Making a Silver Saxon Cross with Found Sea Glass! Tribute to St Margaret (Silversmithing)

This week we tell the story of St Margaret as we create a beautiful Anglo Saxon style silver cross incorporating a gem of rare, red sea glass.
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[@skeltonjuanita6515]

Oh my dearest regal Ladies of artisan temperament. There is in both of you a very delicate majesty in the way you produce the most beautiful videos…on top of the artistry you bring to your jewelry. I say this not because I want to schmooze you. There is something very connected in your artistry to your history. I cannot enjoy your trips and traipses across the beautiful country any more than I do. It seems to get my imagination going. Your pieces of jewelry seem scored under a castle or bastion of elegant craftsmanship. History seeps in your pores and we get little saga journeys to a very medieval place and time!!! Thank you so much for filming so well. We are all very much like time-travelers.

[@MaryABaker-rd3mm]

Gail, this is truly a one in a million piece of jewelry and anyone would be blessed to own and wear this gorgeous piece of art! You girls have so much talent! Thank you so much for sharing not only the making of this necklace but the history put into the creation of it! Please be careful and stay safe! ❤❤

[@cynthiat6505]

Absolutely love this channel! Thank you for giving us the availability to watch you create these beautiful things! And your history is terrific! And your choice of music! Perfect!

[@Omegan613]

Greetings from Canada! Saint Margaret is my 27th great grandmother as well! That would make us (very) distant cousins! I loved the atmospheric music in this video, and always try to watch on Sundays with my best friend.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear lovely Lady Gail. Royal ancestors! I knew it because in my mind you have always been a princess. Right from the second I first laid my eyes on you in 2019.

[@courtneyawalsh]

Margaret must be SO proud to be honored in this way. Beautiful work. Lovely tribute.

[@kellydiver]

Beautiful! I am almost entirely Scottish, but I’ve never been there. I really enjoy hearing about Scottish history. It’s cool that you can trace your history back to St. Margaret.

[@elizabethrobison-berlie9736]

Such a beautiful piece, Gail. And the music selection was excellent for this video. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

[@cindyblumenthal8315]

I would treasure a piece of your handmade pieces of your jewelry over a Tiffany made piece any day! Just simply amazing!

[@Carolbearce]

Alex you are an amazing story teller and Gail you are an amazing artist. The cross is absolutely beautiful!

[@liltink8869]

This necklace is an absolutely stunning work of art. The two of you seem so wise and kind. It must be in the genes. Lol. I am still so grateful the two of you chose to start this channel. It is awesome. Thank you.

[@nitabourne3042]

HI!! HOW LOVELY TO FIND OUT YOUR HISTORY OF YOUR ROOTS. YOUR 27TH AND 28TH GRANDMA WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU FOR TELLING HER STORY AND MAKING THIS SILVER CROSS. I LOVE THE EQUIPMENT USED TO SAW THE PRECISE METAL NEEDED. GAIL YOUR HANDS ARE MADE OF GOLD . THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME AND TALENT. I LIKE WATCHING YOU MAKE. THANKS AND STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY THANKS TO YOUR 27TH AND 28TH GRANDMOTHERS FOR THIS EPISODE.❤️🙏❤️🙏💯

[@fairyacorn4854]

It is truely beautiful. In fact all the jewery you make is exceptional and I love it all.

[@mairebridflanagan2041]

I really love this!

[@saddaddrummer]

Soothing, atmospheric, informative and creative. Just perfect for a Sunday evening.

[@lorrainewhitlock5377]

That is a lovely cross pendant. You are so talented my dear ladies. Thank you for sharing 💕

[@NorthernMudlarksMake]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@slydoll7877]

Whenever I look in your Etsy shop, there's never anything left! Are you not stocking just now or are things selling out so fast? I'd love to buy something you've made....it's all so gorgeously made.

[@tracieoliver2307]

Stunning just stunning well done Ladies ! just goes to show how talented you ladies really are in not just making the item but having the thought in creating it in the first place!

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Tracie Oliver 👍👌👏 Of course I totally agree. But please don't forget the wonderful story/history telling part in this video. And even before all this, the Ladies showed us their talent and love for mudlarking respectively beachcombing. In this episode Gail H. did even kind of stroke the beach/gravel/sand! 😁 ;-) Best regards, luck and health.

[@joanncarlberg6372]

Alex you are so lucky to have such a talented mother. Gail the cross is beautiful and the story of St. Margaret too.

[@kathya9522]

Everything about this video is wonderful! I am in awe of your jewelry making skills, your eye for detail, the composition of the video, the music selection, your storytelling skills, everything. And this time you wove in your very own personal history. Fabulous.

[@kitkat8231]

What an honor it is for your two to be grandchildren of such a wonderful woman. Your cross is such a lovely tribute to her ❤

[@lorellstoneman74]

Thank you Gail, for sharing your story, and talents, in making your beautiful cross creation. Love your videos.

[@mrbarbelbarbello2332]

That is a beautiful bit of work. I've often felt that your work is 'British' in the best way, so maybe it is a natural consequence of your lineage, the 'life being in the blood' etc. You spoil us with these videos and thank you for that.

[@guadalupeknippen528]

Spectacular pendant and chain. Gayle, you have really mastered your gift of creating jewelry. 👍👏🌻🐕🇺🇸

[@wendydwight3420]

What amazing talent you both have, especially your attention to detail. Love what you make , Thankyou.

[@carolekinsey7835]

Gail, your talents never cease to amaze me. This was a beautiful piece of creative silver work . The little red piece of red glass smoothed to a lovely circle shape, was a perfect addition. A beautiful story too. Though it was a sad ending. Thanks to both Gail and Alex for another very interesting post x

[@Mudhooks]

She’s my 28th Great-grandmother! I have a number of Saints in my family tree, a number that I am directly descended from, including Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, I was thrilled to discover. As a child I had read a book on her life and became fascinated with her, particularly the “miracle of the roses”. She used to give food from the royal kitchens but her husband forbade her. She would sneak bread out hidden in her cloak. One day, after leaving the castle with her maid, carrying bread in her cloak, her husband stopped her and demanded to see what she had. Reluctantly, she opened her cloak. However, instead of bread falling out, hundreds of roses tumbled out. How could a story like that not be amazing? I’m not Catholic but I always considered her my “patron saint”! forty years later when I was doing my family history, I found that she was my 29th Freat-grandfather. Of course, if you go back far enough, we are all related at some point… Still, a but of a thrill!

[@UncleMikey777]

Beautiful Gail! Love watching you work, so relaxing!

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

My namesake. Cool that you are royal descendants of Queen Margaret!

[@mariemoss2475]

It must have taken you forever to make that chain, so beautifully made. The pendant wow, you do have a wonderful talent. Love history behind the cross too, you learn something every day. Love from Wiltshire 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️💕The Necklace is beautiful, a Lovely tribute to Margaret! I believe she also initiated the idea of Easter Celebration

[@sharonliberatore9056]

I love this cross, it is so beautiful! You are so talented Gail! Thank you for sharing.

[@sisD]

Music selection and photography is wonderful ! Great finds. Love the cross necklace!!!! 💙💜💖💙💜

[@pdrphil8159]

I was in my early 20's when myself & my family found out we were directly related to a woman who is well known in the U.S. She was captured by the Indians & after a horrible existance living as a slave, she escaped & made her way home . Most of her family were wiped out (the children)in the Indian raid , save her husband . When she returned she reunited with her husband & had several more children . We learned of our relation to her thru an Ivy league university who traced her family line . She was my grandmother 6 generations back... It was a book I had read many times growing up & never dreamed she was my grandmother ...

[@susanmorseart4984]

The St. Margaret's necklace turned out beautifully Gail. You always amaze and delight me. Best wishes and God Bless.

[@marionlesage4794]

St Margaret of Scotland is one of my favorite Saints: your cross is a beautiful tribute to her. Thanks for another lovely video! Its exciting to know you are her direct descendants.

[@viridiangreen8259]

💛💛 lovely jewelry design and beautiful story of Saint Margaret

[@anthonymessina2834]

I just KNEW you two had royal blood!!! You just look like princesses!!!!! I wonder what types of miracles occurred. Any idea?

[@tonywild1963]

Love the haunting Celtic music and the history behind queen's ferry and the necklace is amazing. So much hard work went into making it. It's beautiful. Thank you

[@linzertube]

I like your work desk, Gail and Alex, and all the useful equipment with which you craft your beautiful creations! The cross and chain fit together perfectly, in all ways….strength and beauty, just like you and Alex and your awesome ancestor, who inspired the piece in today’s video.👏🤩

[@njlayouni3501]

Oh my goodness! I couldn't love this beautiful piece more. That glass 'jewel' is just perfect. Well done. ❤

[@thecourtlyalchemist]

I knew you ladies were regal but didn't realize that you both are proper princesses! They say everyone is descended from somebody important if one can look far enough back. My family dabbled a bit in genealogy hoping to discover prominent connections. Now we're just thankful to our ancestors for having children before getting hanged or shot. I am excited about your new makers channel and happily subscribed. I think the videos of either of you making something- be it a piece of jewelry or a garden- are my favorites. Please do a Schwoo channel next!

[@lenagouldin5847]

Absolutely STUNNING! I love watching to both make the utmost amazing jewelry!!!!

[@susanreed1557]

You two are amazing with your crafts and jewelry. I love when you interject history along with with your makings!

[@LancashireLarks]

Just got back from Scotland ourselves. Went to a proper traditional Scottish wedding. Definitely sea glass corner. Some lovely pieces there. Love the music too. Great history story too along with the excellent craft work of the very professional jewellery making.

[@Mudjie50]

That St. Margaret's cross and chain are stunning. You have a wonderful talent Gail.. Thank you for sharing your work and how it is made with all of us. The history makes the jewelry even more relevant and the music soothes the soul Thank you both.

[@sionaharrop4486]

Just so beautiful, thank you for showing how you made the necklace and the interesting history of St. Margaret ❤️🇦🇺🌹 xxx

[@kpax2066]

Hello Ladies!

[@joanneachildoftheking4199]

That work bench is a work of art in itself!

[@helenbartoszek243]

Wonderful that you can trace your family history that far back.

[@margidaly6874]

Gail your talent for design and ingenuity creates masterpieces of art jewelry and Alex lovely neration telling about St Margaret was so soothing to listen to I devour your videos with delight. Thank you so much.

[@c.w.3750]

Now that’s a beauty necklace.

[@steveraney9094]

i knew u were princesses!!! 😎🤟🏼✌🏼✌🏼🤟🏼😎

[@debbrabossier7284]

Another beautiful piece of jewelry. Thank you for the history of St. Margaret, I enjoyed hearing it.

[@nickydenning6988]

Absolutely STUNNING!! Thank you so much for sharing the story of this remarkable woman ❤

[@anniegr]

Hi lovely ladies. This video is simply brilliant from the workmanship, to the story, to the music. Alex has a wonderfully soothing voice. And Gail your workmanship is superb. Thank you from your American viewer for such a great way to share some time with you.

[@vickinoeske1154]

What wonderful family history and beautiful cross.

[@justjulie9622]

Absolutely stunning. And I love the story about St. Margaret. Thank you.

[@mariaaquije8169]

Well done! I love it!

[@Lunablueeyes]

What a wonderful piece to commemorate your family member!

[@juneyshu6197]

Incredible talent from incredible ladies. And no dremels!

[@pattythomson721]

I enjoy watching you work. Your finished product always dazzles.

[@raygay3375]

Such a lovely piece, with such an incredible and interesting history.

[@skullingtonfly]

Great story, great video, great music, beautiful pendant 🥰

[@vilmabrady4981]

This video was just beautiful. From making this gorgeous pirece to the music, history pics of Scotland was hust AWESOME 👌.

[@Innperlenburg]

Beautiful video; I love the cross and the musical accompaniment - all in all, a work of art. St Margaret's my 26 great grand mother as well. Loved it.

[@LivingLifewithSerenity]

What a God given gift! Incredible!

[@pennyvickers3448]

Beautiful filming, beautiful music, and a beautiful cross. Thank you for sharing

[@bonnerdebbie]

Awesome necklace Gail. Great history Alex. Thank you both!

[@vickilong3339]

Very beautiful and impressive craftsmanship. 👏 ❤

[@gentianvandewerken929]

That was awesome/I love it/beautiful Gail/the story/you creating it /the sea glass -so lovely!

[@FlorenceFrazier2002]

So beautiful! I love the history and the music that you incorporate into your videos, I learn a lot. That is especially nice because my Grandfather was a Scotsman. You do make beautiful jewelry Gail.

[@glorialewis2093]

Hey girls,,,, Happy hunting, have a great time, love watching you!!!

[@davidmarsh959]

just beautiful thanks gail xx debbie xxx

[@marieacoady1111]

Wow.... Breath taking ❤ bless your talents Gail 🙏💕

[@janicehayes5059]

Beautiful creation! Thank you for sharing your talent!! Cheers Be safe! Keep creating ❤️❤️🕊🙏🇨🇦

[@apostlewoody]

Talented beyond words

[@Nicole-coliebrobro]

There is something so relaxing in the editing of these with the music you pick just makes me happy. Lovely necklace and story!

[@sianvowles2040]

That's all I can say is AMAZING Gail xx

[@patprop74]

That is beautiful, Well done Gail.

[@rockcrazygal5166]

This video from start to finish- Is nothing short of epic!!!

[@lmgottschalkophile]

Beautiful and spiritually uplifting. Thanks!

[@Claycat4]

That cross is beautiful!

[@alisonlyons4691]

I so love watching you creating and making. Amazing history too ! and music so well chosen. Thank you both xx

[@richardball9724]

Absolutely beautiful and that chain almost looks viking knit

[@veesimmons2464]

The cross is beautiful and the history compelling. Thanks for sharing.

[@jonihenry8124]

What a gorgeous work of art!! Gail, you have a truly amazing talent of making beautiful things. 🙂

[@margiebrown7436]

Absolutely beautiful. You really do amazing work. 🥰🥰🥰

[@YamIa3gypsy]

I so look forward to your videos! Chock full of beautiful scenery, music, and treasures hiding for you two beautiful ladies to find and share!!! My favorite.. P.S. I am half Hungarian… love the history!

[@shannahenk1655]

Stunning. You make it look so easy to make those beautiful pieces of jewelry, but I know it's a lot harder than that!

[@Chrissie1983]

Gail you're so talented, this piece is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us 🙂 x

[@GregoryWeirauch]

Gail that chain is amazing! so it the charm.

[@krisgossett1570]

Wow Gail! So stunning. Truly a God given talent. I also loved the Chanting music; my go to for destressing and relaxation. Looking forward to next week! 💜

[@denisepeterson7401]

You make the most beautiful jewelry!

[@deeannmcginnis2115]

That is so beautiful and I love the history of St. Margaret to add to the meaning of the pendant.

[@christhompson4270]

The cross is stunning, take care and thank you for sharing your beautiful craft 👍👏❤️😍

[@annamarie879]

Wonderful story and family history and absolutely amazing skill.

[@sandramays795]

That is absolutely gorgeous and an amazing story!

[@4950joan]

So beautiful, I love Celtic designs. You are so talented Gail

[@catherinewilliams3850]

A stunning piece and I love the chain, what a wonderful and interesting history your family has.