treasure chest

i went out for a quick op shop this morning, and i found a goldmine of goodies. this necklace was only $2.

i love the rose detail, and it is long enough to double as a bracelet (albeit a big one).

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treasure chest

today's pre-loved treasure is brought to you from the sunshine coast (where it is still summer, bring on the 28 degree days!)

i used to have a bangle nearly exactly like this (that i of course bought from a second hand store), but i wore it so much that pieces of it fell off! some may think that this makes it sound dodgy, but it was just the fact that i wore it pretty much everywhere... sometimes to bed.

i love the wooden effect, couple that with gold detail and i'm a happily accessorised vintage fashionista.

chuck it with a few other matching bangles, or even just by itself, and it dresses up a plain outfit really nicely (with or without the necklace, i'm just still chuffed with it, so it's in there).

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treasure chest

A few weeks ago I was talking with a jewellery and accessory business owner at a function, and after a few minutes of polite ‘Oh, you look lovely, where did you get your dress’ kind of talk, she stopped abruptly in the middle of a sentence and grabbed a long gold necklace off her display and put it around my neck.

“Look,” she said, with an air of satisfaction, “this just completes your outfit! Now, I mean this in the best way possible, but while that’s a beautiful dress, and you have put a beautiful necklace with it, this one suits your outfit so much more! You see, if you are-”, (here she paused, looking for a way to say ‘short’ that wouldn’t come across offensively, so I just put it out there: “short?”), “well, yes, if you are shorter, long dresses tend to exacerbate the situation somewhat, and make you look shorter still. A long necklace counteracts this.” After showing off her accessorising expertise by reflecting the truth back at me (that in fact, the longer gold heart pendant necklace did look nicer and complete my outfit) with a hand held mirror, I agreed with her, but not enough to agree with the price tag. 

So, after that conversation of enlightenment, the next day I raided all of my old and somewhat dilapidated accessory collection to see if I could put anything together that would achieve the desired effect. 

And thus follows my result.

It’s not a masterpiece, but it sure is cute. 

I love the little love birds! They came from an old set of earrings that I think I wore once and that’s about it. I have owned the heart and chain for years, and to be honest I can’t remember where they came from but they look good. All together I think the set have a really sweet charm to them.

And they make me look taller!

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