Above & Beyond Collection

This collection began long before it was a collection. It began as a solar system bracelet that was to become my little business as we know and love it. It all began when my youngest son had a fascination with space; around the same time that I found my love for crystals, rocks and minerals. I thought of an idea to buy him a bracelet, made of crystals, that looked like the solar system. I went online and scoured the web, but I couldn’t find any that would live up to his high expectations for “scientific accuracy,” or indeed an adequate representation of what our solar system actually looks like.

So, in true ADHD style, I thought, “I’ll just make one for him myself!” and I set about researching which crystals could be appropriate to represent each planet, their relative sizes, and the order in which they orbit our Sun. By the time I had saved up enough money to buy the materials I needed, (as there is only one of each “planet” on each bracelet) I had enough supplies to make 50 of them! So, I started selling and gifting them to family and friends.

In early 2022, an exciting opportunity presented itself to me in the form of a Dragon’s Den-style project, run by a local charity. They helped to fund my start-up and gave me training in business. The project also gave me purpose again and helped to build my confidence and self-esteem. I’ll be forever grateful to them for helping me and business to get off the ground.

In time, I added new designs, all based around the themes of nature, science, mental health and wellbeing. I’ve now categorised them and we have all our spacey designs in one place. “Above and Beyond” is a name that my son came up with for this collection as it represents the sky, stars and planets, but I also feel it’s a fitting name due to the lengths I will go, as a business owner, and a human being, to help bring joy, comfort and something a bit special to the lives of my customers and the people in my life.