Inscripture began with a birthday card from Hayley’s nan. From the moment she saw it, Hayley recognised the handwriting instantly and knew it was something she wanted to keep close, somewhere she could see it every day while keeping the original handwritten words safe. That one card became the idea behind Inscripture.
Since 2016, we’ve grown from the UK’s first handwriting jewellery specialists into the UK’s largest range of memorial jewellery, created from our studio in Leigh-on-Sea and trusted by more than 150,000 families across the world. Along the way, our collections have expanded to include photos, fingerprints, paw prints and ashes, but every piece still carries the same purpose as that first one did, keeping the people and memories that matter most somewhere close, for good.
Inscripture started life as Little Legs Boutique. I created it while on maternity leave, after I couldn’t find any personalised bracelets for mothers and their children. We were hand stamping jewellery late into the night, since we were lucky enough that it took off almost straight away.
When we got too busy to keep stamping by hand, I asked my partner Andre about sourcing an engraving machine that could give us the same finish we’d been achieving by hand. Ever the pessimist, he said it was a big investment for what might just be a passing trend, and that we should find something else to personalise first to justify it. Shortly after, I received a birthday card from my nan and said to Andre, isn’t it funny how I know this card is from my nan before I even open it. It was an instant lightbulb moment. Let’s engrave handwriting. I’d never heard of the idea before, and I was so excited at the thought of making something no one else in the world had.
After a lot of research, we found a company in America doing something similar, but they were imitating handwriting into silver clay instead of using someone’s real handwriting. With a lot of trial and error, and months spent mastering the process, we launched handwriting jewellery. It was a first in the UK, and as far as we know, the first in the world to extract and engrave someone’s real handwriting instead of imitating it.
With the audience we already had, it was an instant hit, and we were soon working late into the night again just to keep up with orders. In 2018, we rebranded to Inscripture to match the brand we’d become. My dad came up with the name on a napkin while flying at 30,000 feet to Corfu, and it brings together everything we do, to inscribe, to engrave, to script and scripture. That rebrand let us take on our first three members of staff, a customer service assistant, a graphic designer and an engraver.
We’ve since grown into every form of memorial jewellery, and today we’re a team of 11 who share the same values and the same passion for what we do. What started as a way to spend more time with my children has turned into something I never expected. It’s a brand that supports our own family and several others, and it gives comfort to thousands of families during some of their hardest moments too. We’ll always be grateful for the support we’ve had, for being part of your stories, and for keeping this dream alive.
– Hayley, Founder of Inscripture
What We Do
Inscripture is a family-run business based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and since 2016 we’ve grown into the UK’s largest range of memorial jewellery, now trusted by more than 150,000 families. We started out as the UK’s first handwriting jewellery specialists, and our collections have expanded since to include photo, fingerprint, paw print, illustration and ashes jewellery, so there’s a way to keep almost anyone or anything close.
Every piece is made from 925 sterling silver or 18k PVD gold, chosen because they’re built to last as long as the memories they hold. Most of our jewellery can be engraved on both the front and back, so one piece can carry two handwriting samples, a name and a date, or a design alongside a personal message, and many styles can be finished with an added charm for something extra personal.
For ashes jewellery, you can choose from 12 resin colours through our Eternal Hues™ range, each one named to reflect something about the person you’re remembering. Every ashes order is also covered by our Ashes Safeguard Promise™, which tracks your loved one’s ashes from the moment your kit leaves your hands to the moment your finished piece is returned to you. You can read more about how the process works in our guide to ordering ashes into jewellery.
How We Work With Your Keepsakes
However you choose to work with us, we handle everything with the same amount of care we’d want for our own family’s keepsakes.
For engraved jewellery, you never need to send us the original card, photo or object itself. All we need is a clear photo of the handwriting, fingerprint, paw print or image you’d like engraved, and our in-house team takes it from there, so the original stays exactly where it belongs, with you.
For ashes jewellery, we only ever need a small amount, and it’s tracked at every stage under our Ashes Safeguard Promise™, so you always know where it is and who’s handling it. If sending ashes away doesn’t feel right for you, that’s okay too. Our self-fill ashes jewellery lets you add the ashes yourself at home, so you never have to part with them at all.
Every piece also comes with a 1-year guarantee against manufacturing faults, and our UK-based team is on hand whenever you need to ask a question or check in on your order.
Recognition
We don’t take trust lightly, and we know it’s not something a brand can just claim for itself. It’s something you earn, one family and one review at a time, and it means a lot to us when that gets recognised outside of our own studio.
In 2026, we were named Most Trusted Memorial & Ashes Jewellery Specialist. You can read more about the award and what it means to us.
A few more ways we hope to earn your trust.
Rated 4.9 stars on Trustpilot, based on more than 14,000 reviews from real customers
Members of the National Association of Jewellers
Assay Assured, meeting the UK’s official hallmarking standards
Members of the Guild of Jewellery Designers
Our Promise to You
Every piece of jewellery we make is designed to be worn every day, for years, through all the ordinary moments as well as the meaningful ones. If anything about your piece isn’t right, our guarantee covers you for a full year against manufacturing faults, and our team will always put it right.
And when you do get in touch, it’s always a real person who answers. We don’t use chatbots or AI over email or phone. Our team has these conversations every day, and they’ll take the time to talk you through your options with patience.
We also aim to carefully create and dispatch engraved jewellery within 3 working days, excluding peak gifting periods. For ashes jewellery, once we’ve received your kit back, your piece is beautifully packaged and dispatched within 5 working days. Free Royal Mail 24 tracked delivery is included on all UK orders over £49. Every piece also arrives in a gift box as standard, ready to give or keep for yourself.
Keeping Them Close
Everything we do at Inscripture comes back to that same feeling Hayley had looking at her nan’s handwriting, wanting to hold onto someone or something close, safely and for good. Whatever you’re looking to keep close, and whoever it’s for, we’d be honoured to help you create something to hold onto.
