something a little bit different from jewellery pinned to boards that you often see on stalls.

Typically (for me) I didn't take the easy route. My idea was to lay the jewellery out so that browsers could pick it up, not in packets, or on cards or putting ten of the same item up hanging up in a row but on tables colour coded so that potential customers could try it on, feel the quality and easily see the size of each item.

This means that setting up takes a long time to do. Putting up the frame is the easy bit, arranging everything takes hours! This means that if you come to see Myriad Life Jewellery at Fakenham Market on Thursday, you can come again to Diss Market on Friday and Sheringham Market on Saturday and see an altered display every time. The same happens with the scarves. The models get dressed on a daily basis, the colour combinations change every day.

Suppliers are reviewed continuously, I am keen to get the best designs and the best prices possible for my customers. Over the years regular customers have become friends I want to please and keep interested. They rely on the stall not only for their own accessories but for gifts for their friends and loved ones. I am passionate about keeping my customers happy, after all they are the whole point of the existance of the stall!

If you can't make it to a market or show the stall visits, you can still buy the jewellery & scarves via www.myriadlifejewellery.co.uk

Growing gills..

Just back from a very wet day at Sheringham Market. It has been a bitterly cold few days out on the markets of Norfolk, starting with Fakenham Market on Thursday. It didn't seem to matter how many layers I put on, the cold rushed straight through to my bones. At Diss market on Friday I developed a strategy of bouncing about the stall, hopping on one foot then the other and drinking copious amounts of tea.
This has two effects, one is odd looks from passers by and the other lots of visits to the loo.

It doesn't matter what flask I buy, it always ends up smashed eventually. The current one is doing well but it's not really big enough. It has been recommended that I buy a steel one from Morrisons, they don't have the inner ultra thin thermos lining that always seems to come a cropper as a booted foot kicks it over or it falls of the stool.

This cold weather means a constant hunger too. At the moment I'm not worrying too much about what I eat as I'm training to run the Race for Life but on Friday it has to be either chocolate cornflake cake for breakfast OR chocolate marshmallow cake. NOT both. (Although that does inadvertently happen on occasion.)

Spring is almost touchable now with evenings lightening a little longer every day. The birds sound very excitable as I leave in the morning which is also a good sign better days are to come. However the temperatures soar to 12 degrees one day and plummet to just a couple another, leaving it impossible for the body to regulate properly one way or the other. I can't wait until customers are complaining 'it's too hot' again, but it will surely come!

Visit the stall at Fakenham Auction Site Thursday, the blog is www.fakenhammarket.blogspot.com
Diss Market Friday (it's in the centre of the town, you can't miss it)
Sheringham Market Saturday (Wed from April - Oct)

Be fab in Feb

At last we are in the second month of the year. I don't mind January but it can drag on. Now Myriad Life Jewellery can begin to look to Spring and we are very much looking forward to the annual visit to ISF at Birmingham to find inspiration for Spring/Summer 2011.

With the launch of www.myriadlifejewellery.co.uk last March, it will be even more important to find the right jewellery & scarves to expand the collection. At last Myriad Life Jewellery is expanding across the UK and into Europe while keeping our heart in Norfolk!


2010 was a challenging year but one of the most exciting things to come out of it was the Myriad Life Jewellery retail website. It has been a chance to reach people who can't make it to the stall, and Myriad Life will endeavour to fill the website with as much choice as folk find when they can actually visit the stall, while keeping the service as friendly and personal.


The aim for the Myriad Life Jewellery website was to create a clear concise way to shop, an easy shopping basket with simple yet effective design. The most important thing is to show off the beautiful jewellery & scarves! So far this has been achieved but the coming year is set to be even more interesting so keep visiting...
www.myriadlifejewellery.co.uk to see what's new!