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	<description>Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)</description>
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		<title>Latest commission &#8211; Arabic cursive &#8220;Angel&#8221; pendant</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/11/07/latest-commission-arabic-cursive-angel-pendant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New pieces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brilliante]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my latest commission from a chap at my hubby&#8217;s work &#8211; who actually appreciates the value of handmade!  It&#8217;s to give to his daughter for her birthday.   He asked me to make a necklace/pendant with the word &#8220;Angel&#8221; in Arabic, about 2&#8243; long, as she loves anything to do with angels apparently, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design similarities</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/03/11/design-similarities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brooch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gemstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christine Roussel posted to Orchid yesterday and mentioned the work of a few lapidary artists, including Dalan Hargrave.  I looked at his work and found a piece which reminded me of a piece I had designed and made in December 2007 &#8211; a piece I had to quickly fabricate in a couple of days.  I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My daughter&#8217;s got the jewellery bug! :-D</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/02/21/my-daughters-got-the-jewellery-bug-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weekly journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well so much for my &#8220;weekly journal&#8221;!  I seem to write nothing for months and then write loads of posts all in one go!  It&#8217;s like buses, you wait for ages (for the buses, not my posts), then they all come at once. My husband and I took our daughter Chloe (almost 17) to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hubby&#8217;s parents&#8217; Christmas presents</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/02/21/hubbys-parents-christmas-presents/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/02/21/hubbys-parents-christmas-presents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New pieces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cord]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Christmas presents for my husband&#8217;s parents, I made a necklace for his mother and a bola tie for his father.  The pendant part of the necklace is made from sterling silver, amber, citrine and CZ&#8217;s.  I fabricated the sterling silver chain links and linked them together with 9K yellow gold jump rings I&#8217;d made, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some recent pendants</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/02/21/some-recent-pendants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a pendant I made for a friend who had just had a baby.  It&#8217;s a style that I make on a regular basis but one which I will soon be making exclusively for a jeweller who wants to sell it through his website.  I&#8217;ve had a few offers from people who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding presents for friends</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2009/02/21/wedding-presents-for-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rose quartz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently offered to make jewellery for a couple (my husband&#8217;s brother and his wife) as our wedding presents to them.  They both met while they were serving in the RAF and so had very particular ideas of what they wanted.  The bride asked for a butterfly bracelet in pink and the groom wanted some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling silver, Indian garnet and cubic zirconia pendant and earrings</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2008/11/02/sterling-silver-indian-garnet-and-cubic-zirconia-pendant-and-earrings/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2008/11/02/sterling-silver-indian-garnet-and-cubic-zirconia-pendant-and-earrings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another new piece (or pieces) that I&#8217;ve just finished.  I made it for my best friend&#8217;s birthday.  June loves to wear red so I thought garnet would be a good choice.  I used 2mm round wire for the &#8220;back bone&#8221; of the pendant and 1.2mm wire for the earrings.  I made the bezel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese turquoise, topaz and peridot necklace and earrings</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2008/11/02/chinese-turquoise-topaz-and-peridot-necklace-and-earrings/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2008/11/02/chinese-turquoise-topaz-and-peridot-necklace-and-earrings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently got back in touch with a friend I lost contact with when I moved up to Lancashire from Birmingham in 1993.  I&#8217;ve thought about her often but suddenly had an overwhelming urge to catch up again.  We were friends from when we were expecting our first children in 1986.  Sadly Jenny lost her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramblings of a self-trained jeweller &#8211; first foray into the world of blogging!</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/helensgems/2008/10/03/ramblings-of-a-self-trained-jeweller-first-foray-into-the-world-of-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helen hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks!  A quick introduction.  My name is Helen Hill and I live in Preston, Lancashire in the UK.  In spring 2006, I decided to try my hand at making silver and gemstone jewellery &#8211; something I had wanted to do for many years but had not previously had the opportunity to do.  I spent [...]]]></description>
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