emily burtner necklaces

We are always on the lookout for colorful, chunky and unique necklaces. Scouring Etsy for just this, we came accross these little doozies from Emily Burter of Philidephia, USA.

These mixed bead necklaces feature hand made polymer beads, antique glass beads, metal beads and wooden beads.

a bone for a bone

Leah Singh uses innovative design and creativity to transform bone, a by-product from abattoirs in India into bold, funky, statement pieces of jewelry.

Leah works directly with a master craftsman in India to create these beautiful pieces which are sculpted from bone. Love!

New collection from Rock N Rose

Check out the new AW/12 collection from Rock N Rose. This season its shiny, crosses, pointy and metallic.

take a leif out of this

LEIF is an eclectic online shop that we have just recently discovered!

This wonderful store has a spectacular array or funky home wares, accessories and Jewelry.

deadly

Deadly skull and pewter pendants by The Pewter Wolf

minoux

Minoux's jewellery is bold, modern and funky. Each piece is handmade in Portland, Oregon using 100% recycled sterling silver wire wherever possible. Check out their website for more ;)

the grass is greener

Emily Green is the Melbourne based designer who makes these lovely hand made necklaces. Emily threads the hand formed beads onto a silver chain and the result is a wonderful and striking bust of colour.  Below -  Liesl Necklace $45 AUD and Pop Necklace $45 AUD. 

a box of surprises

An Umbra Box is a subscription service that delivers a box full of handmade goodies to your doorstep each month. Your monthly box may contain goodies made such as home goods, women's accessories, jewellery, stationary, bath products etc. The best thing about it is the contents of your box is a surprise!

At only $26 USD each month Umbra Box offers monthly and 3, 6, or 12 month gift subscriptions.

Go on spoil yourself.

Available in the US only. 

want it all

We are drooling over the new spring/summer 2012 collection from cult jewellery store Galibardy. We'll take it all please.

we found a gold mine

Elsie Belle is a true treasure trove of vintage inspired charms and trinkets. This online shop is a gold mine if you love feminine, romantic and cutesy statement jewellery.

Please note our Elsie Belle Christmas wish-list below. It was hard to narrow it down to just a few items! Lucky for us they deliver internationally ♥

From left to right: My Little Petit Pois Necklace £9.95GBP, Pink Daisies Earrings £6.95GBP, Ditsy Doe Brooch £9.95GBP, Cicada Earrings £13.95GBP, A little Bird Told Me Brooch £9.95GBP, Just a Peck Necklace £10.95GBP

wearable art

Aw... have a squiz at this adorable brooch from Esty seller Nan Lawson Illustration.

This nerdy brooch features the 'grunge typewriter' illustration by artist Nan and is set in a resin brooch setting. Perfect stocking filler!

Grunge Typewriter - Brooch Pin $10USD

its a small world afterall

'Fragmented Chronicles' is a series of acrylic rings created by Hong Kong-based design studio Shannnam.

Each clear plastic rings feature a beautiful miniature scenario or landscape frozen inside.

According to Shannnam's facebook page, their rings will be available to buy online, starting at the end of November. We are counting down the days! ♥

cuppa tea love?

You observe a vintage teacup and you think: yum, a nice cup of tea would be wonderful, don't you?

Well some people, like Abigail Maryrose Clarke think outside the square. Abigail saw an old, flowery tea cup and thought ... wow, that would make a lovely bracelet! Abigail adapts vintage tea cups and repurposes them into pretty bracelets. She then sells them in her online shop. How tea-lightful!

Vintage Bonechina Tea Cup Bracelets $49USD

summer bling

The sun is shining and summer is fast approaching. Yay we feel so much happier already after a dose of vitamin D!

Ditch the greys and blacks and brighten up your post  winter wardrobe with some funky 'look at me' statement jewellery pieces.

Cult jewellery store Galibardy have awesome quality made pieces such as this enameled Pink Flamingo Pendant £21GBP, approx $33.85AUD and this brass Ear Pendant £14GBP, approx $22.60AUD.

Postage to Australia is £8 for the first two items and then an extra £1 per item after that. Delivery cost is capped at £20! Whoo hoo!!

let there be light

LittleRedLantern aka Simone is a fresh jewellery designer from Sydney NSW. Simone designs necklaces, earrings and brooches that are modern, simple and clean. She specialises in laser cut modern wooden jewellery.

Each piece is laser cut out of MDF and finished with a beautiful natural beech coloured timber veneer. We think her wooden initial necklace (letter w) and wooden hot air balloon brooch are delightful.

Wooden Initial Necklace (Letter W) $11.65AUD

Wooden Hot Air Balloon Brooch $17.48AUD

level headed

Trawling though our fave crafty website we came across this ever so quirky but cute 'level' necklace from Etsy seller thelovelyteaspoon.

A girl never knows when she is going to need to check her levels, so its handy to have one on hand!

hows about dem apples?

Fancy having a manky, half eaten apple core hanging around your
neck? No? Us either. But we are loving this super cute teeny brass and enamel apple core necklace from Galibardy. £16GBP, approx $25AUD.



Also eyeing off their chunky, green granny smith style ring. All the fun, without the sticky mess. This store has us hooked. £18, approx $28AUD.

words with friends

Sometimes there are no words to say...but thanks to UK sister duo Rock 'n' Rose all you have to do is hang it off your body.

Rock 'n' Rose is a British vintage-inspired women's jewellery and headwear brand. We are loving their scrabble and type writer theme rings and necklaces at the moment. Luckily they ship internationally which means we can enjoy their quirky jewellery too! Just don't use your new scrabble necklace to cheat next time you play!

scrabble ring £8GBP, APPROX $12AUD
typewriter necklace £19GBP, approx $29AUD