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Friday, 14th May 2004 (5898 views)

A new UK store has opened in Berkshire, innovatively combining the sale of jewellery and hats.<BR/><BR/>Hats and Jewels of the Berkshires is run by Karen Karlberg, owner of the Becket Hat Company and Anne O'Neill who sells and makes jewellery at AT Artworks.<BR/><BR/>The pair combined their efforts to open the new store that will include high-end consignment jewellery and also repair jewellery for customers.<BR/><BR/>Ms Karlberg told icBerkshires: "It's really exciting…. I'm confident we'll do well."<BR/><BR/>"I'm definitely a bead-a-holic," said Ms O'Neill who has been making jewellery for 10 years. "I started wearing stuff I made at home, then selling it to my family, then having home parties, then doing custom work. I've sold on the Internet and around the county."<BR/><BR/>Due to owning such a huge amount of supplies for jewellery making, the store will stock new jewellery items every week.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=2623750"/>

 

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