crystal clear

Loving these crystal pieces from Sportsgirl, great with any outfit.

♚ | Jewellery haul | 26.02.2014 | ♚

It's no secret as to how much I love jewellery. High end brands, costume jewellery- I love it. Over the last few months I've gotten a few staple pieces which I love because of their simplicity and intricacy.

Sterling Silver 75cm Chain with skull pendant necklace

I first saw this pretty piece on the Lovisa Instagram which was posted by the fabulous jessneal who is a Lovisa girl herself, and just fell in love with the simplicity of it. I also have the bar as well, which is also on a 75cm chain, and wearing them together dresses up any outfit, or can keep it casual.

jessneal's photo on her Instagram

Sterling Silver Twist Band with Turquoise Stone Ring

Turquoise is such a beautiful stone in both colour and elegance. Combining it with a sterling silver ring? I didn't stand a chance. I love natural gems and stones, and having them in such a simple setting makes it a staple piece.

Mimco's Button Up Signature Stud in Silver

The illustrious Clarissa first showed me these fab little studs when she was looking at a new staple set. These are unspeakably cute and go with literally everything I own. We were in Mimco recently and fell in love, so I nabbed a pair with Clarissa's blessing, so we can be twins now. 

Marc by Marc Jacobs Dreamy Logo Ring

My honey bee gave me to this for Valentine's Day and it was such a lovely gift. I chose the colours and the style & really love how different it is to everything I own. I love the blue (it's a turquoise thing again!) 

I hope you've enjoyed this haul/the start of me opening my own jewellery store from the amount of stuff I have, haha. 

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| The week that was | 18.08.2013 |

My my my what a blur of a week its been! Due to my schedule the past week I only have a few photos to share tonight, however I am planning on doing a photo shoot this week with my darling Emily-May for my major project, so more to come!

Here's the weekly wrap up~

It was my dear Emily-May's birthday over the past weekend & she had some vouchers to spend in at LUSH- needless to say that if Heaven has a smell, it smells like a LUSH store.

Snapped this from Emily-May's car on the way back to class from a birthday lunch with my uni family. I forgot how pretty campus can be some days.

These lovely blossoms have been making an appearance since the weather started to be a bit nicer, & my goodness don't they look pretty!

Snapped this before the light completely left- this is at the end of my street, & then I ran inside & got warm again, haha.

(Sorry about the unartistic picture.) A lovely early gift from my darling, and no, even though it's on that finger, it's not that kind of ring. I'm wearing it on my middle finger on my left hand, I plan on getting it resized in the future. I am beyond in love with it, & got such a giddy surprise.

In lieu of past blog topics, I've decided to do more purchases in my posts- even though they won't be so jewellery and accessory centric. The majority of my purchases are for my shoots for my magazine, which basically gives me an excuse to buy pretty things.

I got this awesome diary for Emily-May for her birthday, from kikki.k. It's super cute, has water coloured illustrations, a plastic dust cover, and when Emily-May saw it in the store I knew straight away that it was fate for her to have it. I'm pretty hopeless with trying to keep a diary- I've gotten one of the past 3 years & there are just periods of time where nothing is written haha!

I have a stationary addiction, sorry I'm not sorry. Again, these are from kikki.k & are very cute, A5 prettiness. Good size for carrying around in your bag. You can find them here.

It's late, and I have grown weary from a busy weekend. Hope you're all happy, safe and well.

Stay tuned x

OOTD | 15.07.13

Managed to snap my work outfit today before I came home & crashed into bed and snored loudly. Accessories & clothing are listed under each photograph! ^_^

This is me today! I was at work when I snapped this (which I'm sure is obvious given my being surrounded by jewellery, haha) & this is the only shot of my whole outfit; I'm wearing a black work blouse, a Dotti Navy Blue Blazer jacket, and treated black denim pants from Big W. & even though you can't see them, I'm wearing Black Gold Topped Ballet Flats from Big W.

This is a Team piece provided by work. Most of the girls wear these flowers in their hair but I didn't really suit having a massive flower hanging off the side of my head, so I fixed it to my jacket. I liked how it looked, white always looks incredibly classy. These flowers come in a range of colours & are available at Lovisa stores. 

This is the Roman Coin Silver necklace- you can't see the details of the coin in this photograph, but it's a very simple and dainty piece to wear; I especially love it on black shirts.

And lastly, my bracelets & rings! Out of everything I wear to work I always love wearing these bracelets together- they are a combination of many bangle packs, but you can buy the two spike bracelets separately. My middle finger ring is a Pandora Mother of Pearl with Gold Band ring, which was a very generous gift from my mum for my birthday, & the other is Arrow Open Band Ring from Tree of Life.

I felt quite lovely in my outfit today.

Stay tuned! x

| Jewellery shoot |

So I had the awesome experience of having my good buddy Clarissa come over to my humble abode and take some pictures for me of some of my recent jewellery purchases. Having her come over & do a shoot was amazing- seeing someone behind a camera & seeing them create something beautiful was incredibly inspiring. Even though half the time I was the one being photographed, I could feel her intense concentration & how in the moment she was, both arranging the scene and taking the photos. It's such a weird and privileged thing to witness someone becoming one with an object, and seeing them work together & move in a way that it's beyond mesmerising. Clarissa is a truly amazing person, & these photos speak of just some of her talent with photography. She's an aspiring and very inspiring photographer, & I cannot wait to see her journey & to the infinite lengths she will achieve.

Biggest & most humble thank you to Clarissa for her talent & time & for giving me these beautiful shots. 

Stay tuned. x

Today's accessories & new vintage style ring!

Just wanted to show a quick preview of today's accessories as well as a new vintage ring I got from work:

I love mixing bracelet with my watch- I wear this rose gold watch a lot with any outfit, & I love the layering look. These are the Gold ID bracelet & a gold spiked bracelet.

This is my new ring- a vintage style rose gold trim ring in silver. The outside of the blue stone is a rose gold but it's hard to see in the photograph, but I love how it's completely different to any of the rings I have.  It's a bit vintage, a bit bohemian.

Hope your day was beautiful, and that you have an awesome weekend!

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Jewellery purchases & today's travels~

What. A. Day!

Today I had to hand in my very last assignment for the semester, and my goodness I travelled quite the distance to get to my university & then back again! I'm in Manly right now for work, & I had today off to go & hand in my assignment, & for me it's quite the distance. Usually from my parent's place it's about an hour and a half's trip on public transport, but from Manly, it gets bumped up to 2.5 hours! Here's a map of how far I travelled today:

From the sea, to the mountains, & back again!

Endless time spent on public transport aside, I'm loving my time by the beach at the moment. Mark & I are getting used to living with each other, & it's exciting to think that soon enough we'll be looking for new spaces to call home- for me it's the decorating or 'nesting' part- plenty of photos, Doctor Who memorabilia for Mark & beautiful things everywhere. 

And to my favourite part of today- accessories! Here are the accessories I wore today:

This is definitely one of my favourite rings that I own. It's my first opal, set in sterling silver. I purchased it from a jeweller in North Rocks, & I got it simply because I'm yet to own an opal anything, & it happens to be one of Mark's mother's favourite stones. This photo was taken on my phone & it really doesn't do it justice.

Today's accessories were all purchased from Lovisa, (I'm slowly turning into a walking talking advertisement for these guys!) Some of the bracelets came in different bangle packs, however the two spiked bracelet, second from the bottom, is sold singularly & is currently available at Lovisa stores. Here's a tip- if you do see a piece of theirs you want, take a picture of it with you so it'll help the girls & guys who work there quickly identify it & let you know if it's in store!

The necklace is a two tone short necklace and retails for around $29.99. It is a bit pricy however I have worn it in and outside of work & I love it. It's so different & can brighten up any plain blouse. Having these statement necklaces are really trendy at the moment, and the customers I serve at work all rave about how they love big statement pieces. 

Mark bought this delicious drink tonight & it's so refreshing!

Fairy lights in a pretty little cafe along the Manly strip. Completes a beautiful night. 

That's all for today!

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