{"id":767,"date":"2011-09-07T10:03:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T10:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/?p=767"},"modified":"2024-10-17T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T12:51:11","slug":"tdi-body-jewellery-14-years-in-the-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/09\/tdi-body-jewellery-14-years-in-the-business\/","title":{"rendered":"TDi Body Jewellery; Experts in Piercing Jewellery Since 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip, hip, hooray! \u00a0It&#8217;s our birthday and we\u2019re celebrating 17 years in the business of supplying the very best body piercing jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>With accolades such as\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221; You&#8217;re so *&amp;**#** awesome!&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201c\u2026I\u2019ve worked with you guys for over 10 years and you\u2019ve never let me down\u201d,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 it seems we\u2019re doing something right!<\/p>\n<p>Amazing to think it all started with one rucksack of jewellery and a shed load of determination! \u00a0Now we\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/main.php\">wholesaling<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/\">retailing<\/a> worldwide via our website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\">www.bodyjewellery.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-782\" title=\"TDi Bodyjewellery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Mobile-Tdi-Desaturated-copy1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We\u2019ve seen many developments in piercing jewellery over the years when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/02\/body-jewellery-material-316l-surgical-stainless-steel\/\">steel<\/a> was pretty much the only choice!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Piercing jewellery is now available in lots of materials including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/01\/body-jewellery-material-titanium\/\">titanium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/04\/acrylic-body-jewellery\/\">acrylic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/silicone-body-jewellery\/\">silicone<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/bioplast-jewellery\">bioplast<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/ptfe-jewellery\">PTFE<\/a> (great for pregnancy bars!)\u00a0&amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/gold-plated-jewellery\">gold plate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This goes some way to explaining how our product range has grown from 2 sides of a page to over 25,000 pieces!<\/p>\n<p>Also everything is getting bigger!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/barbells\">Barbells<\/a> used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/scaffold-industrial-piercing\/\">scaffold piercings<\/a> are now up to <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/products\/steel-barbells-1-6mm\">50mm long<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/large-gauge-for-stretched-piercings\">large gauge jewellery<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/ear-piercings\">ear piercings<\/a> go up to a massive <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/products\/silicone-tunnel-42-50mm\">50mm gauge<\/a> thickness, chunky!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TDi-BCR-Master-Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"TDi Body Jewellery Ltd Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TDi-BCR-Master-Logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TDi-BCR-Master-Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TDi-BCR-Master-Logo.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Another change we have welcomed was \u00a0the introduction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/09\/the-ec-nickel-directive-body-piercing-jewellery\/\">EC Nickel Directive<\/a> in 2001, ensuring high quality materials are used in piercing jewellery to help combat nickel allergies.<\/p>\n<p>Right now the most popular trend is <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/dermal-piercings\">dermal piercing<\/a>.\u00a0 It seems like every week we\u2019re adding new dermal <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/search?q=dermal+anchor\">anchors<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/products\/titanium-jewelled-skin-diver\">divers<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/products\/titanium-jewelled-wheel-skin-diver\">wheels<\/a> not to mention all their many attachments!\u00a0 Not surprising really as these wee piercings are so versatile they can be placed almost anywhere and look great to highlight tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also embraced social media with our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TDiBodyJewellery\">Facebook<\/a> page featuring the latest jewellery along with the occasional special offer!<\/p>\n<p>As for us, we\u2019re probably fitter and more relaxed than we were 16 years ago, albeit with a few grey hairs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip, hip, hooray! \u00a0It&#8217;s our birthday and we\u2019re celebrating 17 years in the business of supplying the very best body piercing jewellery. With accolades such as\u2026 &#8221; You&#8217;re so *&amp;**#** awesome!&#8221; \u201c\u2026I\u2019ve worked with you guys for over 10 years and you\u2019ve never let me down\u201d, \u2026 it seems we\u2019re doing something right! Amazing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[134,27,9,8,133,131,130,132],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experts-in-piercing-jewellery-since-1997","tag-14-years","tag-body","tag-jewellery","tag-piercing","tag-retail","tag-supplier","tag-tdi","tag-wholesale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3533,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}