Individual Slim Story Beads

Sterling Silver, 9ct Gold Plated or Black Gold Rhodium Plated.

All beads are Sterling Silver.

Silver with a Gold or Black Rhodium plating has had a thin coating of the precious metal electroplated to the surface of solid silver, as this is a surface finish it can wear away over time. Rubbing can, of course, wear away plated or coated surfaces. Some substances in our daily lives can affect plating and cause silver to tarnish prematurely. Soap, water, hairspray, chlorine, perfume, food, latex, perspiration, even heat and the natural oils on our hands can cause tarnish and plating to wear.

You should always remove jewellery before showering or swimming as metals can react with shampoo, chemicals and chlorine. Never allow leather to get wet. Wet leather will stay damp inside and deteriorate from within, this will loosen the bond within the clasp and affect the strength and look of the leather.

As with all jewellery, straps, links and clasps can be opened, damaged or broken if not treated with care. Please check your jewellery carefully when you receive it and contact us within 7 days if it is delivered faulty or damaged.

Your jewellery is fully guaranteed for 6 months against faulty workmanship or materials - although this does not cover accidental damage, misuse or wear and tear. If you have a problem with plating within 3 month s of purchase we will re-plate free of charge, after this time we will charge a £20 re-plating fee.

This does not affect your statutory rights.

We can handstamp lower and uppercase letters (a-Z), numbers (0-9) and these special characters ° & ? / ( ) ! " . , : ; ? * (★). Spaces and these characters count as one letter.

We also have 16 design stamps (see our images), including infinity, yin yang and footprints. All you need to do is enter our two letter ‘code’ when personalising your jewellery. Design stamps count as two letters.

For example, for the infinity stamp, type #I

Your personalisation will be hand stamped, letter by letter, using individual hand held steel stamps and a very heavy hammer. Hand stamping takes time to complete and the end result is very different to machine aligned & engraved lettering (hurrah!) and that's why we do it; we want to achieve a look that is unique, quirky & clearly created by a human hand.

So, if you if you like perfect imperfection, hand stamped is for you!

However, if you like all your letters in a perfect line we do offer machine engraved items, but not this one; this one is just too special.

We even make the Story Beads by hand, one by one, to get the look just right. No machines (or robots) in sight! That's just how we like it.

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