Here comes the tiara!

Miss Catherine Middleton stepped into the Westminster Abbey on the morning of April, 29 to became  HRH The Duchess of Cambridge and our new favorite Princess. Price William's wife looked like what a Princess should look like. The Alexander McQueen dress was stunning and perfectly matched with a breathtaking tiara.

Catherine's "something borrowed" was a GORGEOUS 1936 Cartier tiara that belonged to The Queen's Mother. The diamond beauty was Elizabeth's 18th birthday present, given to her by The Duke of York.
Her earrings were a gift from her parents and framed her face beautifully.

Manuela

Jewellery designer Annoushka has teamed up with sculptress and life long friend Manuela Zervundachi to create "Manuela". I have only seen a few pictures from the collection so far, but I cannot wait to be there tomorrow when they open their show to see the beautiful jewellery they have created.
Each of the 24 pieces is a unique piece and signed by both Manuela and Annoushka. Based on Manuela's sculptures, the earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets have a unique but simple organic feel to it.
 Created in 18 ct gold and micro pave diamonds, the jewellery will be presented alongside Manuela's sculptures and sketches from Wednesday 28th of April to Friday 21st of May.
You might wanna write this down:

41 Cadogan Gardens
Sloane Square SW3

 

Between you and me.

I do know the feeling of being drawn to every jewellery display or window at every single shop in town. I can't stop myself. I also feel like sometimes I'm leaving behind something gorgeous and feel sorry for not taking home with me all the gorgeous jewellery I like, simply because a lot of times they cost a lot.
It hurts. Sometimes I go back to a shop just to visit a ring, I kind of almost miss it. The shop attendants are bored with me wanting to try it one last time, every time. Well, can't have it all and life goes on.
Then, there is Orelia.
Orelia is sold at many places, like Topshop and even in the airport's duty free, and you can go for it, guilt free. They make the loveliest pieces of jewelery at affordable prices, quite important, when you feel the need of getting a new sparkler every week.
What's even better, is that at the moment Orelia's website has a bit of a sale going on and some pieces went from £25 to £5. The vintage style earrings below are priced at a fiver, and the beautiful Layla ring goes for  £10!
I also think we should keep this a secret: www.orelia.co.uk

Tia Earring

Layla Ring

Les Marchés

I love a market, and if it is a french one, even better.
Last weekend on a trip to Aix-en-Provence to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday, markets were one of our favorite things to see.
Under a gorgeous sun, in a beautiful city we browsed the antiques and other amazing things on display.
My eyes, naturally, go straight into the stands where lovely jewellery was being sold.
I now share with you, a few snaps of the pretty things I saw.

 

 

Still Life.

My lovely silver box, result of very hard labour, sweat and tears, has got what it deserved.

I wasn’t very happy about the awful picture I took of it with my phone, so I thought it was fair, not to say mandatory, to have a better picture.

Also, this picture will be part of my portfolio, so it is really important that is a good one.

Kingsley,  the photographer I worked with today was kind enough to take this proper still life shot of my box.