Christmas is coming! 

How are you doing your shopping this year? 

Braving the high street, visiting your favourite department store or by making yourself a nice cup of hot chocolate and lounging in front of the computer browsing?

If you find that you don't know where to head for to grab that special gift, and like us need to plan the route through town to the nearest coffee shop, here is where you can expect to see Kit Heath jewellery.

The high street has many unique and wonderful independant jewellers, which go to great lengths to ensure your shopping experience with them is as pleasurable and knowledgeable as possible, so if your looking for that personal shopping experience and require some time and good advice on your purchase, then we highly recommend that you head for your nearest local stockist of Kit Heath.

You can locate your nearest Kit Heath stockists through our website, or just by using the link provided below:

Find my nearest Kit Heath stockist

If a department store is your preference so you can get all your presents under one roof, then Kit Heath is available in Debenhams, John Lewis and House of Fraser. You can go in store, browse and try on for size, and if your still not sure you can simply revisit the jewellery from the comfort of your own home as Kit Heath is available online with the department stores also. Or vice verse, have a look at the collection available, then see it in store and even try it on.

Or if going out to face the Christmas crowds fills you with fear, Kit Heath has various online shopping experiences for you! As mentioned above we are available through the major department stores, but we are also available through their online stores as well as via Amazon - every ones best friend at Christmas!

To  round up; depending on how you like to shop, for that personal touch - visit your local jewellery shop.Kill two birds with one stone - go to your department store or from the sofa visit us online!

We have a special Christmas and Party section for our selection of the newest and most suitable jewellery for the occasion to help make those difficult decisions. Happy Shopping!

Experience a Kit Heath Event!

Kit Heath retailers have been running about with bubble machines and champagne fountains, arranging nibbles and goody bags all in aid of hosting their own in-store events. It all sounds like terrific fun, so what can you expect from a Kit Heath event?

Events will be running across the UK this winter and the themes are all inspired by our collections of the season. 

For Kit Heath the Champagne events are inspired by our Society pieces. At a Champagne event you can expect a luxury goody bags, competitions, bubble machines, a retro champagne fountain and nibbles. 

It all sets the scene to have a look at our latest designs and speak to the people who really know the history behind the designs and the Kit Heath story.

Our Midnight Beachcomber collection has an evening cocktail hour theme. Quirky fun such as "Messages in a bottle" lucky dip, prize draw and of course the cocktails and nibbles, all reflective of our Beachcomber look and feel. 

 

 

And then there are our Kit Heath Kids parties, including cupcakes and lemonade and of course there would be no party with out a game of pass the parcel lucky dip!

At Kit Heath we are well aware that buying jewellery is all about making the moment, walking out of a store with something truly precious, feeling great about the whole experience. Making it a real treat to remember.

Keep a look out on our facebook and twitter feeds to find out when and where our events are taking place. 

Everybody deserves a piece of Kit Heath! 

Online Christmas Gift Guide

Introducing the Kit Heath Gift Guide!

It is that time of year again, when we wrap up warm to brave the weather to trawl the high street, desperate to find THAT gift. You know, the one that your proud of. 

The gift that you KNOW will bring a super grin and will make a certain someone feel special not just for Christmas but day after day thereafter.

Far too often we head out with no compass as to where we can find these gifts, and end up just settling for the best thing we can find. 

At Kit Heath we have all decided that we are going to try and be far more savvy this year. We are thinking long and hard about what we are after before hitting the streets. We've even made lists!

The learning's of Christmases past has taught us we are not going to be lured into a purchase because of fatigue and we have lost the will to live, negotiating town with our bags and aching feet! Instead we are going to skip gayly from store to store with a wink and a smile to all those caring shop assistants!

But we don't feel we are alone this year, so we have produced a gift guide to assist you however you decide to shop. 

So here is the new online Christmas Gift guide to give you some new ideas for special presents for your loved ones this Christmas.

There is something for everyone, whether your budget is £40 or £300 the gift guide has something to inspire your choice this year.

Use this link to view the gift guide

Lets P.A.R.T.Y. Facebook Competition!

It might be dark outside, it might be getting chilly, we might feel like taking our duvets to work with us to spend the day eating chocolate and drinking soups.

BUT at Kit Heath we are determined to keep our chins up and feel chipper to ward away the winter blues! We are focusing on the coming festivities and the party season!  It's any fashionistas favorite time of the year after all! 

To help spread the cheer and excitement we are in the mood for a give away! We want to share with you lot and give away some champagne and some jewellery for one of our faithful facebook followers! (as that is what we would really like to keep us perky through out this winter!) 

To join in on the fun, join our facebook page, tell us what your going to wearing to your Christmas Party and why for the chance to win a Champagne necklace worth £52 and a bottle of Champagne to get your party started!

Tell us by simply posting a comment and/or photo on our wall between 1st November and 21st November. The winner will be selected by us on the 23rd November and receive their prize by 1st December in time to Party!

Good luck to everybody and we can't wait to see what you all will be wearing! 

Freeze Collection!

Medium Freeze Necklace

Kit Heath Autumn Winter 2011 brings to you Freeze part of our Glacier Collection.

Fjordic inspired shards of silver and 18ct gold plated silver designs inspired by the natural shapes found within a deep winter landscape. 

 

A timely arrival as the temperatures plummet and all daily fashion thoughts are lead towards warm woolly hats, boots, gloves and cozy scarves! 

Freeze offers a stunning, free flowing collection of icicles strung together the create an effective light catching jewellery. The necklaces come in three sizes, small, medium and large, as well as some pieces are available in two finishes - 18ct gold plated sterling silver and sterling silver. 

Gold Freeze Earrings

The Gold is available in the small Freeze Necklace and the matching Freeze Earrings, the wonderful warm colour of the 18ct gold makes a stunning contrast and softens the over all icy look. 

 

The silver Freeze set is available in three necklace sizes. 

The large Freeze Hero necklace is one of our made to order items which can be arranged via our website and takes 6-8 weeks to arrive from initial order, this is because each necklace is made individually for every order and comes complete with our Kit Heath stamp of quality. It is also our Autumn Winter 2011 Hero, our signature piece which sets the tone for the rest of our collection.

Large Freeze Necklace

Retaining the tactile feel of all Kit Heath jewellery, the Freeze jewellery is smooth, free moving and just glistens when worn. It would complement any work attire and would look stunning worn with that Christmas season party dress. Flattering all necklines with a truly eye catching shape and finish.

Just like coming out on a cold winters day we hope that Freeze will take your breath away!

Striking a cord!

Kit Heath are pleased to introduce cord as their new addition to the Autumn and Winter 2011 collection. 

The Tumble collection is simplicity at its very best captured by our designers, it includes a silver and gold version of a classic cord bracelet embellished with tumbled pebbles of Kit Heath Sterling silver.

Inspired by the tumbled stones along our Devon coastline, the tumbled silver and gold is incredibly tactile and smooth.

The bracelets are complimented by a necklace and a pair of simple studs which can be worn together for a complete delicate evening look or just on its own for a more casual "Saturday lunch with the ladies" look!

The 18ct gold plated silver bracelet is £55rrp and the silver is £45rrp both are available from all Kit Heath stockists this autumn.

We're a fan of the gold because it makes our diminishing tans appear that little bit more vibrant as the winter evenings draw in! To see more of the Tumble collection please visit our website.

 

We love the sandblasted detail on the middle pebble of this necklace and bracelet!

If neckwear is more your thing, you are a fan of colour and gemstones then the Carve necklace collection could well win you over. 

The cord and silver necklaces come in four different colours/stones; Turquoise, Smokey Quartz, Grey Agate and Blue Lace agate and all are priced at £40rrp. 

All the necklaces have complimentary coloured cords and all clasps and finishings are sterling silver, even the stone is finished off with a silver roundel with the Kit Heath stamp which gives our necklaces the Kit Heath mark of quality our customers are familiar with. 

We love this more casual necklace and see it being worn all day every day. If you want to see more on our cord jewellery you can visit our webite or view our latest newsletter! 

Kit Heath are Spot On this Autumn!

Kit Heath are Spot On this Autumn! 

Our designers have come up trumps with this new collection, perfect for the coming party season. 

Inspired by Champagne bubbles, this collection is available in sterling silver and 18ct gold plate and has the added advantage of being spot on trend for this Autumn/Winter trend....SPOTS!

So it is not just our designers who have taken inspiration from the sphere this Autumn season, Stella McCartney has launched a fabulous "ready to wear" collection that see's her spotted evening wear designs on the catwalk. 

Stella as usual is in good company with other designers such as Diane Von Furstenbergand and  Marc Jacob also introducing spots in to their autumn/winter collections. 
This trend has come to the high street in the form of spotted blazers, dresses and pencil skirts so the trend of mixing and matching designer with high street is set to continue through the winter and through to next year!
We can hear our wallets all breathe a small sigh of satisfaction at that!

Design A Bead Winners!!!

Kit Heath announce the Design A Bead Competition Winners! 

We would like to say a big thank you to all who entered the competition, the designs were fantastic and we all really enjoyed pinning them up, decorating our design suite!

Well done and thank you to all! 

The winner in the 8-11 age group was Sophia who designed a fabulous Owl which would look amazing as a bead, she had designed the owls shape to fit the space for the bead. All in all a very clever design and wonderful colours used! It made us all smile when we looked at it on our wall. 

The winner of the 4-7 age group was Imogen! Imogen designed a wonderful flower for us, she had even used silver pen to show us where additional silver decoration was to be used for the design. The pink center added a real shock of colour which caught our attention every time.

All the winners and runners up have received their bracelets with beads. But the winners beads are in the design process as we speak and will be created very soon. Once this has been completed, the winners designs will be sent to them hopefully in time for Christmas! These will be special one off creations and will not be available for purchase within the original collection.

We're on QVC!

Last month we had a visit from the QVC team to come and shoot our very own Kit Heath in his natural habitat. Being a quintessential British summer day it was pouring, how delightful!

Kit running away from the sea

QVC assured us they can do great things with wizardry cinematography and were unconcerned about the grizzly day, so in true British tradition we donned our macs and ventured out into the changeable conditions! 

Kits holiday home

True to form, it didn't stop Kit from showing QVC what it was that has inspired him to become one of the UK's leading jewellery designers.

Kit in his garden

Is that Sun as well as surf?!

It was all shot in a few different locations, Kits back garden as well as the stunningly dramatic Saunton Sands, which was also the location for the Robbie Williams video for Angels...

Tune in on Tuesday 13th September at 9pm Freeview 16, Virgin TV 740 or Freesat 800 for an opportunity to meet our Creative Director Yasmin Moss live. Yasmin will be giving a further insights and will be showing a few special pieces of jewellery from our collection.

Kit Heath Captured Competition

Kit Heath are excited to launch the Captured Competition! 

Enter the Kit Heath Captured Competition for a chance to get your hands on on of our popular Beachcomber bracelets!

To enter the competition upload your favorite holiday picture on to our Facebook page and tell us about it!
We’ll pick out favorites and then you can get to choose the winners!
The 3 most inspiring photos and memories will win a Beachcomber bracelet full of beads that match their memory!
For an idea of what we are looking for please have a look at our latest news letter:

The competition is open to all as long as they are not employed by or are family of a member of staff of Kit Heath.
This competition is not open to stockists of Kit Heath. The competition closes on 31st August, we will then post our favourites in an album for the public to choose, this will be posted up on 1st September and voting will close on 5th , prizes are as follows – The prizes are from the Beachcomber Collection

1st prize bracelet and 6 beads
2nd prize bracelet and 3 beads
3rd prize bracelet and 1 bead

(All beads will be chosen by the winners)

Entries will be short listed and displayed on our Facebook page to be judges by our Facebook users, the most popular and the image with the most “likes” will win the competition.
The winners entries will be displayed online and in our newsletter, only the winners first name will be displayed.

What a really fun way to get to know our lovely fans! 

For full information, terms and conditions please visit our website. 

Kit Heath Destination Inspiration

We are often asked at Kit Heath about what inspires us in what we design and create for our collections, and it has to be said as soon as someone mentions spring/summer collections we stare off into a dreamy land of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and shangri la!

Kit Heath Holiday Jewellery

So here we are a taster of what we dream about along with the results. Gorgeous jewellery to be worn with your favourite denim cut off's or maxi dress!

Thank heavens for the good weather and the summer holidays have begun - we thought it would never arrive!

Kids Design A Bead Competition!

Kit Heath Kids are proud to announce the exciting ‘Design a Bead’ competition exclusively for kids. Children are invited to let their imagination run riot and try their hand at designing a bead, with any pattern or illustration they chose. 

Two lucky winners will be selected and have their designs transformed into real beads, to wear on a silver bracelet along with a selection of other beautiful Kit Heath beads, all included in the prize!

These two winners will be chosen from two different age groups, 4-7years and 8-11 years. Not only will there be 2 first prizes, but 3 lucky runners up from each age group will receive a colourful bracelet filled with beads!

To enter this exciting competition just download the entry form from the Kit Heath website www.kitheathkids.com and get designing!  

This is your chance to have fun, be creative and have your child win an individual piece of jewellery to cherish!

Launch date is 22nd July, closing date 31st August.

Please see our previous competition entries and the winners beads on facebook here!

For full terms and conditions please visit the website

For a full stockist list go to www.kitheathkids.com   

Kit Heath Treasure Hunt Winners!

We want to congratulate all of our lucky Treasure Hunt winners and say a massive thank you to all who have taken part throughout June and who will have received their tiny message in a bottle! 

The give away has now sadly ended and for those of you out there who are still holding on to your tickets, please get in touch soon to avoid disappointment!

We hope you have enjoyed the fun as much as we have and a big big thank you for all your lovely messages you have sent to us.

We have more competitions planned through out the year to the fun is not over yet, we have coming up an exciting opportunity for Kit Heath Kids, our usual launch competition on Facebook as well as a few other joint promotions to ensure we are treating our loyal followers the best way we know how!

For those that have missed the opportunity to grab a free Beachcomber bead, don't worry we are still offering 10% off all beachcomber bracelets and necklaces until the end of July - just enter TREASUREB at the checkout to receive your new price at 10% off!

Nautical Kit Heath!

If its summer time and there is an outdoor event going on - someone somewhere is always wearing.....stripes!

Here at Kit Heath we just love the Nautical trends that re-occur in one form or another year on year - making us re-asses our wardrobes and head out to the shops to grab the latest pair of espadrille wedges and St.James t-shirt! Its timeless, classic and well lets face it makes casual, smart!

It marks the arrival of summer, of holidays by the coast, relaxation and excitement.

We love it on the beach, we love it for Cowes week and for Henley. We love it for summer BBQ's with friends and a glass of Pimms or three, but most of all we love it for its sense of tradition. 

Whether it is stripes, knots, yacht motifs or gold bottoms on sleeves - sometimes it is the little things that make an outfit bang on trend. 

Its all about the embellishments, so lets make it a figure of eight necklace in high polished silver to match the stainless steel cleats on deck!

It's couture roots make us feel like Coco herself, aspirations of 20's glamour aboard luxury yachts, hazy evenings in Saint Tropez soaking up the chic bars and restaurants by the marina post afternoon cruise. Yes, yes, yes! Let it be us - the glitterati, swapping Jimmy Choo's for Dubarrys!

We know it comes about every year and that is why we love it so - it's like the CocaCola advert reminds us its Christmas and that "the holidays are coming!"

Further reading on this years contributions to the trend:

http://www.ssasychic.com/fashion/spring-2011-fashion-trend-nautical-stripes/

http://www.teenvogue.com/style/2011/03/spring-2011-runway-nautical-trend#intro

http://www.fashion-spy.co.uk/?p=777

 

Kit Heath Trend Alert!

This season's trend appears to be led by stars at recent events such as Cannes and the MTV music awards such as Emma Watson, Penelope Cruz, Cheryl Cole and Uma Therman. These ladies we fastidiously study and they have led the way early on by sporting white outfits to events this summer.

The inspiration behind the latest all white trend? We are not entirely sure, but it could have something to do with our recent royal wedding and "that" dress which has seen a sudden influx of replicas hit the high street stores.

Or it could be the London Fashion Week catwalk inspired by Badgley Mischka and Gianfranco Ferre as pictured and then there's the Nina Ricci and Yves St. Laurent white trench coats, white dresses from Alexander McQueen, Just Cavalli, and John Galliano, AND then there are the white suits from Pucci, Louis Vuitton, and Blumarine. Phew!

Either way, here at Kit Heath we are delighted to be able to accessorise this season's hottest new trend with some whites of our own. 

Enjoy! 

Kit Heath Launch £4000 Beachcomber Give Away!

Kit Heath Launch £4000 Beachcomber Treasure Hunt Give Away!

Over 90 little bottles each with a message in for their recipient will be winging their way to the lucky winners as of the 1st of June. 
Kit Heath website orders will have one of these little bottles inside which entitles the receiver to the Beachcomber bead that is pictured on the little note found inside the bottle. 
 
The winner is to contact Kit Heath via email to redeem the prize which will be sent out to them. We have one of every bead in the collection to give away - including the latest English Riviera collection!


All very well, we here you say if the winners have a beachcomber bracelet to put these little treasures on! Well, we are running an extra special promotion for these winners on the Beachcomber carrier bracelets as well during this period!


The give away is ruinning the whole month of June! So if you were thinking about ordering those earrings or getting that bracelet you ave a month to receive an extra little bonus as a gift from us to you!

Kit Heath's New Retail Furniture!

Kit Heath Roll Out Stunning Retail Furniture!

Kit Heath is rolling out a stunning range of Retail Furniture and in little over 2 months has secured ten store locations and has significant interest from many other retailers.

The Kit Heath in store retail concept has been created to deliver an unrivalled experience in jewellery presentation and communication.
As a further means to support the retailer the brand has created branded units designed to fit in an existing store space. 

With the ever increasing emphasis on the consumer "experience" and the "look and feel" of the high street retailers, the growth of expectations from programmes like Mary Queen of Shops, (now the backing from the government) it is foremost in the consumers mind set.
Kit Heath realise especially in these fragile times that to expect retailers to revamp an entire shop floor to suit our ideal brand presence to meet these growing demands is unrealistic.

However, we CAN assist the retailer to present our jewellery in the way in which we envision by creating these units that can be positioned easily and effortlessly in an existing store space with little excess cost to the retailer. 

We don't expect our retailers to do a store make over to suit our every launch (twice a year), but we will support the retailer by supplying the updated brand imagery which is produced to fit with in the existing units.

Visually stunning, the furniture features a striking glass wall unit and unique children’s jewellery rotating carousel, both designed to enhance any jewellery shop and to present your Kit Heath jewellery in the best possible way for your customers.

The furniture is manufactured to exacting standards in the UK by a North Devon team of jewellery shop fitters, featuring state of the art LED lighting, toughened glass for high visibility, and a wealth of additional features. Kit Heath Retail Furniture represents outstanding and exceptional quality and design.

Kit Heath’s Retail Furniture will be on display at IJL in September 2011

Further reading