Handmade Earrings Go Along With Wine and Cheese on Orkney!
You will find a shop in the centre of Kirkwall, on the very small island of Orkney, that exhibits incredible ranges of jewellery. From a Celtic pendant to handmade earrings you will find something for everyone. This is the sole shop which markets this range of locally-made fine jewellery.
Even so this Alladin’s Cave features far more than handmade earrings and jewellery for each and every event. Designer clothes and accessories from some of Orkney’s top fashion designers and craftspeople are showcased there. After making your jewellery choices you can peruse gifts, clothes, artwork, pottery and a lot of other Orkney classics.
The earliest jewelry items were available in this shop back in the 1960s, it was then owned by the present jewellery designer’s father and mother. She’d just graduated from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen and was in need of an outlet for her groundbreaking heritage jewellery. So she started her jewellery business from a corner shop, rather an non-traditional idea! Even so her fame grew, and over time she has grown to be known right across the UK, far from this small island.
The first shop on this site was called Kirkness and Gorie and was established in 1859 by her great-great grandfather. It began as a family grocer and later became a wine merchant offering continental produce. This service to tourists and the residents of Orkney has been expanded in recent times and now you can find another shop, entered via a connecting courtyard, which sells wine and wool. Here another family member takes care of business and also runs Orkney’s only wine festival each and every year. This started as a bit of an experiment, but has grown to be an eagerly anticipated event.
Handmade Earrings Are Merely The Tip Of The Iceberg
However, this month gourmet cheese has been added onto the plethora of treats being offered, to the delight of enthusiasts across Orkney. He is adopting the trend set by the original Victorian owners in importing only the highest quality wine and food.
So there were festivities this week with corks popping and happy faces saying “cheese”. Among the variety of cheeses on offer were hand made classics from Scotland, England, Wales, Spain, Italy and France. You’ll find fine farmhouse cheeses manufactured in Orkney too which are sold all over the country.
So now Broad Street in Kirkwall offers a one-stop shop for designer clothing, gifts, textiles, accessories, cheese, wine, wool – as well as handmade earrings and Celtic pendant designs that echo the Norse heritage of this northerly isle.
Cheese, wine and handmade earrings might appear to be an odd combination and you might want something more modern day than a Celtic pendant. In any case you will discover loads of bargains and unique designs on this website.
