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Christmas shopping for, urm, me...
The problem with browsing the internet all day for Christmas shopping is that I tend to just find things for me. I have a lot of people to buy for. Just finding things for me is most unhelpful. But then someone says something like:
"Becks, my mum's asking what she can buy you for Christmas. Any ideas?"
And my little face lights up and I send this link to this supercute camera necklace from All Things Original.
Isn't it brilliant?
Becks x
Molly Brown London
http://www.mollybrownlondon.com/
This company is great- gorgeous pieces and amazing customer service. I am especially fond of their jelly beans. I like all jelly beans- edible or not; you could say that I am an equal opportunity jelly bean lover!
Splendid for little girls and big ones too.
Where the Wild Things Are necklaces
via etsy.com
Solid silver Max and solid silver Carol (one of the monsters. Carol seems like a singularly inappropriate name, but never mind) from Roadkill on Etsy. "Carol has scaly feathery textured detail on his legs, a bushy tail, a slight overbite and some shiny teeth". Sold as a pair in a limited edition of 100. Click on the pic to go to the seller's page.
Some interesting facts about gold jewellery
I've always wondered what the 375 stamp on my bracelet was. I bumped into this by accident and thought it was a pretty interesting thing to share.
Jewellery is normally stamped with a marking to show the type of gold.
For 9ct gold the stamp will normally be either the number 375, 9ct, 9kt or 9K.
For 14ct gold the stamp will normally be either the number 585, 14ct, 14kt or 14K.
For 18ct gold the stamp will normally be either the number 750, 18ct, 18kt or 18K.
The stamps only indicate the carat of metal. They do not indicate the color of the metal. So for example an 18ct yellow gold ring would have a stamp of 750 as would an 18ct white gold ring.
9ct gold contains 37.5% pure gold (375 parts per thousand parts).14ct gold contains 58.5% pre gold (585 parts per thousand parts).
18ct gold contains 75% pure gold (750 parts per thousand parts).
The remainder of the metals is made up of a combination of alloys, different metals which can help to give the metal its unique appearance, such as a different color.
via gilletts.com.au
In the example image below you can see this Tiffany band has a 925 stamp. That translates to 92.5% purity, in this case Sterling Silver. The same principle applies to all other jewellery as far as I know.
Stuck for Christmas presents? Why not try iPhone Earrings?
November 12th, 2009Our rank and file is filled with tech nuts and nerds, and we’re proud of that. One thing about working with tech nuts and nerds is that there is never a shortage of ideas. Out of one of these ideas comes our latest venture; Mac Jewelry. Yes, Seriously!
So without further adieu, I present to you our first virtual fashion show of our Mac Jewelry.
iPhone Earrings (made with Home Buttons) – $14.95
Aluminum Mac Power Button Earrings – $14.95
Black Macbook Power Button Earrings – $14.95
White Macbook Power Button Earrings – $14.95
Shoes, lipsticks, fashion, cake, JOY
If you liked the Nina Dolcetti shoes I wrote about recently, and if you like fashion and cake and amazing houses, you might want to check out Tart, a series of shopping and lounging Saturdays at David Carter's insanely gorgeous, seventeenth-century, insiders' secret 40 Winks (pictured; it's also a two-bedroom hotel, described by German Vogue as "the most beautiful small hotel in the world").
The first one is this Saturday, the next on 12 December, and then on into January and February. Cakes from Vintage Patisserie, hair and makeup from Lipstick and Curls, clothes from Vintage Secret, shoes by Nina Dolcetti, who'll also be taking commissions, plus milliners, jewellery, lingerie, massage and cocktails. 25 places available per Saturday, £60 a head, 2-6pm. Call 020 7790 0259 to book a place, or email reservations@40winks.org. Women only.
(If the dates don't work, 40 Winks also hosts Bedtime Story nights - literary pyjama evenings; call or email for details. A little bird tells me that someone Very, Very Famous has agreed to do one next year; get on the mailing list).
dream, Sat 7/11/09
First part of the dream, I was myself, and living in this odd version of the current house I live in now. Someone had made me this three-piece pendant - a cross, with a monkey face, then beautiful legs of some sort of dragon. It was all burnished gold. I trailed it through the sandpit in the backyard and lost some of it. I found a small, fluffy black cat, who ran from me but let me catch her. She told me, in English, that I was a pretty girl.
I later saw my brother who said that he met the same black cat but that she had told him he was a pretty girl in Greek.
Meeting the black cat meant that we had to head up to the back flat in our backyard. Two men stormed in - one was topless, acne-ridden, very skinny. He was holding a lute. The other man proceeded to tell him that he was wasting his time becoming a professional lutenist, even though he was fantastic. I tried to hide - I merely pretended to be a statue and hid under a massive lampshade as he murdered the lutenist in a nearby bed.
My pendant lost its feet. A girl remade it for me so that it had no monkey face or legs anymore. She said it was better now that it was more simple.
* * *
I was a young boy, fat and always acting up. The community I was in was banned from going outside. I rebelled and rode my bike on the earth mounds. I was to be punished later.
Two women, a man who was supposedly my father and myself were sharing a plate of creamy potatoes and vegetables. We kept shifting food from each others' plates as we kept taking too much of one thing. My father kept cutting up a map so that I wouldn't know where they were.
I hid in carpeted staircases and injured the women. I thought they would see me, but they never did. My father beat me.
Bracelets
These custom-made, hand-engraved bracelets are lovely - the idea is to have your children's names on them, but obviously the hearts (also discs) can say anything. Also in gold; also as necklaces; the colour of the string can be anything you want. Here's the cool bit: from £30. Let's just say that A Certain Shop in north London gets them from the same place and sells them on for £120, which people are willing to pay because the bracelets look and feel expensive. These make brilliant presents; I got one two years ago and it's still going strong. Order online from Merçi Maman, who are French (hence the nice handwriting) but based in London.
