Endless Love Necklace

Hey ♥

This is another piece I made a few weeks back that I have been wearing lots. It's so cute and it goes with everything! I love it =)

This piece features a stunning Swarovski crystal heart attached by a silver bail and hung from a sterling silver bow charm. Assembled on a sterling silver chain. I love how dainty looking this piece is and how elegant it is! This piece is perfect for everyday wear or for dressing up =)

I called this piece Endless Love =) Hope you like it! Please let me know what you think. Hope everyone had a great weekend ♥

Mad Picks

A fashion post on PreciousXing? No way! =P

It's true I'm not much of a fashionista, I like my wardrobe but I admitt I don't put half as much effort into dressing up as I should. I like my simple white tees and jeans and colouring them up with jewelery and scarves. But that doesn't mean I don't have an interest in these things!

Nicole Richie is one of my favourite style icons! I think she has amazing style and well, creating her own fashion (Winter Kate) and jewellery (House of Harlow 1960) line among other things is reason enough to inspire me =)

Here are just a few pieces from her jewellery line, House of Harlow, in case you haven't seen them before:

I would love to be as confident in my own skin and comfortable with everything I wear as she is. It's admirable when a girl can take dead plain clothing and make them into a completely unique and gorgeous outfit. Here are just a few shots that I love of her (particularly her outifts!)

Anyway, my main point for this post is that I'm excited to hear that Benji and Joel (Nicole's fiance) are soon introducing their own fashion line for women! As a fan of GC for many years and understanding how down to earth and hard working these guys are I'm excited to see what they come  up with. I have no doubt that even though Nicole is not part of the designing and production of this line, she will have influence on some part. Even just having Joel around her would have some effect on his perception of womens fashion. I'm hoping that this line will produce some more wallet-friendly pieces that are somewhat similar in style to Winter Kate. Here is what people.com had to say;

"When it comes to fashion, Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden seem to have mastered the laidback rocker vibe, and with the launch of their new Mad Picks capsule collection, the musicians are suggesting that the ladies follow suit. Teaming with Macy’s private brand American Rag, the guys have handpicked items from the collection for a limited-edition collaboration–just in time for back-to-school shopping! The line features on-trend boho vests, torn denim, and embellished tops. “I don’t care how a girl dresses, nothing is sexier than a girl who is confident, feels good about herself, and does things her own way,” says Joel, who is engaged to style maven Nicole Richie. “I love it when a girl can take simple basic pieces and wear them with her own style.” When it comes to their own unique look, it’s all about clothes that can be dressed up or down. “We like a T-shirt you can throw a jacket over for dinner,” adds Joel. “It’s important for us to have clothes which we can both walk on stage or relax at home.” Starting September 11, the brothers will have a chance to flex their style muscle on stage, when they perform in a series of free concerts at select Macy’s stores, showcasing tunes from their new album Cardiology, due November 2. Mad Picks will launch at select Macy’s stores and on macys.com August 25!"

Photos courtesy of people.com

For those lucky enough to live nearby I went searching for the dates!

The Madden twins will perform free acoustic concerts at the following locations:

* Saturday, 9/11: Cherry Hill, NJ – Macy’s Cherry Hill

* Saturday, 9/25: Rosedale, MN – Macy’s Rosedale Center

* Saturday, 10/9: Miami, FL – Macy’s International Mall West Dade

* Saturday, 10/16: Roseville, CA – Macy’s Galleria at Roseville

* Saturday, 10/23: Skokie, IL – Macy’s Old Orchard

 

Now I haven't seen GC live since '05 but I know that they are amazing live and I would LOVE to go to an intimate acoustic set so I highly recommend heading along for the music alone. They will be premiering some of the new tunes from Cardiology which so far sounds amazing! Check out the 2 previews we've received from the boys so far =)

 

Also, just a small note to say I've added a Bloglovin feature in the right-hand sidebar, not sure how successful this will be but time will tell =)

And a big hello and THANK YOU to all who follow me! <3

Freedom Necklace

I've been meaning to show you this piece for like a month now!! I absolutely love this necklace, I've been wearing it alot! The blue really stands out and brings life to this piece. I thought that the leaf and feather were very pretty and natural and created a nice flow within the piece.

This picture was taken awhile back, hence the white background. I will be sticking with the darker background for future photos! Thank you to everyone for your opinions btw! They were very helpful =)

This is one of my fav pieces, it's very me! Made with swarovski crystal bicones, blue glass bead and silver plated charms =) The blue bead is very unique as it has a slight dip in the centre. The top right and bottom left corners rise slightly higher than the rest giving the bead a sort of gentle wave effect shape, it's super pretty! You can make out what I mean in the pic above, there is a dark line in the centre (a reflection of something) which is distorted but it's actually reflecting the edge of a straight picture frame!

I called this piece 'Freedom' because the leaf, feather and ocean blue bead all remind me of nature and nature is always associated with beauty and liberty.

Also, below my cbox on the right (--->) I have added an easy link for you to view my jewellery!! Hope it comes in handy ;)

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New Light

Hi ♥

I had some free time the other day and I decided to mess around with the camera and taking pics of some of my pieces on different backgrounds etc! I was hoping to find a solution to my current photo setup. As much as I love how the pieces are turning out on the white background it's very tedious to set up all the pages, etc. to reflect light as I don't have a light box and about 95% of the photos I take turn out more grey than white!

I have a really nice dark wooden hall table inside my bedroom door and I love how the pics turned out on this! I think it really shows you what they look like without any extra light being reflected or anything these are 100% natural photos and are taken in one of the slightly darker areas in my room. The only thing I do to my photos is add a watermark. Anyway, enough with the rambling! Here are two pics (the most similar I have) of my Royal Pearl Bracelet showing both the original photo style and the darker background!

Light version:

Dark version:

You can see that for some reason the white background makes pieces look much more grey in colour than it really is.

My point for this post is to inquire which style of photo you prefer! Personally, I am leaning towards darker as it shows a much more true-to-life colour and there is no set up whatsoever involved for me (laziness~XP). Which do ye prefer? Do you think I should stick with the lighter background or use the dark wooden background?

Hope everyone is having a great week! ♥

Herro Hachi

I was so lucky to be 1 of 5 winners of the herrohachi grand opening giveaway! Kym was so sweet to allow me to choose a tee or tank of my choice for free!! Everything is so cute and it was so hard to choose! I spent ages debating whether I should get the Live, Love, Laugh, Eat! tee or the Neeenja Tank top!

After a few hours (took me that long to decide!!) I finally choose the Neeenja Tank! It was just TOO cute to pass up! =) Kym was so sweet and she kept me completely informed on my package and told me the moment she shipped it off and the package arrived shockingly fast! Everything was so perfectly wrapped! (Please excuse the quality of the photos - these were taken with my phone as I was just leaving my house to hop on a train when I got the package!)

She even sent me a super cute button!! =D (once again please excuse the pic quality.. -__- )

Isn's he just so cute!! I LOVE this top! The quality is amazing and the customer service is superb! I highly recommend you to visit her store here!

Here is just a sneak peek at some other amazing pieces she has put together!

Herro Hachi: Making Funny Fashionable

http://www.herrohachi.com/

New necklace & Guardian Angel

Hey everyone!

I'm just back from my weekend away, stayed up with my boyfriend for the long weekend and we had a great weekend and some much needed catching up time together! We talk every single day and yet sometimes you just need to be together in person which is why long distance can be a lil lonely but it's worth it =) Also over the weekend I finally saw Toy Story 3!

I loved it! It was everything it was hyped up to be =) Although I thought the movie was a bit sad at times, especially for a kids movie, it certainly had that Disney charm. All the new characters - both toys and humans - were perfect additions! I don't want to spoil anything so all I will say is that I believe this is an admirable ending to a beloved childhood movie!

The piece I have to share with you today is a very simple piece but pretty all the same. This piece is simply a pair of angel wings on a chain. I just love the way they hang from it. Very casual yet elegant piece.

Also in this post I just want to share a song with you that has a very important meaning to me and seems fitting to match with the new necklace. Although this song is a few years old now I think it is a very inspiring song and a very beautiful piece. It's unlike the band's other music and they really out did themselves with this one! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! =) Unfortunately the videos showing the MV disabled embedding but if you wish to see it watch here! Or listen below~

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel