Our journey making scottish handmade gifts including sea glass jewellery

HOW WE GOT STARTED

After moving to Cove in Argyll & Bute on the West Coast of Scotland to deal with Maries’ Mental Health problems, we started taking daily walks on the many amazing beaches and Lochs that surround this beautiful area as a way of helping with Maries therapy and found that it worked in helping Marie to forget about her PTSD

HOW WE GOT STARTED

After moving to Cove in Argyll & Bute on the West Coast of Scotland to deal with Maries’ Mental Health problems, we started taking daily walks on the many amazing beaches and Lochs that surround this beautiful area as a way of helping with Maries therapy and found that it worked in helping Marie to forget about her PTSD, Depression and Anxiety problems for a short while.

Marie started collecting the many different beautiful colours of sea glass, shells & pottery that had been naturally tumbled by the sea over years, decades and sometimes even centuries. As with many people with Mental Health problems, Marie suffered a big relapse and after some excellent treatment with the Drs and PCT team, Marie decided one day to try & make a necklace using some sea glass and we both quickly realised how talented Marie was as a jewellery maker. I also noticed from a personal view how at peace Marie was with herself when she was making jewellery and Hey Presto ARGYLLSEAGLASS was born, making sea glass jewellery & Scottish handmade gifts

In September 2017 Marie was rushed into hospital & after a very worrying 3 weeks was finally discharged & diagnosed with Crohns disease, which has changed a few things, but we are slowly managing everything & Maries' health is slowly coming back :-) 

January 2024 after a fall and a serious pelvic fracture, Marie was diagnosed with Osteopenia, this has meant over the next year we made some small changes within the business which has enabled us to introduce our new range of eco coco candles and wax melts launching June 2025.

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Many thanks for reading our story and helping us to #EndMentalHealthStigma #CrohnsWarrior 

Mike and Marie xXx