Precious as a Pearl

Precious as a Pearl offers a wide range of freshwater pearl jewellery handcrafted by Pauline Lomax in Cardiff, Wales.

[I Loves The ‘Diff @ILovesTheDiff]

Chrystal is missing in Cardiff.

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@hallsofllandaff Hilarious

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This weekend @PreciousasaPear will be at the Mid Wales Autumn Fair at the @royalwelshshow ground in @Builthwellstown
Looking forward to it.

Come along.

https://t.co/co5PmRFYPk

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Last weekend for this year at the Dahl gallery for the makers. Tomorrow Ben hosts and Pauline from @PreciousasaPear hosts on the final day - Sunday. #cardiff #Crafts #Gifts #MadeinWales #MadebyHand @ILovesTheDiff @CardiffBoat

[All things Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Cymruwrthgalon]

Small Welsh businesses are the reason I do what I do, my remit has changed over the last three years but I’ve been able to support some of the brilliant people I’ve met through this account by putting on events, some are now even stocked on the highstreets I manage ❤️❤️

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Going to see @mcflymusic tonight in #Cardiff #CardiffBay. Be sure and call into the @NorwegianChurch for beer or a coffee and pop upstairs to the @gallerygiftNC for some unique #locallymade #gifts Open til 7pm.

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@hallsofllandaff Let’s see the Irish white fairy?

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Thursday 18th July
Open til 6pm

Looking for a gift for the teacher?
Or something for the new graduate in your life?
You will be spoilt for choice.

Lots of gift ideas made by hand by local artists and artisans. Buy something unique.

#teachersgift
#graduationtreat

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@UKGiftHour @HourWelsh @CraftBizParty It’s been a while since I have been active on this platform. Here is one of my latest makes: freshwater pearls hand-knotted with a pretty baguette and gold plated clasp - half and half styled with a decorative sparkly gold plated paperclip link chain. #UKgiftHour #welshcrafthour

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Here for the #BruceSpringsteen concert? Be sure and call into the @NorwegianChurch Arts Centre and check out their wide collection of local handmade gift ideas.
Open til 4.30 today and Jane maker of this glass is your host. #MadeinWales #Madebyhand 12 local makers #Cardiff

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Turning in to a scorcher of a day. Perfect for @CardiffBayLife & a visit to the @NorwegianChurch & a pop into the accessible Dahl Gallery for gifts galore all locally made. Sue from @TheSandSeaandMe is your host today. Just four weeks left of Spring residency. #Cardiff

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Benvuto in Galles! Vieni a visitare la chiesa norvegese nella baia di Cardiff. Bella vista, caffè delizioso e regali di produzione locale! #GallesVItalia #WalesvItaly

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

This burden on younger people is one of the reasons (i think) for the current unhappiness within the junior doctor community: Sky high interest rates for huge debts that we can’t get out of.

This manifests itself in unhappiness, strike action and longer waiting lists.

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

Compare this to our parents generation who had their tuition fees paid and maintenance grants whilst at Uni paid for by the state.

Instead we’ve now shifted that burden to young people AND are making money off those who pay back their loan in full via sky high interest rates.

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

That cost is being especially born by women. Repayment has a 27k threshold and is income related meaning women take longer to pay and accrue more interest due to maternity leave, LTFT working and poorer pay in general!

My wife who qualified at the same time still has a 20k debt.

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

So students are being sidled with huge debts and then charged massive interest rates that most would never agree to in the free market.

For students with longer courses (like medicine) their debts can be over 100k and they’re accruing nearly 10k of debt PER YEAR.

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

But the travesty is how loans are managed and the interest rates.

Interest rates are between RPI and RPI+3% but capped at ‘prevailing market rates’ for post 2012 loans - which is a huge 7.3% interest rate currently!

The current Bank of England base rate is 5.25%.

[Precious as a Pearl @PreciousasaPear]

@UKGiftHour Thanks for the shout out!
#MadeinWales #Madebyhand

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#shopindie on #StDavidsDay with Welsh creatives @SarahLouCrafts @ShabbywonderUk @CakeOfTheArt @NattyFrayne @Kelebekstyles1 @saleslbveils @DragonsofWales @craftsupplies2u @kellythepoet @MolleCollection @JanePaiceArt @BlakewayRachael @PointyFaces @PreciousasaPear