Monday, November 7, 2011

My Jewellery Acquisitions


Thanks to the lovely girls who suggested Halloween costumes for me. I had a last minute inspiration to go as Quorra from Tron (was just going to pretend I didn't know the theme was 'Villains'), but I couldn't find any electroluminescent wire in the space of 5 hours. So I had a last minute switched to Lady Deathstrike from X-men, played by Kelly Hu. My adamantium nails came out really well, but sadly nobody realised who I was! I kept being mistaken for Edward Scissorhands, and even worse- Freddy Kruger!! What a big Halloween fail!

Nevertheless, my husband won 'Best Costume'!! Am so proud of him, although I did catch him voting for himself!!


Now onto my post on my recent jewellery acquisitions. Over the last few months I've bought quite a bit of jewellery and thought I'd do a post on them. Here's a pic of my jewellery collection, I like using stand to store them.


My recent jewellery haul:


I got this necklace from Swarovski. Was actually there to purchase a graduation gift for my sister in law, but couldn't resist this necklace for myself when I saw it.


My husband got me this sweet and dainty flower ring from Carat. I really love it!



I recently got really into statement jewellery, but can't manage to pull them off as they temd to swamp me. This art deco inspired necklace from Monsoon is great as it's big without looking too chunky.



This necklace was from Banana Republic. I quite like their jewellery, and I really like ethnic insipred jewellery so this one was hard to resist.


I got this long necklace from Warehouse. Thought it looked quite dainty.



And lastly, also from Warehouse is this bow necklace. I love anything with bows on it!




I'd also like to share with you a scarf I just finished making. It took me quite some time to make, but thankfully I finished it just in time for the cold winter months ahead.


31 comments:

  1. I love all of those! The little flower ring is too cute :) Congrats to your husband, his costume was brilliant! xoxo

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  2. its so cool that you can knit! :D and those are some lovely jewellery you got there ;) i love anything with bows too !

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  3. LOL, I love that character (even if I didn't know her what her name was before now...). She was in X-Men 2, right? I'll have to go rewatch that now. :)

    The first necklace and the ring are really pretty! And, wow - I didn't know you could knit?! That's pretty darn cool. :)

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  4. The scarf you knitted is really pretty and detailed! May I know how long did it take you?

    I love dainty accessories as well, but the necklace from Monsoon is something that I'd purchase for myself too haha!

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  5. You store your jewelery so nicely! Mine always end up in a pile, all knotted up. Lol.
    I love that necklace from banana republic, I have a soft spot for ethnic inspired accessories too. :)

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  6. Love everything....esp how u hang them.


    ♥xx♥

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  7. Love everything....esp how u hang them.


    ♥xx♥

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  8. Congrats to your husband ; D His ego must be just about bursting already. Haha!

    I love your jewelries, actually. It's very rare that I find people with just a slight similar jewelry-taste to mine, but I really like what you got there and how you arranged everything.

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  9. you have such great taste in jewelry! <3 i love everything you got and congrats to your hubby! his costume was really cute afterall and i suppose he put a lot of work into it. ;)

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  10. love the jewelery stand and the floral ring and necklace with bow is gorgeous

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  11. Fantastic purchases. I think the flower drink is the best of them. Probably because your sweet hubby got it for you.

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  12. show us your deathstrike costume :) congrats to your husband!

    very neat jewelry organization. everything you have is so gorgeous especially the BR necklace.

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  13. I love how you store your jewellry! Beautiful! xx

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  14. Congratulations to your husband :) His costume was fun! Looks like a great job on the scarf, and what lovely, delicate jewelry :)

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  15. I love your necklace from Banana Republic! It looks really awesome. Plus your ring from Carat is really dainty and adorable. :D

    You have a nice selection of jewelry Penelope! Oh and I also like your jewelry stands. Where did you get them. :D

    xoxo,
    LoveSkinBest

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  16. wow what a great collection of jewellery! :) and i love the stands ur putting them on!
    the scarf u made looks awesome~~ i love the pattern u made! i've only made a scarf once haha and it didnt look very nice :P

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  17. Hi Penelope! These are some great pieces. I love costume jewellery myself but find even the smaller pieces too big and overwhelming on me. I absolutely adore your accessories stands. Where did you get them?

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  18. How whimsical and exquisite! The one from BR is so pretty. I can never choose accessories, so I always love looking at jewelry collections like yours!

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  19. wow you have such a pretty jewelry collection and i love the stand it all look some kind of antique collection,congrats to your husband:)

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  20. Thanks girls for all your comments!

    @Blair I took about 2 weeks to make the scarf x

    @ Myrted and Fannie I got my jewellery stands from notonthehighstreet.com

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  21. OooO... i love everything you got <3
    My fav is your necklace from Swarovski and the one from Warehouse.. so so pretty

    Congrats to your hubby on the best dressed, would love to see your costume tho :DDD

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  22. lovely pieces (:!! also i thought to mention your previous post the lip colour is gorgeous!

    CMPang x
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  23. Oooohhh I love your jewellery collection. I like your entire haul, but the Swarovski necklace is gorgeous. I actually need hooks for my necklaces :D
    Nice scarf, too. I can't knit to save my life.

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  24. These are all beautiful pieces, the flower ring is so dainty and lovely.:D

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  25. I loved every piece Penelope!

    Kisses, Melanie
    Beauty and Bows

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  26. wow you have a huge jewelry collection! I really like how each piece is different to one another. The ring is so cute! I'm not very adventurous with jewelry and the irony is that my husband works with jewelry haha.

    Congrats on your husband winning the prize!! Oh you know My dream costume was actually Quorra from Tron Legacy too, LOL! I can never pull off her costume though, I just think it would be a amazing to look like that for one day (course it probably won't ever happen)

    THANK YOU for shopping on our website again!! I will be sending you something myself personally soon. The question is what!! *ponders*

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  27. Penelope, you are so talented! Your scarf is beautiful as well as your jewelries! Your jewelries are so elegant.

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