A Year of Dreams, Human Connections, and Milestones


As the year comes to a close, Shanya, our Creative Director, looks back on the journey that has defined B.P. de Silva in 2024. Through her eyes, we invite you to experience a visual retrospective of the stories, human connections, and dreams that have shaped this year—capturing the essence of the meaningful moments that have inspired us along the way.


A Letter from our Creative Director

As the year draws to a close, I often find myself looking back and looking forward, as many of us do.


With a colourful array of precious moments, I thought it best to create a visual retrospective of our journey at B.P. de Silva Jewellers this year.


Through this collection of imagery, I invite you into our dreams as they unfold, where our values, creative vision, fine craftsmanship, treasured gemstones, and meaningful connections converge.


This year we met fellow Sapphire lovers and got to create some marvellous one of a kind jewels with our signature silhouettes for their big milestones. It still amazes me the colour ranges, lustre and brilliance of Sapphires.

I always feel bittersweet when these gemstones find new homes as they’re such a feat to curate especially given our house standards. That said, to cope, I have created a little stash for myself too along this journey. How could a person resist!
With over 150 years of sourcing the finest Sapphires, it was a dream of mine to pilot a collection of fully traceable Sapphires from mine to our flagship store. This year, I’m glad to share that that dream came true a special edition collection of our existing “Pocketful of Gems” collection where over 100 rough Sapphires were sourced from our artisanal mines in Sri Lanka, cut and polished in our own lapidary and set into our designs by our very own master craftsmen and setters. Given our house standards, only 6 Sapphires made the cut, but they were sure worth the effort!

I’m especially proud of this collection as we have been having success with this collection even before having this traceable, limited edition series, but we pushed forward nonetheless as we believed in it as part of who we are and what we are committed to exploring, understanding and improving downstream. This is to me what reflects our soulfulness as an independent brand and makes me super proud and motivated to do more.

Speaking of chasing your dreams, it was an honour for us to be adorned on some really wonderful humans as their dreams came true.

Here we have Chloe Kim, a two time two-time Olympic gold medalist for snow boarding at the Gold Gala wearing our Lotus Bud Diamond Necklace, a perfect match embodying strength, grace, and resilience.

Did you know the lotus grows in mud? It literally grows through the most murky of waters and blossoms through it! It was so apt that Chole Kim wore this as she once said this,

“I feel like dreams are always a little tricky, you know? But if you just push through the struggles and the hard times, it'll be so worth it in the end because you will be able to get to your dreams.” 

I couldn’t agree more.

Here we have Grammy winning jazz inspired pop artist and sweetheart Laufey wearing our High Street Diamond Earrings for Grammy’s weekend. Her music beautifully blends jazz-inspired melodies with storytelling, evoking a sense of nostalgia and intimacy. Are your ears curious? I’d recommend her set from my favourite – Tiny Desk!

Here we have the warm and sincere Ben Tan at the Star Awards after his big win. I was not present when the team passed over our Old World Charm Necklace and High Street Diamond Studs to him before the evening’s event, but I remember our group chat being flooded with how real and down to earth Ben was. To me, it made me feel grateful as he embodied the same values we prize, humility and authentic human connection. While the media and luxury world sometimes gets caught up with the glitz and the glamour of these worlds, we know through our 5 generations of trials and lessons that, just like life, it’s our values that stand the test of time.

There’s so much more to mention about this year, from our new collection launches Horizon, Love Token to our surprise and honour being shortlisted and chosen by the judges as a finalist for “Best in Coloured Gemstones” at our first time taking part in the Couture Show in Las Vegas. 

So much has happened and there’s so much more to go! As the landscapes around us shift and change, we remain steadfast in our mission towards being a soulful fine jeweller. What does that mean? Stay tuned to our journeys, and experiences.

Until then, here’s sending everyone love and light. See you in the new year!

Xx,





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