Journal — Powerful Stories

NMJ Memoirs | Amber and Bronte
NMJ Memoirs is a series that advocates for love for all. A series filled with stories that will teach you, guide you, move you, surprise you. A series of love stories. Of human stories. A chance meeting became a lifelong love for Amber and Bronte and here they share with us their experience with love. “We met at an interesting...

NMJ Memoirs | Will Hyndman
NMJ Memoirs is a series that advocates for love for all. A series which will be filled with stories that will teach you, guide you, move you, surprise you. A series of love stories. Of human stories. Here, PR and Marketing Consultant Will Hyndman shares his experience with love and how falling in love with his partner Chris Phillips, proved...

NMJ Memoirs | Lucy Elizabeth Christopher
NMJ Memoirs is a series that advocates for love for all. A series which will be filled with stories that will teach you, guide you, move you, surprise you. A series of love stories. Of human stories. Here, we speak with Lucy Elizabeth Christopher and asked just question of Lucy, ‘Tell us your experience with love’ and she wrote...

Meet the Artisan | Doug Menadue, Master Gemstone Cutter
It’s easy to forget that behind every piece of Natalie Marie jewellery, are the many hands that contributed their own craft to creating the final piece. Through the many different processes involved in creation, from mining and sorting to cutting and crafting; each piece holds the combined skills of many artisans who contribute to the creation of a modern-day heirloom. Our...

A Powerful Conversation with Leda Ross

A Powerful Conversation with Celeste Tesoriero
For Celeste Tesoriero, success lies in those sacred moments when you feel bold and unafraid. Celeste has built her ecological expertise via her own eponymous label and working alongside some of the world's most sustainably-minded designers. We spoke with Celeste about the ever-changing perspective of success and the instilling of hope and inspiration through mindful sustainability discussion.

A Powerful Conversation with Danielle Gay

Meet The Maker | Jeremy Lee, JD.Lee Furniture

Meet the Maker | Nich Zalmstra, Rolling Dawn Films

Meet the Founders of Yalari | Waverley and Llew

Meet the Maker | Niah McLeod

Meet the Maker | Jade Lister—Buttle

Meet the Maker | Silk and Bramble - Mindfully Crafted Silk Ribbons
Slowly crafted by hand using largely botanical ingredients foraged and found in nature or their own garden. We sat down with Lauren, founder of Silk and Bramble, to chat about her unique, mindful process, and what it means to her to have her silks part of a couples special day.

Zinovia and Julia on the purest love of all, motherhood.

A Conversation with Amanda Bardas About Modern Heirloom Jewellery

A Conversation with Kelly Müller About Meaningful Jewellery
Without tales of love, there would be no purpose, without milestone moments there would be no craft; individual stories are the cornerstone of why we do what we do. We are grounded in the belief that jewellery has the ability to embody special memories, feelings and moments, and we are devoted to showing our customers how beautifully this can be...

Meet Alison Rice, Founder of Offline, Host and Conscious Career Coach
If you’re not yet familiar with the wonderful Alison Rice, we are thrilled to introduce you to her. Owning a collective title of award-winning publisher, conscious career coach, podcast host and digital leader, Alison is undeniably one of the most prolific women in Australian media. In her former years she launched and led acclaimed U.S digital sites including PopSugar, Byrdie,...

Setting Intentions for the New Year with Jacqui Lewis
Words by Jacqui Lewis, The Broad Place It has certainly been a challenging year for many of us, and it could be said that the aftershocks of 2020 will be felt for a long time yet to come. Yet, this year also presented much growth, an opportunity to pare back, to go within, and to explore not the world, but...

The Sunday Edition | A Conversation with Zeenat Wilkinson
We are delighted to introduce you to New Zealand-based freelance fashion creative and founder of SAUCE, Zeenat Wilkinson. Zeenat prefers to honour her journey as an ‘evolutionary process’, of which her experiences as fashion stylist and editor living between Mumbai and London in her former years, led her to fill an enormous gap in a saturated, click-bait digital space. The...

An authentic conversation with the bright, energetic force of Bianca Gregg.
Bianca Gregg is the co-founder and director of Del Rainbow; a Global Sales and Brand Development Agency that champions brands with intention. Bianca founded her business with a single mission – to express other people’s stories to the world authentically and define their ‘why’ from a space of true love, care and passion. Her unwavering eagerness to carve a niche...

Creating timeless designs with consciousness at the heart, a conversation with Juliet Souter
Juliet Souter is the co-founder and creative director of Marle, a premium womenswear label grounded on the philosophy of everyday luxury. Based out of the beautiful beach town of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, each piece by Marle is made entirely from natural fabrics and fibres, with Juliet being committed to building a high-quality brand that leaves a lighter footprint...

How spreading love and goodwill makes us beautiful, a conversation with Elle Halliwell
We are passionate about sharing the tales of people who are making a positive change in the world we are living in today - Elle Halliwell is one of those people. She is an Australian journalist, speaker, health coach and author whose mission is to inspire others to live their best lives. In her former years, Elle was the young,...

Once an artist, always an artist. The creative evolution of Kitty Callaghan
She’s the creative muse that has gained increasing acclaim for her art, she’s worldly, kind and stylish and has had her work featured and commissioned by the likes of Vogue Italy, Ellery, RUSSH, Harper's Bazaar and Stylebop. Meet Kitty Callaghan, a mixed-media artist and contributing editor to one of Australia's most prestigious fashion magazines. For Kitty, creativity has always come...

How Maggie Hewitt is helping to create a more sustainable future
Founder of her namesake label, Maggie Marilyn, New Zealand based designer Maggie Hewitt is a force to be reckoned with for many reasons. Since the inception of her label in 2016, Maggie has been on a personal mission to transform the fashion industry to one that is transparent, circular, regenerative and inclusive. She believes that in order for us to...

Meet the Maker | Eugene Tan
We met Eugene Tan and his family earlier this year when we created a very special Signet for him to celebrate Father's Day (read more here). We instantly felt connected to his clear passion for family, as well as his commitment to mastering his craft, and most importantly, finding the joy in doing so. Eugene is the Founder and Photographer...

Art of Adornment | Lisa Sorgini
If you’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Sorgini, you’re sure to have seen some of her work – most notably, her recent photographic series ‘Behind Glass’, which has been featured on The New Yorker, National Geographic and TIME. An artist currently living on Bundjalung country near Byron Bay with her partner and two young children, Lisa’s work is...

The Stories NMJ Signets Hold | Eugene Tan
Handmade by our talented and thoughtful team, our signet rings have become an NMJ favourite when it comes to gifting for fathers and father figures - not only because of the tradition of the signet and its connection to family for our customers, but because, for us, we get the honoured opportunity to create something precious and entirely unique. ...

The Stories NMJ Signets Hold | Ross Capsanis
We recently had the honour of creating three individual and personalised signets for three incredible fathers so we took the opportunity to find out more about their family life, lessons they’ve learnt and the story that their NMJ signet holds for them. Here, we chat to Ross Capsanis. Dad to Theo (2) and Maya (2 months), Ross is a sales...

The Stories NMJ Signets Hold | Adam Schofield
We recently had the honour of creating three individual and personalised signets for three incredible fathers so we took the opportunity to find out more about their family life, lessons they’ve learnt and the story that their NMJ signet holds for them. Here, we chat to Adam Schofield. Dad to Isobel and Jack, Adam Schofield has been living on the...

Creating Memories | The Power of Fragrance
It’s no secret that one of the most important things to us at Natalie Marie Jewellery is creating pieces of jewellery with significance that will be loved for a lifetime and beyond, and luxury candle & fragrance house Lumira shares this same sentiment, creating signature scents that connect with customers in a deeper, memorable way. We love that perfume can...

Art of Adornment | Eleanor Pendleton

The Art of Adornment | Meet Lotte and Lia-Belle

What is Love?

The Art of Adornment | Meet Beck Wadworth

Meet the Maker | Ruby Robinson

The Art of Adornment | Erin Maxwell

Meet the Maker | Megan Larsen from Sodashi Skincare

Meet the Maker | Emma Rose

Meet the Maker | Lisa Madigan

Meet the Maker | Karen Tinney

Meet the Maker | AYU

Meet the Maker | Julie Cloutier

Meet the Maker | Lily Nicholson

Meet the Maker - Katia Carletti
