I hope everyone has a fun and safe very Happy Halloween!


I'll be back Monday with some photos. Cant wait to see everyone's costumes! Have a blast! Left Photo from lizettegreco via simply seductive Right Photo from Paper Relics

 

Last week I went through my mothers things and she let me keep some lovely old items. Some items I added to my basket was a pretty teal jewelry box, an old vintage wallpaper book and a pearl necklace. I want to get some free time soon so I can rummage the thrift store and see if I can find some more grandma chic things. ;) All images from Victoire Boutique

 

I have finally decided what I want to be for Halloween and yep you guessed it, Audrey Hepburn! I am almost finished getting all the things I need. I still need to purchase a tiara and a looonng cigarette holder. I have some ideas on where to look so I am hoping I will find what I am looking for. I tried on what I have so far which is a pair of gloves and a dress my mom bought at Savers and they fit perfectly! It hits just below the knee so its not exactly Audrey Hepburn but its very 50's and really sexy in the back. Close enough! I also already have some pointy black heels that are actually not too bad to walk in and my mother of course has a triple layered pearl necklace with a gorgeous brooch in the middle just like Audreys! Its really coming along and its quite simple to put together. I am getting excited to show it off and I will definitely have some pics to share with you next week. Here are a few items on etsy (except cigarette holder) I found that have that Audrey look.

Our featured seller on Lovely Clusters last week was the very talented Meltem Semizoglu from Turkey.


I found her process and inspiration intriguing. Here is a little bit about her unique and beautiful jewelry: "The works that I make reflect the delicate balance of modern arts with Anatolian motifs. I'm working with saw-piercing (cutting designs out of the metal), lost wax and stone settings techniques. From my mind and soul, all the models first imprint themselves on a paper. Afterwords, silver or gold, stones and tools accompany me on this exciting journey. I believe that this good spirit and energy is also recorded and stored in the jewelry and in its stone. You may feel this positive energy while having the jewelry on you."
I love the idea of positive energy in a piece of jewelry or anything handmade. Its as if you can sense the personal touch of the item and knowing that someone else made it with care and love makes it that much more special. I know that I am happier when I am around these items and so I can see how that can be seen as positive energy. I hope you find her work as beautiful and unique as I did.

Connect with her via: Etsy Shop | Blog | Flickr | Facebook

I am starting the week right with some vintage phones.

My mother gave me this really beautiful Schumacher sample wallpaper book from the 1940's and it has a ton of really cool designs. I knew I wanted to make something with them but I wasn't sure until today.

As you can see I decided to make pretty little jotters. I played around with some different sizes and ways to bind it. I ended up going with a 3"x 3-1/2" size and after much thought I ended up stapling them together and tying a pretty white ribbon over the area that I stapled. I sort of went crazy with making them today and I had so much fun picking out the patterns!

These are really great for your purse or better yet a stocking stuffer! There are only 6 of each set so get yours before there all gone! :)

You can see more about them on my etsy shop designlovely.etsy.com

Seeing all these freebies around the blogosphere has inspired me want to make some of my own! I was just going to do one but then I got this burst of creative energy and so I ended up making three plus adding on one I did last year.


We finally just talked about what we are going to do on the big V day and we agreed that watching the sunset and going out to Indian food would be the perfect evening! Cant wait!

I hope everyone has a fun Valentines Day and get to share it with the people you love. :)

AesaLina (beautiful name by the way) from Pixie Petals was very inspired by my ruffle post from Monday so she decided to make these beautiful and lovely four vintage lace tags and three pixiepetals (peach, mint, and yellow) for one lucky winner!

Are you getting excited for Halloween? Its like next week! I am panicking because I still dont know what I am going to be and I am running out of time to order things on the internet. Everything takes longer to get to Hawaii as you may have known or assumed so it is especially hard. I really don't want to spend an arm and a leg for something I am only going to wear once. Its not like a wedding dress. :)

Here are some of my favorite non cheesy Halloween items. Aren't they fun?


Row 1: Beadymonkey, Mads Teglers
Row2: warmwhispers, abbytrysagain
Row3: SeaPinks, mimicharmante
Row4: funkyshique, spreadthelove

For more Halloween fun check out the Halloween Cluster on the Lovely Clusters Gallery!