Oh look, it's snowing...

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Thanks to my mummy for taking these. Is it snowing where you are?

Giulia Noni

Lots of lovely blog related things are coming soon, keep a look out.
Two beautiful drawings from Uyen (chiocosensei) arrived today. I'm over the moon. >look over there.
It's the first tommorow! Which means, officially in my beautiful best friend's eyes, I can talk about the c word. Have a wonderful pinch punch first of the month.
LOVE TO YOUR MOTHERS

Me time

(it's kind of like looking out of bangs?)

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Maciek Kobielski

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Me time

(It's been so windy recently that this giant tree was blown over. It was huuugggeeee. The 'inerds' were beautiful.)




dress, vintage coat, h&m tights, m&s scarf, gift shoes, soyoushoes
sunglasses, rayban ring , michael lionel necklace, galibardy

A peak at one of the items i've been making,

LOVE TO YOUR MOTHERS

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Castens

"I create art nouveau inspired jewelry that somehow seems to have escaped from a fairytale. I do it because… I can’t not do it. In the morning, as I linger between sleep and awake, shapes morph through my dreams and come together into jewelry and I always carry a notebook to catch those images of these elusive pieces while they still hover in my mind. At my workbench I turn these mirages into solid dreams made of cool silver, warm glowing gold and glittering diamonds and colorful stones. When the piece is done, I take it into my hands and lean back while I inspect it. I smile as its curls - it seems to move just a little bit while I turn it in my hands. My pieces are alive… maybe they secretly actually do move when I don’t look?

I am the proud creator of high end fairytale jewelry and feel blessed for the gift of having the opportunity to breathe life into the precious materials. I hope the wearers of these small pieces of solid dreams love them just as much as I do!"

I love Castens jewellery. They have the movement and beauty of candyfloss mixed in with clouds and swirls all brought together into a piece that will last forever. If i was one of those girly girls at 5 years old, Castens pieces are the kind of thing i'd dream of my mum owning so i could try on and dance around in.

castens.com
castens etsy
castens blog

Mix it up

Nikolay Ivanov

Marcin Kosmowski

Tania Shcheglova

Cecy Young

Aleksandra Kinskaj

Silly blogger moving my posts to 'older'. I have the whole 'seven days' action on. Not cool. I bought a hammer and wire today. Look out for my new creations. I can't wait to show you all. Have a lovely weekend.
LOVE

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Etsy Feature: Gaia Metal Studio

"I have enjoyed all aspects of art throughout my life. I have dabbled in sculpture, photography, painting and now jewelry. I have always loved natural stones and the feel of them in my hands.

I love anything to be added to my jewelry that can catch the light, provoke interest or make you smile. Iam constantly on the lookout for inspiration even if it comes from a word or time of the day.

My favorite part of making jewelry is spending time with my daughter at home and learning together. "

For more beautiful creations check out,
gaia metal studio
for beads and art ava kathleen
for sterling silver and copper katnip
and her lovely blog, kitkat.

The Christmas post

This post will contain- decorations, gifts for others, my personal wishlist, where to buy that special dress you've been searching for, tips and tricks, etc. I'm also doing a literal Christmas inspiration board that will appear more towards Christmas (it's turning out to be so fun that i might carry it and do one each month).

Decorate


Sterling Furniture


Selection from Re-found objects.

Selection from Red Direct.



(A selection of cones that you can throw on to the fire and they burn different colours)
Selection from Lakeland.

Using this as a decoration gives you another excuse to buy. At £5 for one cracker, we should call it an investment. ThisWorks Christmas cracker.





Selection from Anthropologie.

You could go the diy route. Remember as a kid you made snowflakes? Bunting out of pretty paper is also an option. You can make quite a few bits with a good playdoh recipe. For food check out the gluttonous vegan for vegan, yummy and creative ideas.


Buying for others-

Knitting. With the spare time and relative visits, it's worth a try.
I found out the other day that you can buy craft supplies from Etsy. Saw the perfect ring and fancy making your own take on it?

If you're not too keen on that idea, Hawkins Bazaar do a lovely half way

paint your own russian dolls.

For women/girlies
Zeira
Tom Ford
Galibardy
(This comes with a personal thumbs up from me)
Michael Lionel

Lush have gifts for all budgets.

The Bakewell soap Company. I adore their body silk.

Men

Armstrong and Miller dvd

Peep Show dvd

Choco
Hotel Chocolat

Artsy
Don McCullin
Tim Walker
Sarra Manning

I know Chlay would love,

Jean Paul Gaultier

A necklace for $0.20

Lacy Laura Gray

AND OF COURSE EVERY GIRLYS DREAM

Mulberry

My wishlist










(l-r.. 1 YSL ring, 2,3,4 selection from Hq Hair 5,6 selection from Imogen Belfield 7 , It's all Relative 8, Emily Morgan 9, 10 Accesorize 11 Burberry


If you ask for one thing...



(l-r ... 1 Mcqueen knuckle duster clutch 2 CPS jewels 3 Beyond the Rockz 4 Matthew Designs
Oh the infamous (in my house anyway) Pierre Hardy for Gap shoes would be my dream.

As this is quite long now, I'm going to cut off here and do the party outfit post at a later date.
Happy Thanksgiving! (apologies for wishing this in a Christmas themed post)
LOVE

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