Hey! If you're new here, nice to meet you!
We're Sour Cherry, a female-owned jewellery business, we create affordable, fun jewellery!
We're a northern-based business, based in Manchester, we have stores in Manchester (Afflecks) and Leeds (The Corn Exchange).
10 Sour Cherry Facts
1. We're a Libra
We celebrate our birthday on 22nd October when we got our domain name WAY back in 2009!
Libra's are known for known for being artists, idealists and peacemakers. We aren't horoscope experts but that sounds like a fun group to be a part of!
Famous Libras:
- Gwen Stefani
- Donald Glover
- Cardi B
- Zac Efron
- Julie Andrews
- Bella Hadid
- Snoop Dogg
- Avril Lavigne
- Jenna Ortega
- Bruno Mars
2. Someone has a tattoo of one of our designs
Can you believe it!?
We don't talk about this enough. This person got a tattoo inspired by one of our designs!
Our marketing manager (and Kayleigh's sister) designed the pin over 8 years ago!
Months later someone tagged us in their tattoo inspired by their own dog.
3. We used to make Ryan Gosling & Leonardo Di Caprio Earrings
Kayleigh was well ahead of the Ryan Gosling hype! Kayleigh made these earrings around 2013 and I think they need a comeback!
PSA: If anyone has a pair I will buy them from you 😂 (- Ellie 🩵)
4. Most of our staff are scorpios
Although Sour Cherry is a Libra, the majority of the staff here are Scorpios!
Closely followed by Taurus'.
5. We're a female owned business
Kayleigh single-handedly established Sour Cherry in 2009! Since then she's spent years grinding, whilst working other jobs to build Sour Cherry without the help from investors.
Kayleigh only quit her job and pursued Sour Cherry full-time (for good in 2020 (just before the pandemic, but that's a whole other story).
Sour Cherry wouldn't be where it is today without Kayleigh handling failures and taking risks, whilst running.
6. We've been featured in Vouge
Did you know ...
At Sour Cherry, we create jewellery using perspex and acrylic. Our 'Made in Manchester' jewellery is all created in our Manchester office, designed by Kayleigh and then put together and finished off by the production team, Ana & Alice.
7. Sour Cherry was almost called 'Bells & Whistles'
Kayleigh started making Resin Jewellery in her parent’s garage, she explains that it was an easy entry point because the equipment wasn’t too expensive. Her first designs were made from sweets, such as the sprinkles bangle, she was testing what would work in resin.
When Kayleigh first started, she wanted to call the business ‘Bells & Whistles,’ however, when researching what would make a successful name it should be something that isn’t too complicated to spell because the online algorithm doesn’t work how it does now. She only used this name for a few weeks before realising it wasn’t going to work. She instead decided to go with a sweet related name, after extensively researching what was in the domain, she decided on Sour Cherry and never looked back.
8. We've moved shops / studio's 10 times
Over the years we've moved shops and studios and we've also moved cities, from Sheffield to Manchester and then later opened a shop in Leeds.
Manchester:
- 2017: Afflecks
- 2019: A bigger shop in Afflecks (That we're still in now)
Sheffield:
- 2012: Nichols building
- 2014: The Forum
- 2015: A bigger shop in The Forum
Leeds:
- 2023: The Corn Exchange
- 2024: A bigger shop in the Corn Exchange
9. We originated in Sheffield
Kayleigh was born & bred in Sheffield! Although she lives in Manchester now, we have a lot of Yorkshire staff & the kitchen is full of Yorkshire Tea.
You can take the girl out of Yorkshire but you can't take the Yorkshire out of the girl.
10. We pay our staff a real living wage
Kayleigh is passionate about providing fair and decent pay for our team members.
We believe in creating a supportive, collaborative working environment where creativity and innovation flourish.
The author : Ellie Easton