15 Things we're thankful for at Hand on Heart Jewellery

Hand on Heart Jewellery is celebrating it's 15th Birthday this month! It’s been an incredible fifteen years in business, creating beautiful personalised jewellery with heart and soul for our amazing customers. We’re marking the occasion with special celebrations (and birthday cake, of course!) and we also thought we’d look back over the years and celebrate fifteen things we're truly grateful for at Hand on Heart Jewellery.

1. Our Team
The Hand on Heart studio is a hive of talented people – they’re the ones who make our brand so special and unique. We’re totally dedicated to the happiness, wellbeing and personal development of our exceptional team. Their contentment is incredibly important to us, and we’re proud to provide a friendly and welcoming workplace where people can grow, learn and hone their skills. We take pride in the fact that each evening, they can walk out the door knowing they have contributed to creating something unique that our customers will love and treasure forever.

2. Our Studio
2024 was the year we moved into our new studio and while we were sad to leave our beautiful base in Hackthorpe, this move has allowed us to create the perfect environment for Hand on Heart Jewellery and it really feels like home. Equipped with everything we need to craft beautiful jewellery, our studio truly is the heart of our operations. Our favourite addition to our new home is our Memorial Wall, adorned with customer photos and stories. This wall symbolizes the trust our customers place in us and serves as a poignant reminder of why we create our meaningful pieces.

3. Our amazing customers
We are so very grateful for our customers, whose trust makes Hand on Heart Jewellery possible and we can't thank them enough for allowing us to create such special pieces of jewellery. Our customers' faith in us and the stories behind each order inspires us every day. Without our incredible customers, there would be no Hand on Heart Jewellery, and for them, we are eternally grateful.

4. Being able to give back
We are deeply thankful for the opportunity to give back to our community. Over the past fifteen years, we've had the privilege of working alongside some incredible charities, both national and local. We are especially proud of our close relationship with Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, local hospice centers that provide specialist care for adults and children in North Cumbria with life-limiting conditions. Additionally, we are grateful for our three-year partnership with Grief Encounter, a remarkable charity supporting bereaved children and young people across the UK. These collaborations not only allow us to contribute to meaningful causes but also enrich our lives and mission at Hand on Heart Jewellery.

5. Adorable Baby Prints
No matter how many we see, we’ll never get over the cuteness of baby prints – there’s just something about those little fingers and toes that make you melt! While we’re lucky to have been able to expand our jewellery ranges over the last fifteen years to include pawprint and memorial jewellery, we’ll never forget the very first piece we ever created, which was a tiny handprint on a heart necklace.

6. Innovation
We are immensely thankful for the spirit of innovation and creativity within the Hand on Heart Jewellery team. Our ability to develop new techniques and products to meet our customers' needs is something we take great pride in as it enables us to constantly adapt and refine our ranges. This drive for innovation ensures that we can continue to offer unique, meaningful, high-quality pieces that resonate with our customers.

7. Sweet Treats
When we’re not working hard creating beautiful jewellery, we’re probably eating. We love a good snack here at Hand on Heart and can often be found tucking into a sweet treat created by our very own queen of cakes, Ellie. Some of our favourite bakes of hers include her beautiful Birthday Cakes and perfectly decorated cupcakes. They’re the perfect fuel for our hard-working studio team!

8. Feedback
We are incredibly thankful for the customer feedback we receive, as it provides invaluable insights into what our customers truly want and need from our jewellery. The greatest advertising we can enjoy as a business is word of mouth from satisfied customers, which is a privilege and an honour we’ll never take for granted. Customer feedback not only helps us address and resolve any issues but also drives our growth as a business. Every piece of feedback is deeply appreciated and plays a very important role in our journey to provide exceptional service and truly meaningful products.

9. Growing Team HoH
It’s always an exciting time when we welcome new people to our growing Hand on Heart team. This is what our Managing Director, Amanda Dixon, said about recruitment: “As a business owner, fostering a work environment that is diverse, inclusive, and free of bias is incredibly important to me. I believe that my team should be given every opportunity to realise their dream, just as I have been able to. I am truly lucky to have an amazing team at Hand on Heart Jewellery and growing the company over the past thirteen years has enabled me to offer opportunities for talented people who can grow with the company and develop careers in something they truly love.” We think having a Managing Director like Amanda who is so interested and invested in the development of her team is one of the best aspects of working at Hand on Heart; we feel truly supported in our professional development and in pursuing our career aspirations here.

10. Pets
Our team is pet-obsessed, and nothing brings us more joy than seeing photos of the precious pawprints we’re lucky enough to transform into jewellery. We are so thankful to be able to create pieces as unique as your pets and hope that these keepsakes are a testament to the special bond you share with your four-legged family members.

11. Our magic process
We’re proud to create jewellery with heart and soul. We’ve been doing this for the last fifteen years, using processes and techniques which are completely unique to us. All our jewellery is created with love, care and attention, but there’s also a sprinkle of special magic which goes into our print jewellery – and that’s our magic printing kit, supplied free with every order for print jewellery. Just like magic, you simply wipe the included wet wipe over the hand or foot, press onto the printing kit and watch the print miraculously appear out of nowhere!


12. Christmas Festivities
If you follow us on social media, you’ll be well aware of how busy Christmas is here at Hand on Heart Jewellery and how much we absolutely love the festive period. Our preparations start early – it’s all hands on deck from September onwards, ensuring we can create as many unique pieces of jewellery as possible.

We might be running on gingerbread lattes, advent calendar chocolate and Christmas songs 95% of the time, but it’s worth it knowing how many people will have a Hand on Heart box under the tree on Christmas Day morning.


13. Customer Stories
We love hearing the incredible heartfelt stories behind the jewellery we create. Hearing the personal stories behind each piece is not only inspiring but also reinforces the significance of the work we do and it’s an honor to be part of these cherished memories. As we celebrate our 15th anniversary, we are dedicating this milestone to the loved ones we've created jewellery in memory of. These stories have been the foundation for our beautiful memorial wall, a daily reminder of the meaning behind our jewellery.

14. Reaching milestones
We are incredibly thankful for reaching the milestone of 15 years in business. From our humble beginnings at Amanda’s kitchen table, it’s truly remarkable to reflect on how far we’ve come. Over the past decade and a half, we’ve had the privilege of expanding our jewellery range from handprint jewellery to include pawprint and memorial pieces, allowing us to touch even more lives. This journey of growth and expansion is a testament to the support and trust of our customers, and we couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to continue creating meaningful keepsakes.


15. Our mission
Our Hand on Heart collections are not your average jewellery. We pride ourselves on creating handmade pieces that capture your precious memories and will be treasured for a lifetime. It’s true what we say about making jewellery with heart and soul – this is at the very core of absolutely everything we do. We don’t believe in trends or throwaway jewellery; we craft stunning pieces that capture sentimental memories, look beautiful and will stand the test of time – and we’re so proud to do it.