THE CRYSTAL LODGE BLOG

We have heard of many different ways to clean crystal and tried most of them all, except the dishwasher – which I definitely wouldn’t even attempt, let alone recommend! For information about how we clean Swarovski pieces so that you receive them at their sparkly best, just go to the Factsheet menu and select the…

We are often asked about the more vintage Swarovski pieces, including Variation in Production (VIP), USA exclusives and so on. We thought it would be a great idea to add some information on our website all in one place, so that you can view and download all the information you need to help you identify…

We are often asked about repairs and which glue to use! We are also asked if we undertake repairs. We never, ever attempt a repair or re-glue to a Swarovski item and we can’t stress enough how important it is NOT to attempt to repair a piece yourself! Only repairs undertaken by Swarovski’s experts can…

Crystal collecting is certainly a global phenomenon! Here is the list of places that we have despatched crystal to since 2009: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland (Republic of), Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kingdom…

We’ve had several enquiries from clients asking us if we can repeat previous posts which appeared on our old website as they would like to read them again. Our old website has been taken down now, but we did keep copies of most of the older posts, so will work on getting them back on-line…

With 3 months to go until Christmas (I know – groan!!), it seemed a good idea to let everyone know the recommended last posting dates that Royal Mail are currently suggesting – these are, of course, subject to change and are not guaranteed. 1st December – Caribbean 6th December – Australia and New Zealand 8th…