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WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT OUR BAR NECKLACES?

Each Mint & Birch bar necklace is cut by hand in our studio. Each one starts out as a large sheet of extra thick, premium, high quality, 14k gold fill or sterling silver from reputable mills in North America and is stamped using hand tools, and polished in our studio using professional materials. We promise that our necklaces are worth the price! We do NOT use gold plated materials. Instead, we use heavy gold fill, which contains more gold than gold plated, and is also permanent and will not wear off or tarnish. 

Most importantly is the process in which we make our bars. We do not use a tumbler, in which many, many pieces can be polished and rough edges removed with little effort. Tumbling does not always remove all of the rough edges, but simply smoothes them down. Furthermore tumbling can cause micro scratches and wear off the gold in gold filled pieces leading to pre maturing tarnish. We do NOT do this- Instead, we use hand tools to individually file each bar to ensure that each edge is as smooth as possible. Your bar necklace will not flake or tarnish as each one is treated with care and not mass manufactured.

Most importantly, gold fill jewelry must contain a certain percentage of gold in order to be able to be legally called gold fill. This percentage is based on the weight of the piece. Here at Mint & Birch, we use extra thick and heavy bars for your necklaces so that the percentage of gold that you are getting per necklace is higher. This ensures a luxurious, long lasting piece that you can treasure for years to come. 

We also source thicker than average sheets of gold fill and sterling made in North American mills! Mint & Birch also works hard to create unique designs to hand stamp your necklaces with. In fact, some of our designs are even created specifically for us and cannot be found elsewhere! 

FOREVER MAMA™ Collection

Forever Mama™ Designs exclusively designed at Mint & Birch

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A B O U T  M I N T  &  B I R C H
Nice to meet you! My name is Jessica! I am the mama behind Mint & Birch. I'm Canadian, and I love toques, toonies. I say 'eh?' a lot, and yes. I do say "sorry" a lot! Thank you for stopping by! I am a wife, mama and friend. I love all things Mint. And birch. On a rainy day, you can find me snuggled up on the couch with my family with a mint coloured blanket. 
I started this company when I was just a new mama. It started out as a hobby: I would create pieces of jewellery for myself and for my friends. It was a way to spoil myself, my friends and to let my creative juices flow! Little did I know, my hobby was going to become a business! 

Because I focus on customized nest jewellery, I have the honour of hearing the stories behind the pieces that are commissioned. Stories of new life, milestones, celebration, weddings, joyous events, but also of grief and loss. I am so humbled to be making these special pieces. The most important thing that I have learnt as the owner of Mint & Birch is not how to run a business or how to make pretty jewellery. But instead, it's really shown me how important people and relationships are. And, I am so in awe of all the love that there is in the world. I see...friends who order their friends nests when they have a new baby because they believe mama needs to be spoiled.. doting husbands who fumble to pick just the perfect piece for their wives...Boyfriends proposing to girlfriends with a nest ring as a stand-in for an engagement ring at the goldsmiths'... new mamas picking out nests for their own mamas with their grandchildren in the nests... best friends ordering for each other... and the list goes on. 

A little about our jewellery... Mint and Birch strives to create unique, creative and different pieces while still be able to be paired with a classic timeless outfit, like a little black dress. For example, our stamped jewellery is created with bars cut out of brass. These brass bars are special because they patina into a warm, beautiful colour over time with wear. Our nest pieces are hand woven, moulded and sculpted with care and attention to detail. Each bend and twist in the nest is purposely created with the overall look of the finished product in mind. We do not simply purchase pendants and string them on a chain, but we hope that you see that each component of our pieces are carefully curated to create a unique look. 

Thank YOU for allowing me to capture these special moments in the form jewellery!

 
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