Year of the Jewellery

So for China it may be the year of the rabbit, but for me, this year is definitely the year of the jewellery! This year I have finally started loving jewellery and being more girly with accessories. I used to NEVER accessorize but lately, my sister has been wearing very girly jewellery so I decided to do as I always do and imitate her (they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...or something).

And just another note, about my absence (again...), I have four test next week, one of which is german literature history (Barock, if you're curious) and that entails...a lot of learning. I failed the last one by two points cause I only learnt the day before but today I am turning over a new leaf and I WILL get better marks in this one, especially I've felt I understood it quite well and it really interests me. And then all the other tests, aside from maths, are basically learning off by heart so I may not be posting frequently until the holidays, so bear with me (please!).

Back to the subject on hand, I thought I would make a post showing all the jewellery I have recently acquired, whether it be online or for christmas, here it all is!

I store my small jewellery collection in this pot that my nan gave me for Christmas last year(she has a knack for choosing gifts that are always useful yet cute at the same time!).

For the moment all my necklaces fit in here, but I think if I get a few more, I'm going to have to start pulling out old jewellery cases that I've never used.

[Champagne Kisses; Six at C&A;Champagne Kisses;H&M;essbeevee]

Here we have my most recently bought necklaces. I've only linked to the handmade ones that I got online as the C&A and the H&M ones probably don't exist anymore (just checked on H&M's site and they don't have it, but it might still exist instore).

So I already posted about this necklace here but I can say with great certainty that this is my favourite necklace at the moment and I wear it every day!

This necklace is from C&A and I got it from my brother for Christmas. You're probably thinking 'Wow, your brother has good taste!' but I was actually with him when he bought it hehe...

My second necklace from Champagne Kisses, I've put a link to its page underneath the first picture and this one is GORGEOUS. I wore it on Saturday last week along with my other CK necklace and you can layer both of them and it looks quite nice! I shall have to take a picture when I next wear it so you can all see what it looks like on.

This H&M necklace was also for Christmas, but in my stocking and I like this one a lot as well, but I don't wear it as often as I do the others as I've seen a few people with it and I like looking a bit more individual. It's a stupid quirk of mine, although my purse is probably happy about that quirk as it means I don't fork out that much on clothes over here as so many people wear the same things!

Finally, my necklace from essbeevee (also linked). I've done a post with a picture of this as well here for those who want to see what it looks like on!

[C&A ring; unknown necklace]

I got this ring from my brother for Christmas as well and it's just so gorgeous! I'd wear it more often but I wore it to school once and it got in the way of writing so I had to take it off cause I have a thing abou writing neatly (although I don't honestly have a neat writing..)

Here's a pic that my sister took (with her iPhone..pff them iphone freaks ;)) on Christmas Day of me wearing it.


And then finally, this necklace I got from my grandpa a few years ago that I ended up breaking the chain (I have always been a clumsy person who breaks stuff) and als it's a bit dressy up-ish so I don't really wear it out as I don't have much of a night life ;)

Hope you all enjoyed that and let me know what YOUR favourite necklace is (especially if it's bought off an online shop - I love them!)

My NYE's FOTD

Erm, a bit belated much? I know that but as I shan't be posting this Saturday (most likely I won't be) as I shall be going on a day trip to Paris with my family where we will meet up with my uncle who I haven't seen in a few years, so that will be nice!

Anyway, for NYE's I felt like dressing up a little bit, despite not really going out.

So for my eyes, I basically did some shimmery/nude eyeshadows, most likely from the Urban Decay Book of Shadows II and then for my lips, I used L'Oreal's Glam Shine Lipstick Cream, the one that smells SO GOOD!

Excuse the shoddy application, by the way. My lip brush often gets misplaced for a few days at a time.

So here you can see my polka dot dress, which I tried to take a picture of but they didn't end up any good. It's from H&M and I'm not sure whether they're still selling it, but if they are and you like polka dots, you should get it as it's gorgeous! And also, they don't sell it in Luxembourg so teehee, no people running around with the same dress.

The necklace, on the other hand, is also by H&M and HAS been seen on someone else during school. Oh well, you can't have everything exclusively yours!

At least I know no one will have this gorgeous necklace (which I blogged about on Friday)

It's a clearer picture of my essbeevee necklace. Isn't it cute?

Anyway this post is scheduled for Tuesday at 12:00 so at that time, I shall be at school. Fun(!)

New Necklace!

Bonjour, mes petites poules!

So lately I have developeda habit of loving jewellery, which is quite odd as I have never really been a jewellery person. But after discovering some gorgeous handmade jewellery sites on etsy.com and bigcartel.com, a couple of weeks ago, I ordered a few necklaces from assorted sites and my first one arrived today!

Ok, the picture is not the best, being a webcame pic but you can see the necklace, which is the Oh, to be in England necklace from Ess Bee Vee's etsy shop.

I will be posting better quality pictures once I get different batteries for my camera so that you can all see the necklace clearer, it's gorgeous and lovely and I'm running out of adjectifs to describe it, but I think quaint is quite apt!

Other pics from her shop would be the Lovely Bones necklace, O Swallows flying from the golden woods and the lovely lovely locket love, you could use a little of locket. She's having a sale at the moment, so go check her site out!

On another note, I have decided to make it my mission to convince some of my teachers to do a field trip to the Chateau de Versailles. We have been covering it in History (doing Louis XIV, le roi de soleil!) and Art History, and I just think the place looks stunning! I am a bit of a history geek, especially French history, it's absolutely fascinating and I'd just love to spend a day losing myself in the gardens and the castle, just exploring.

This panorama 360 view of the Hall of Mirrors is making me want to go even more so, as I think that room is just stunning and to see it in reality would probably gobsmack me.

(picture from google search)

So I would love to go there and hopefully, with a few well placed points, I might just be able (with the help of my classmates, obviously) to convince some of the teachers and make a trip to Versailles a reality.