Lifesavers.... get a HOLE lot more out of life

A couple of weeks ago I made a frivolous purchase of nailpolish. I haven't worn nailpolish for years, and have no intention of wearing it at the moment, but while waiting at the chemist, I just couldn't resist those colours. I was completely seduced by their point of sale marketing.


It's been sitting on the kitchen bench ever since... just waiting.

The eldest nephew was visiting earlier this week and he needed to make a gift for a friend, so I suggested that we make a necklace.

We used some really pretty silver chain and findings from my stash, and we painted a washer with the different colours of nailpolish to make a pendant.

When I posted this pic on instagram, Carmel mentioned that it looked like a Lifesaver, and it totally does too!

Photo courtesy of My Poppet and Just B

In a complete moment of serendipity, Cintia from My Poppet posted a DIY Neon Pop Necklace tute using nailpolish on the same day.

The gift was a hit, so I decided to make another for myself.

In pink and orange of course.. it's a bit of fun and something different!

Watcha Wearin' Wednesday

I haven't played along with this one for a while.... mainly because I'm usually wandering around the house in a pair of mocassins on Wednesdays.

But, today I'm wearing my lovely Lauren Williams button necklace, which you can find here.

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 4

Well, the pendant love continues with another piece of loot from the market....

I did a swap with Finki for this gorgeous glass pendant. I picked up another of her pendants at the last market in a lighter colour, but I also needed one (yes - I truly did need) in a darker colour.

This one will be perfect to wear with my Melbourne winter woollies!

More looters here...

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 1

I'm joining in with Tinniegirl's week of Loot Glorious Loot where we all get to show off things we've swapped / bought / made.... not that I need any more encouragement to show off!

Anyway, last week was my birthday, and I had a little bit of money in my paypal account that was burning a hole in my virtual pocket, so I had a little bit of a click around Made It to see what I could find just for me....

I settled on a lovely glass pendant from What Katy Did (I'm becoming even more seriously addicted to handmade jewellery).....


When I opened the package, I found this lovely padded fabric bucket (in my favourite colour combination), and a fabric wrapped package.

Inside the fabric wrapped package was this beautiful hand stitched felt pouch and a handmade card....

Inside the pouch was this gorgeous pendant!

I loved the little fabric bucket so much that I took it along to the market on Saturday and used it on my stall for my business cards.

Katy has some more gorgeous pendants in her Made It Shop and also some wall and window decals. My favourite is the Cherry Blossom.

Love Handmade Jewellery

I've realised lately that I have a passion (some may say addiction) for handmade jewellery.
I have a huge array from casual and funky, to formal and dressy, but I absolutely love all of it!

Usually the most difficult question I ask myself each morning is "Which pieces of jewellery shall I wear with my outfit"?

Following my passion, I bought myself a pair of these beautiful Belle earrings from Sharon at Handmaiden. They're a lovely silvery grey, perfect for an occassion where I need to dress up.

Sharon has just launched her Etsy store this weekend where you can find all of her beautiful creations.

I've also been coveting the lovely jewellery creations of Lauren Williams for quite a while now.

I was lucky enough to do a swap with Lauren and I received this gorgeous necklace and matching ring. The necklace pendant can be taken off and then it doubles as a brooch. Yah for multifunctional jewellery!

Lauren has a Made It shop full of lovely creations to check out.

Now..... I need to decide what to wear today!

Fate

Tinniegirl and I were driving past the Salvos yesterday, so of course we made a little detour inside...... to find this bracelet.
The name is a little different, but I think it's beautiful. I wonder what happened to Camilla?

Merry Christmas to me

I decided to treat myself to a little early christmas present this week.

Above photo from Kristie

I saw these on Kristie's Missie Krissie blog and fell in love with them, so I custom ordered one for myself.

Isn't it gorgeous! It's sterling silver, and I chose pink beads. Who says you can't wear your name around your neck?

Kristie doesn't have an online shop just yet but you can email her - jemkris (at) westnet (dot) com (dot) au to find out more.

Ready for my soiree

I received a lovely little package in the mail on Friday.

Inside were these absolutely beautiful earrings from Sharon. They're part of her new jewellery collection. These ones are named 'Cristel' and they have Swarovski crystals and Swarvoski Pearls and white gold fish hooks. My photo really doesn't do them justice as they are so much more beautiful in real life....and sparkly too.

I was also the extremely lucky winner of Sharons giveaway....

So I also received this amazing 'Celine' bracelet with gold Swarovski crystals and bali gold clasp. Again, you really can't see this in the photo, but the crystals have the most amazing sparkle. I can't wait for an occassion to dress up and wear it.

Sharon has these, and other beautiful pieces of jewellery for sale on her Handmaiden blog...just check out her sidebar. My next favourite piece from the collection are these Belle Earrings.

Thanks so much Sharon!