Jewelry Storage Ideas

Currently my jewelry is stored in a mishmash of systems.

 Some of my older stuff lies untouched in an old, girly, jewelry box, carefully guarded by my growing snow-globe collection and some painted wooden animals.

 Most of the stuff I currently wear resides in a set of paper bowls (the making of which is detailed here), this system however results in clutter, tangles and general chaos!

And the pretty stuff, the not so everyday bits and pieces hang out for the most part in their original boxes, hidden from sight, these pieces saw some sunlight yesterday when I wore them to my convocation (more about that later I hope).

Right now I'm searching around for interesting ways to organize this mess (especially after a recent trip to forever 21 which resulted in the purchasing of several new sparkly things).

image from Once Upon a Tea Time

I might like to buy something conventional like these, I especially like the idea of the 3 tiered desert stands.

image from Modern Jane

The idea of using an egg tray for rings and earrings I also love, especially the classy china one above (or I'm sure you could make an eco-friendly up-cycled one from an egg carton).

image from Inspire Bohemia

This picture frame featuring a beautiful piece of knitted lace appeals to me a lot more than the standard metal screen for hanging earrings, I used to have one that was a cheap canvas that I stenciled a lace pattern on, and you could push the earrings right through the canvas, but I lost it last time I moved.

image from Inspire Bohemia 

Finally the idea of using painted branches to hang necklases, love it! Might have to head outside now and look for some good ones to use for a quick DIY.


How do you store your jewelry?

Wordless Wednesday

From a recent trip to Venice, wishing I was back there right now. Happy Humpday Ladies!

Bossypants and no pants days

Just finished reading Tina Fey's autobiography, Bossypants (really only stared it 2 days ago, so it's fast reading people, especially if you are enjoying your summer of unemployment as I am).

From her introduction:

If you are a women and you bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace, here they are. No pigtails, no tube tops. Cry sparingly. (Some people say "never let them see you cry." I say, if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.) When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable. Also, don't eat diet foods in meetings.

*And if that paragraph makes you laugh, chuckle, smile, or even just continue breathing normally, then definitely read her book. In fact even if you stop breathing altogether in reaction to your perceived lack of comedy in that paragraph, read it anyways, just because.

And me, as a woman about to permanently enter a male dominated workplace (academia yeesh) by starting grad school next year; loved it.

Anyhow, today I am not wearing my bossypants (do I even have those? yes, they're burberry pants that I got for 30 dollars at a thrift store, and they are bad ass, in a norwegian curling team kinda way, has it been too long since the last winter olympics for that reference, yes, but I don't care). Today so far is looking like "no pants day #2". Does this mean I'm currently wearing a pair of boxers instead of pants, yes, but also more importantly, it's part of my summer plan of wearing shorts skirts and dresses as frequently as possible, befor heading back into the lab in septemeber (mandatory full length pants!).


Anywho, getting back to blogging, hope that was moderately funny for you, if not refer to the * above, and follow those suggestions for my blog.

From the bottom of my heart...

Should get back at this, 2.5 months till I'm back in the lab. They were supposed to be full of love, guess I was wrong.

Cheerier things on the way, made some art today and smell like woodsmoke and have a hot glue gun burn to show for it, but it's beautiful, in a heartbreaking kind of way, especially since it was made from a gift.

Granny Squares Sweater

Granny Square Sweater posted on A Beautiful Mess


Saw this awesome looking granny-sweater today, styled fantastically by Elise over at a beautiful mess. This one's a hand me down, but the colours are fantastical, definitely something I might want to make for my own one day.

Thought I'd poke around for others similar to it, came across a few, but none quite like hers.

This one's a pattern on Ravelry, sooo retro looking, also too much of  a house coat.

This is a Ravelry pattern too, the colours are right, but I'd rather bigger squares.

Found this one for sale on etsy, at Samlovesvintage, very neat as well.

That's all I have to say about that for now, will eventually prolly try to make one of these all for my own, in the mean time please do check out A Beautiful Mess, love that blog, and wish the Red Velvet shop was somewhere nearby.

New Shoes

Aren't they pretty? Evroange by Aldo

The photo doesn't give a real understanding of the scale of the massive, wonderful shoes. Shoes that make me a whole 5-1/2 inches taller.

It's a shame aldo doesn't do half sizes, had to get an 8, which means spending many nights wearing them in the house before they'll fit me. in a non-painful way.

Now I just need to start planning outfits around these bad boys, and hope the leather smell dies down a tiny bit.

Cheers!

Terrible Sara

So I popped off the face of blogger, but not the internet.

I've been keeping a little tumblr going, ish.... check me out here.

And I'ver certainly been reading all of the blogs I follow.

More to come around here from me I promise, Right now, I'm just basking in the after effects of a truly wonderful weekend.

Cheers