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Hollaa Willamino's,

Well the title says it all really,the girls have gone home, its belting an absaloute monsoon outside, and I'm sat on my bed with a cup of coffee (mmm coffee..) with an extremely tired out kitty comfortably sprawled across my lap..

So since my late evening is obviously incredibly productive (not!) I thought I'd come up with a few ideas and general opinions/advice on vintage jewellery and the such. Alot of youtube videos or blogs tend to show their jewellery pieces and then move onto something else, so instead of ranting about owl earrings or the latter I shall just bite the bullet and 'cut to the chase' as we brit's say....cuppa's at the ready? okay lets go.

My obviously 'carefully organised jewellery section' (lie)

 Okay the secrets out...most of my jewellery, (bar my formal jewellery) is 'brand new'...Most of it is in fact from, vintage shops, family members, online websites, and friends....the only 'new' jewellery I tend to buy are mostly from the likes of Topshop, H&M and on some occasions primark..
Anyway before this turns into some ridiculous rant about highstreet products, I shall proceed to explain my obvious lack of organised jewellery... what can we call it? ' section?...righto!...I tend to keep my main jewellery items in a vase, and my more 'formal' items on the jewellery stand.
I have no idea where the jewellery stand came from, nor the vase, since they were both christmas gifts, but the pink tealight holders were actually from the mother's day section in tesco...no..Im not a mother nor do I have any intentions to be just yet!..but they were orginally bought for my mother...who took absaloutely no interest in them whatsoever, so on some characteristically drab day they suddenly sprouted legs and made the move from the landing window to my room..which I obviously had no doing in..umm..

Anyway, 'on with the show' I say!, This fine item was actually a rescue from a vintage shop in burton on water, it came with another item ( which I'll get to in a second) and wasn't too expensive, I think I paid around £8 for the pair , both which date from around 1971-1986, It's quite a classic piece and has a threaded necklace with a silver plated piece sign, alot of people I tend to bump into have complimented the ' oh are you bombing for peace' gesture but I genuinely believe this can be worn with a variety of styles...I've mostly worn this with a neutral tshirt and jeans or dress, as its quite a big feature in general, and can be an icon of its own. Similar pieces to this can be found on Etsy and Ebay for around £5-9 depending on your specific choice.

This little gem came as a pair with the peace necklace ( as above) and although it is not attached to the orginal necklace, dates from the main Guns and Roses Appetite for destruction Era which I believe was around 1986 ish...its a silver piece featuring the likes of the G'N'R clang and could be worn with a band tshirt and shorts (or in my case) skinny jeans and a studded tshirt. Its a great piece, and if anyone was looking into buying one I highly reccomend them, I believe they are still avaliable on ebay and amazon for around £15-35.

Crack on!, I bought these to wear to my late grandad's funeral (well you've got to fit a symbol in somewhere havent you?) and although I thought they were abit too hipster at first , they were on sale so I had a (they're only cheap it doesn't matter if they end up in the bin afterwards) moment..possibly being the only primark item I own, I can honestly say I completely love them and so far they haven't broken on me yet! ..plus they were £1 in the sale! can't go wrong!.

Ahh this cheeky neon!...I actually inherited this from one of my aunts, its believed to date around 1987 which was apparently the 'neon disco' fratazzle around then, its a coral pink ( I'm not a fan of pink but this pink's nice!) and even though the colours slightly faded, I think it looks divine matched with a white fitted tshirt,denim shorts and sandals and I've even worn it once with matching colour brogues....ew. ...these are really cheap and cheerful and can be found in most highstreet stores and online for around 99p to about £4.00.

Ahhh the delicate jewellery!.....I definately have magpie like tendencies when it comes to silver jewellery.. Both of the bracelets were christmas presents from various family , however the diamonte earrings were from a vintage range in newlook,..I dont tend to buy alot of dangly earrings but since they were bought the day before prom, I believe I rushed into the nearest shop like a mad hatter and hastily grabbed the nearest pair, being these, which were around £5.99. The charm bracelet was a christening gift from my late grandfather and despite supposely having orginally around 7 charms, (unfortunately lost over the years :( ) it has an incredible amount of sentimental value and is worn practically everyday, I should think you can pick them up fairly well priced on ebay or within local jewellers shops if your on the hunt for a christmas gift!..

tudallooo moofoo's :)

Willoo ♥