The Maker

So this is the part where I share a little about myself and my why.

I’m Rosemary, born and raised in Shropshire, England. I first started making and selling art, jewellery and crafts at school, and did surprisingly well for a schoolgirl selling to friends and at church fairs. Back then, I imagined this would be my future, but teachers, friends and family insisted that you “can’t make a living from art.” So I put down my tools and went off to study geology instead.

After university, I felt a bit directionless. Geology was a wonderful subject to learn, but I knew I didn’t want to work for an oil or mining company. So I picked up whatever jobs I could and travelled extensively. After ten years of random work and long gap‑year adventures, the financial crash hit and suddenly finding work became much harder. I kept going; working, travelling, but I realised I needed to do something different.

Around this time, I started making things again: knitting, sewing clothes, learning from blogs and websites. I became fascinated by the people online who were making a living from their creativity. It lit a spark. I began to imagine my own business.

In 2013, I moved to London, and in 2014 I opened a small jewellery stall on Camden Market. At first it was very basic, mostly charms and wire‑wrapped stones, but as time went on, I learned how to run a business and took silversmithing courses at a local college. Lime Locket slowly grew into a successful Camden Market stall selling 100% “made by me” sterling silver jewellery.

When 2020 arrived, everything changed, and I had to reinvent the business. Over the last six years, I’ve used that upheaval as an excuse to feed the wanderlust I’d always felt. I now live on a narrowboat, which means I can keep travelling while continuing to work on the Lime Locket project. Creating, exploring, and building the life I once imagined as a schoolgirl selling handmade things at church fairs.