Blinckstar state since 2010 for opinionated jewelry, where there is always a balance between feminine fragile and tough with a velvet lining. Paulien Nooter is the owner of Blinckstar. She has always been creative, and in 1995 created her love of beads and jewelry. In 2000 Pauline started her first company "Beadaway" which they beads from around the world to sell imported subsequently on the Internet. It also begins the year on a training goldsmiths she rounding successful in 2004. In the following years Paulien works as a designer for several well-known jewelery brands. But always take remains stabbing in the head, and eventually created in 2010 Blinckstar! Per year Blinckstar has a summer and a winter with multiple themes inspired by events in the life of the designer. All jewelry is handmade in the Netherlands. materials The Blinckstar jewelry is made of materials from all over the world, such as semi-precious stones, mother of pearl, shell, freshwater pearls, glass, wood, ceramics and many other interesting, unusual and beautiful materials. Our metal parts are Gold Filled, sterling silver and gold on silver. All of our materials are nickel-free. Gold Filled (aka Rolled gold), is key for the stability a "base metal", or a very thin piece of metal in the middle such as brass, with relatively a lot of gold around it (see illustration). Gold Filled must, like real gold, are inspected. There is therefore always a merkje in. Gold you have in different carats: 14, 18, 20, 22 and 24kt. 24kt gold is pure gold and pure, there you can make a print with your teeth into. The lower you go in levels, the more other metals in it are processed and the harder the gold. Gold Filled is as it were 100 times more gold than Gold Plated material and therefore is almost your lifetime! The base metal and the gold is by means of heat and pressure fixed to each other. Gold Plated often has a much thicker base metal in the middle and a relatively thin layer of gold over it. Gold Plated gonna get thicker or thinner vergullen but the material Gold Filled always goes longer. Gold to silver is also used, which is the basis sterling silver 925 with over it a layer of gold, this can also be thin or thick, but unfortunately gold on silver will always ultimately be silver because it wears off, so eventually you then hold silver on. If the layer of gold is thick enough, the article may also called Vermeil, but the layer must contain at least 2.5micron gold. In what will last several years, but in the end it is still less than Gold Filled. Fun packed! All orders at Blinckstar be carefully cared for and wrapped as gifts!