Asos Browsing

Because I spent a bit of time on Asos today, I thought I'd put together a little list of the things that caught my eye.

Now this is a great jumper.

While I was in Belfast last week, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was always on in the evenings when I got back to the hotel. I hadn't seen it in ages and I had forgotten how damn funny it was!
This jumper is pretty cool and is currently in my Saved Items, at €89.96 though I think it is a little pricey...

Next on my list is this absolutely gorgeous gold French Connection necklace. Me likey very much.

The second necklace on this list is this spikey like number which is ASOS's own brand of jewellery. 

It's also on sale for just a tenner which is pretty good. So good in fact that I might just purchase it. 

Finally, as I am going travelling soon I keep meaning to buy a rucksack and this one has been in my Saved Items for ages because I just re-saving and re-saving it. It's not very exciting but it has to be done!

So there you go. If you have seen anything you like, all the pictures have click-through links. 

Cheers for reading,

Jane

all images via HERE

Winning

So as anyone who follows me on instagram may have seen,  I recently won a piece of jewellery from Scarlett Hearts through the wonderful Irish blog WildChildStories.com. You may have read in my post back in Aprill - Jewellery Is Fantastic - that  Scarlett Hearts is also fantastic. While I think having previously featured this Big Cartel in a post may have helped my winning of it and boy am I happy that it did!

Ciara contacted me a while ago to say I had won, thus beginning the impossible challenge of picking just one lovely piece from all that Scarlett Hearts has to offer - trust me, it was a seriously tough decision. In the end, I settled for the both beautiful and intricate Fancy Spoon. When I was a kid, my grandmother had two little wooden plaques mounted on the wall of her sitting room and on them hung little spoons - just like this one - from various countries and decades. Seeing this beauty reminded me of them which is why I choose it - that and it reminded me a little of Carey Mulligan's Prada frock for the 2010 Oscars for which I have previously expressed adoration! And when I opened that little package I was delighted that I did chose it.

I was particularly delighted to see that the necklace arrived with a little hand-written note on a pink heart shaped - of course - note. Also very impressed with the little red heart bobble at the clasp of the chain which certainly is a sweet little added touch!

So I haven't actually worn it yet but in the name of posting, I grabbed my camera and took a few photos of my highly, ahem, beauty spotted chest.

Isn't it gorgeous?!

The necklace, I mean. Obviously.

Anywho a massive massive thank you to Ciara at Wild Child Stories and Charlotte at Scarlett Hearts.

Cheers for reading,

Jane

P.S. I'm fecking off to Zambia for a little bit with Habitat for Humanity so I'm afraid you won't hear from me for a while. Expect lots of Zambia themed posts though on my return!

The Instagram Diaries

So I haven't done an Instagram Diary post in a while so I thought I'd just throw a little one together this evening. 

- late birthday present luggage tag and travel Moleskine - 

- study study study - 

- first outing of Topshop ear cuff -

- morning alarm for last Friday - 

- celebratory drinks after finishing exams - 

Click HERE to see the rest of my Instagram pictures and if you're on it leave your username in the comments below and I'll check out yours. 

Cheers for reading,

Jane

Jewellery Is Fantastic

So I was doing a little browsing through some blogs this morning and I came across BrightGreenLaces.com and on the first post that this lovely Aussie girl had rounded up some of her favourite Australia designers online shops. 

The first one that really caught my attention was the amazing Love/Hate Shop. My two favourite items in the shop (and there was a lot of them but I managed to narrow it down to two) are shown below. 

The Mary Poppins necklace is amazing. Amazing! It's quite expensive but still quite amazing. (That is literally the only word that I have to describe this!)

So this great little Charlie Chaplin is available as both a brooch and a necklace. His movable limbs and Tramp attire would make a perfect gift for anyone who has a soft spot for old black and white movies.

The two necklaces below are from a small collection of five pieces laser cut from beechwood, and then hand painted and varnished. On the downside, everything is sold out but I couldn't resist including them because, well, it's a rabbit on a swing and a chubby boy with a skipping rope! Take a look at the other three pieces at luyiandbubs.bigcartel.com.

So after I finished drooling over BrightGreenLaces.com's picks I went on a bit of an adventure of my own, through the 

I'm not really mad about moustache accessories. I feel they are just a passing trend and not a very nice one at that. However when I saw these I have to say I did change my tune at little bit. I really like the the whole collar pins look because it's quirky yet traditional. Are they or are they not adorable?! They - being the only non-necklace item on my little list -  are from a little Cartel called Scarlett Hearts that is really worth a look because everything is quite divine!

This insanely gorgeous Seahorse Heart necklace is, alongside the Mary Poppins necklace, one of the most expensive things on my list. I think it kind of nails the whole skeleton thing going on at the moment without it being overly trendy. It's from a designer called Georgia Varidakis and her stuff is quite beautiful!

This lovely gold geometric fox is from One Lux.

Finally OhSoAntsy was definitely my favourite of all of the shops I came across. As soon as I opened the page I knew I would love these little US state pendants and when I saw some countries, the hunt began for Ireland and low and behold they had not one but two (!) Eire shaped pendants. (one about an inch in height and the other about half an inch in height).

 

Aside from displaying my patriotism, I am also immensely tempted by pretty much every other design. I love the little touch of the heart stamped into them. Africa is also one of my favourites. I think that they would make a really nice present as the Texas based designer custom makes everything and takes requests. 

Also on my little trip through Big Cartel I came across this. 

How fantastic is that?!?

I know everyone is pretty sick of the many (and there are many) variations of the traditional Keep Calm and Carry On poster but this really is magnificent. I think that this would make a perfect gift for anyone who has emigrated from rainy old Ireland and maybe needs a house-warming gift for their new abode in Australia, Canada or wherever else young folk are headed these days. It's from a shop called GrandGrand and along with the Feck It Sure It's Grand, they have Keep Going Sure It's Grand and Cop Yourself On along with so many others. All of which are available as t-shirts and cards too! Brilliant. 

Cheers for reading,

Jane

today

I treated myself to a little bit of retail therapy today. No major financial damage was done (thank god) but if you don't mind me saying so, I am quite delighted with them.

So that stripy cutie was picked up in the "last chance to buy" section of New Look and it's definitely something I'll get a lot of wear out of since it's quite light but still quite snug. The lemon yellow tunic top/dress thing is from Penneys and cost a measly €9 which I was extremely chuffed with. I am looking forward to wearing it because I currently have not a hint of yellow in my wardrobe.

Now to the jewellery. I am currently following a particularly great YouTube beauty blogger called Viviannadoesmakeup and in a few of her videos she wore a torc style necklace from River Island so walking past River Island today I thought I'd pop in and see if there was anything similar. There is also currently a mid-season sale going on so I can't say I wasn't hoping it would be on the sale rack. Luckily for me this one below was the last on the stand tucked behind some hideous feathered chokers. Unfortunately it was not on sale but at €9 I couldn't have left it behind.

There was a half-price thing going on in the jewellery section of Topshop also and although I spent quite some time trying on rings, I settled for this spiky gold ear cuff. I was getting a little bored of my simple silver one so this will suit quite nicely.

Along with the aforementioned yellow top from Penneys, I also picked up this very stylish gold and blue necklace. They also had it in a peachy pinky colour and gold but I think the blue version is definitely a keeper as it looks a little Egyptian which I like very much.

Well I must say I quite enjoyed putting that little post together. I will have a night of my head in the books this evening though to make up for it!

Also did you spot my new header? Am trying out a new thing, not sure if I like it or not.

Cheers for reading, 

Jane