Camberwell mum dreams of taking her jewellery design business national

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, and this Camberwell mum gets to work with the precious jewels every day. Reet Phulwani juggles raising three kids with running her own jewellery design business.

Being surrounded by gorgeous jewellery and pricey gemstones is a tough gig, but someone’s got to do it.

Fortunately for Camberwell mum Reet Phulwani, who is a qualified gemmologist and diamond grader, that person is her.

She started her jewellery design business from her home in 2008 while she was pregnant with her first child and she said she was passionate about gemstones.

Reet Phulwani with some of her jewellery. Picture Stuart Milligan

She said she was one of very few women of an Indian and Australian background working as a registered valuer and gemmologist, and she ran her company while juggling caring for her three children aged 11, 5 and 10 months.
She sells diamond and gemstone jewellery and designs unique pieces for customers.

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She’s been nominated for a Ausmumpreneur Award in the multicultural excellence category, and she said winning the award would give her the confidence to pursue her passion further.

“Like any businesswoman I desire growth, but not only from the point of view of

economic contribution, my goal is to take my business to the next level,” she said.

“I am a dreamer but also a doer, so my goal is to establish my own jewellery

brand in the future and to distribute my jewellery pieces to a national market.”

Award winners will be announced on September 6.

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