Corporate gifting is often reduced to a checklist. Something nice and useful Perhaps branded with a logo and handed over during a toast or team event. However, when a gift is honouring a person. Truly recognising someone’s contribution. Their years of service, the story they’ve built with a company. Then it must carry more than surface beauty. It must carry meaning.
This is what I believe in. And it’s why creating bespoke jewellery is so much more than a gift. Therefore, bespoke jewellery is actually a tribute, a thank you, a memory cast in precious metal.
Honouring Relationships, Not Just Milestones
Why companies commission me for creating bespoke jewellery. It’s for marking more than just a moment. And marking a relationship. Such was the case with Kunstmaan. A creative agency based in Leuven, who commissioned a silver brooch to honour their most important client. Not just a business gesture, but a deeply personal one. The brooch, designed by Kunstmaan in the shape of their client’s own logo, created for a woman known for her love of jewellery. A thoughtful celebration of a longstanding professional bond.
Setting meaningful corporate gifts apart. Speaking directly to the person receiving them. Saying, we see you, we appreciate what we’ve built together, and this is created especially for you.
Celebrating Leadership and Legacy
Changing leadership
Gifts marking the end of a chapter. Such as retirement, a departure, or the close of a presidency, are some of the most meaningful gifts I’m asked to create. Honouring not only years of service, but the imprint a person leaves behind.
Markant/ Vrouwennet vzw. A dynamic network for entrepreneurial women in Belgium, once commissioned me to create a bespoke brooch in Fairmined gold. Basing the design on the logo of their organisation, Markant, at the time (since rebranding to Vrouwennet vzw). The brooch is set with sixteen small amethysts, a number holding symbolic meaning.
This special piece was gifted to their president as she stepped down. A personal, lasting expression of gratitude for her leadership and dedication. In its colour, design, and ethical materials, the brooch becomes more than just a goodbye gift. It is a tribute to her journey and to the community she helped shape.
Honouring Women Entrepreneurship
Each commission begins with a story. Taking my time to understand who the gift is for. The occasion, the history behind it, and the spirit that lives within the piece. This is not about producing “something nice”. It is about creating something lasting, something that speaks when words fall short.
In 2023, I was honoured to collaborate with RAFF Plastics on a very special commission. A bespoke brooch in Fairmined eco gold, created in the context of the WOMED Award (celebrating female entrepreneurship in Belgium — read more here). This commission stands as a shining example of a company that not only values sustainability and quality. But choosing to recognise excellence with authenticity and grace.
A Company’s Values, Reflected in a Gift
Gifts are reflections. How a company sees its people, and how it sees the world. When a company chooses to commission a handmade piece of jewellery, they make a clear statement about their values. Choosing personal over generic. Human connection over convenience, and sustainability over superficial luxury.
I have had the pleasure of working with Guberna, a firm that returned to me more than once to commission cufflinks. Each pair in their distinctive company logo. These are not just tokens; they are lasting objects created in Fairmined silver. A precious material with its own rare and powerful story.
Fairmined silver is not widely available. It is a by-product of Fairmined-certified gold mines. Meaning, it is extracted with the same rigorous standards for traceability, environmental responsibility and fair working conditions. Working with it, is a conscious choice. One honouring not only the recipient of the gift, but also the people and land behind the materials.
Responsible Luxury: Ethics That Elevate the Gift
My materials matter just as much as the design. Creating every piece from responsibly sourced, traceable materials. Fairmined certified, is ensuring that small-scale mining communities are paid fairly, work in safe conditions, and reinvest in their land and people.
This ethical foundation gives each piece a depth that goes beyond its appearance. It becomes a quiet, powerful act of solidarity. By choosing such a gift, companies are not only honouring the recipient. But also supporting the miners who made the materials possible, and the environment that sustains us all.
Alignment with ethical values transforms a corporate gift into something far more valuable. Becoming a symbol of integrity, care, and shared responsibility.
Marking Moments That Matter
One of the most moving commissions I’ve received came recently from Viage. The Brussels entertainment venue. They entrusted me with a significant project. Creating 86 bespoke brooches in Fairmined silver. Each set with a responsibly sourced sapphire from Ilakaka, Madagascar. A region where responsible mining supports local communities and protects the land.
These brooches were a surprise gift to honour their long-standing employees during a special celebration. The care they put into this gesture. In other words, the thought, the quality, the meaning, is deeply inspiring. Each brooch was not just a thank you. Therefore, it’s a keepsake, a tribute to years of dedication. Telling each recipient: you matter, and your contribution is remembered and valued.
To me, this is what a corporate gift should be — not a formality, but ultimately, it’s a legacy.
The Power of the Handmade
We live in a world that moves quickly — where convenience often takes precedence, and mass production is the norm. But there is still immense power in the handmade. In the personal. The time taken to create rather than consume.
Jewellery made by hand carries something that no machine can replicate — a human connection. Every line, every curve, every polish is the result of experience, attention, and care. This is the essence of craftsmanship — not just skill, but dedication. Not just making, but creating with meaning.
A brooch, a pendant, a pair of cufflinks — when made with care and story, these become lasting symbols of recognition. They are worn. Remembered. Treasured. And their value only grows over time.
Choosing a Jeweller Is Choosing a Message
When a company chooses to work with me, they are not only selecting a piece of jewellery. They are making a statement: about their commitment to sustainability, to people, and to doing things differently.
- Saying we value our employees and partners not just as cogs in a machine, but as individuals.
- Choosing Fairmined materials over cheaper, anonymous ones.
- Supporting independent, local craftsmanship instead of global mass production.
- Embedding meaning into every stage of the gift — from design to materials to final presentation.
It is a decision that carries weight. It sets a tone. It reflects identity.
Let’s Create Something That Lasts
If you’re considering how to mark a meaningful moment within your company — a retirement, a long career, a loyal partnership — I invite you to think beyond the catalogue and into the realm of the bespoke.
Let’s talk. Honouring the people who’ve given their time, heart, and years to your journey. Together, we’ll create a piece that reflects who they are and what they’ve meant to you.
Because when a gift is created with thought, with story, and with care, it becomes more than a corporate gift: becoming something that is treasured — not only for its beauty, but for what it represents. Becoming part of a legacy.
