![]() SUCCESSFUL JEWELLErY BUSINESS STArTED BY ACCIDENT 10 YEArS AGO WHEN SHE MADE A NECKLACE FOr HErSELF FEATUrING HEr CHILDrEN'S NAMES. jewellery since was a little girl; she created the first pendant to wear while travelling, "to keep her family close to her heart". The clean, strong lines of the pendant, a silver circlet, she dubbed "the ubercircle" captured the attention of friends; Kate's business grew and she left her job as a TV producer to focus full-time on jewellery. "You could say that was the piece that launched a thousand Ubercircles! That was the confidence boost, or the light bulb moment that made me think `this could really be something' as soon as people saw the original Ubercircle, that was when buzz really started," she says. Ten years later, "the buzz" surrounding the original necklace, remains. The Uberkate collection has developed into two new lines and a range of bangles, earrings, rings and key rings with Kate very much at the designing helm. "I am still in our workshop daily, working hands on with the tools, this is one part of the "job" that I can never let go of," she says. Kate says she owes her success to husband and children, who inspired the first piece. "Family are like heartbeat to me," she says. "My husband, my children without them I wouldn't be me." |