A Bejewelled Afair for Sam - 4th July 2005

When 15-year-old Samantha Rose from Grantham, Lincolnshire wished to design her own exclusive piece of jewellery Make-A-Wish sprang into action and arranged for her to spend a day with leading international jewellery designer Lorna Watson. Lorna is proud to list some of the most influential fashion and jewellery brands amongst her clients. These include De Beers, Christian Dior, Burberry, Wedgewood, Courreges and Liz Claiborne as well as exciting emerging brands such as EC One, Azuni and makeadiamondwish.com.

Samantha, who is living with Cancer, arrived at Lorna Watson's studio in a stretched black limousine to undergo her master class in jewellery design. Her first step was to create a mood board with images and themes that she particularly liked and which radiated a strong floral and paisley theme. A budding artist, Samantha sketched her favourite themes and adapted them gradually to what she would like as her special piece of jewellery. Samantha's designed a stunning silver piece of jewellery with a floral motif and faceted stone centres to each of three flowers adjoined by tri-strand chains. The beautiful silver and faceted stone necklace that Samantha designed has been custom made by DiamondGeezer.com who are behind Makeadiamondwish.com which sells celebrity autographed jewellery in aid of Make-A-Wish.

Samantha wore her exclusive jewellery to her school prom last Friday. DiamondGeezer.com also created earrings and a pendant to match her design so that she would have a whole set to look stunning at her prom.

Make-A-Wish Foundation UK is the leading UK wishgranting charity with one simple aim - to turn the wishes of children aged 3 to 18 living with life-threatening illnesses into reality. With the help of more than 800 volunteers, corporate, celebrity and individual sponsors around the country, Make-A-Wish has granted 3,500 wishes since it began in 1986 and is currently granting more than 10 magical wishes a week. Originally founded in America, Make-A-Wish Foundation is now established in 32 countries on five continents.