shop update: See you at The Metz on March 27 for an early start to Earth Hour!

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Earth Hour comes on at 2030 hrs on Saturday, 27 March 2010 and we thought to start it early with a tea party. Join Cate and sustainable luxury jewellery designer Choo Yilin for a day of expressing your own love for the earth.

We will be giving 50 sgd cash vouchers for your five best pieces of unwanted office-wear in mint condition. These items will go to young ladies participating in a mentorship and career programme run by Beautiful People. Separately, Choo Yilin Artisan Jewellery will also be giving out 50 sgd cash vouchers for five pieces of sterling silver jewellery or 50 grams of sterling silver scrap. The designer will bring back the silver to the refinery in Bangkok and have it refined and reused for the label's silver work.

We're also unveiling a new ecologically and socially responsible label, Song. Discerning customers will love their design-driven and sustainable fashion pieces with friendly price points. And Choo Yilin launches the Bezel Series, a collection of stackable and layered coloured-gemstones pieces. It’s also an exciting swap from 50% to 99.9% reclaimed sterling silver.

Both collections are going for special prices on Saturday. In addition, there will be lots of other goodies as seen on our website. The details:

DATE: 27 Mar 10
TIME: 1100 – 1800 hrs
VENUE: The Metz
83 devonshire road
#05-01
singapore 239864
RSVP: 26 Mar 10 for catering purposes.

The Metz is accessible via Orchard Boulevard and River Valley Road, and is within walking distance of Somerset MRT Station.

For more information, please contact:
Cate – sharon@cate.com.sg or 9742 8178.
Choo Yilin Artisan Jewellery – info@chooyilin.com or 9451 1010/+66 849 026 409;


Looking forward to meeting you & your friends over tea!

the karen hilltribes trust

we are always very encouraged to hear of good that comes out of adversity and troubles in life. it's life-affirming and to us, points upwards to a God who sees, hears and helps. the Karen Hilltribes Trust is one such story, of a UK mother's quest to fulfill her volunteer son's wish to help the Karen people, cut short by his untimely car crash.

8 years on and with over £1.5million raised, the Karen Hilltribes Trust is now working in over 300 villages in a region covering 100 square miles of remote, mountainous country to fulfill three key aims of: improving health, improving education and improving the peoples' ability to generate income for themselves and their families. their projects include the installation of clean water systems and latrines, improving education by providing school buses, dormitories and teaching, building irrigation systems and regenerating land.

the long term vision is to see the Karen people empowered to support themselves in a sustainable way. and the trust continues the son, Richard Worsley's legacy by offering volunteers the opportunity to spend their gap year teaching English in a Karen School. if you'd like to help, visit their website here, and as mentioned in our last post, 100% of the proceeds of this gift set of 10 cleaning kits (S$60/US$43) will also go towards the trust.

happy Monday!