When I was looking for an internship as a first-year goldsmith, I hit a wall I'd been warned about: the closed-mindedness within the Goldsmith's Guild. I was a student at the (at the time)only goldsmithing school in the Netherlands, looking for a trial internship, I was rejected everywhere. Why? I was told to return during my final year so that I could at least contribute something. No one was enthusiastic about passing on knowledge and teaching the trade to the next generati

Hi, I’m Hannah—lover of tiny shiny things, dreamer, and the hands and heart behind Bibeloty Gems & Treasures. My journey into jewelry began at 17, when I first stepped foot in the most well-known school for Goldsmiths in the Netherlands. Life however, as it often does, led me down a different path straight into the corporate world. But as we say in Dutch,  oude liefde roest niet —old love never rusts.  After 17 years, I finally stepped away from the boardroom to return to the