OUR STORY

Living by the sea, we have been regular observers and participants with my daughter in combing the beach for sea glass. I love the calmness we feel every time when we are at the beach. We love listening to the sound of the waves, and we are always amazed by the stones washed out on the shoreline. There’s a calmness that always settles over us by the water, feeling like the world slows down for a moment.

One day, while we were wandering as we often do, I noticed a mysterious elderly woman with beautiful long silver hair, sitting on a big pile of stones, searching for the perfect piece of pebble. She was completely still, except for her hands. There was something about her quiet focus, her gentle patience, that struck me deeply. She seemed timeless, like she had always belonged there. Her thoughtful searching stirred something In me: a feeling I can’t quite name, but one I won’t forget.
It was as if the vision for Breena Jewellery appeared out of nowhere, fully formed and undeniable. I knew I wanted to create something meaningful from the sea glass we had been gathering that carry the motions of the sea and honours the time, the beauty of something slowly made.

I don’t know who that woman was, by the sea. I never spoke to her.. But that quiet encounter stayed with me. It felt like a message. And strangely, over the following weeks, she kept appearing: always at a distance, always searching… On those days , when I was full of doubt, wondering if starting something from scratch was foolish- she would appear as if to say: Keep going!
Her presence became a quiet message I returned to again and again: that meaning often hides in the smallest, most unassuming moments. That there’s beauty in the beginnings! And that not all signs arrive loudly.
From that day forward, my daughter and I began to collect sea glass pieces more intentionally, not just as beautiful fragments, but as stories. Each pieces became part of a quiet ritual, shaped by sea and time, offered as slowly made treasures from the shore.