This is another one of my birthday presents - I told you I did well! I really like the fact this is a long necklace as all too often pearls come strung on shorter chains. It's not too clear on the photo but there are also some clear crystals hung on the chain too. It's from Banana Republic and it's the only piece of jewellery I own from there. I've got some of their clothes but have never really thought of them for jewellery...that's now going to change! I really like the fact a lot of their stuff is very classic but with a modern twist.
I made this a while back but I haven't really worn it so it was nice to pop it back on again - like finding a new piece of jewellery! It's mostly made up of tigers eye gemstones with some brown and gold pearls and orange/brown crystals too.
I made these to match the silver leaf necklace from The Silvery. The leaves are silver and I've string them on wire with some green glass beads and green pearls too. I like the fact they are nice and light and I love the detail in the leaves too!
I made this bracelet using some pearls and another of the bird pendants. It's a nice simple piece that makes me smile when I wear it and as its pearls its pretty neutral, plus I can use it to dress up an outfit!
This is another of my own creations - I really like the leaf pendant, it's a muted gold green, almost metal like and I strung it on a wire with green pearls and some green crystals. I even found a really nice leaf clasp so that's at the back (you obviously can't see it in this picture). This piece was probably one of the first ones that I planned and executed rather than just made through a bit of playing. I really like it and usually wear it a lot. I like how it feels really autumnal!
This is another one of my own creations - its just a simple one strand bracelet made with what I call Black Pearls but they're not really, as black pearls are properly black. These are more like petrol shades, you know when you get oil in a puddle and you get the spectrum of purples and greens. I wanted to wear something simple today and as I'm wearing a purple jumper dress I thought these would go nicely.
I got this lovely little locket from the marvellous Eclectic Eccentricity in one of their brilliant sales last year. They do some great vintage look items and I've got a few of their pieces. I want to get one of our wedding photos reduced in size so that I can actually put photos in here as I remember as a child being really fascinated with lockets and the fact that people kept images in them so that they could feel close to their loved one - there's a real romance to lockets I think that we've probably lost a bit in the modern age when you're only ever a click away from anyone at any time.
I don't often wear much gold jewellery as I am not sure if it suits me but when I do I like it to be something a bit special and I think this definitely fits the bill.
