dont you just 'Love Hearts and Crosses' [Discount Code!]

hola! how you doing?

heres a little blog post about the awesome 'Love Hearts and Crosses', run by the lovely Conny.

Conny recently tweeted [@LHC_Jewellery] asking if any bloggers would like to get involved with LHC and offer some discount codes to their readers, how exciting!?

here are my top three picks from the website:

how amazing is this CUUUTE French Bulldog ring!? I LOVE IT! its £39 and you can buy it here: http://www.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/french-bulldog-ring.html

and this amazingly sparkly pink glitter heart pendant, its only £3 in the sale right now! http://www.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/pink-glitter-heart-necklace.html

and i LOVE this semi-precious stone wrapped ring, i was SO CLOSE to getting it myself! its also in the sale for only £8: http://www.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/chunky-agate-stone-ring.html

how do yah like them apples!? LOL. if you want to grab anything from the website, at 20% off, i have an exclusive code for you. just type in CLAREBEAR at the checkout before 09/12/2013 and youll get 20% off your entire order, how good is that!?

happy shopping!

http://www.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/LoveHeartsandCrosses

https://twitter.com/LHC_Jewellery

"ich liebe das jewellery"

x

a Golden GRRR!

hello there!

heres a post about an amazing necklace/pendant i got from the lovely 'Finest Imaginary'. i 'like' the page on facebook, and saw that there was an offer on some of the pendants, at only £3 each, so i HAD TO HAVE ONE. i had my eye on the 'GRRR!' one for ages, theyre available in four different colours, black, white, pink and GOLD, and decided to get the gold [mirror] one:

look at the cute packaging!

YAY, indeed!

and here it is, good, isnt it!?

and here is moi wearing it [with my sweet little 'cupcake' necklace too, i should probably have taken that off!?]

i LOVE this necklace SO MUCH, and with p&p it was only £3.90, EPIC!

Thanx, Finest Imaginary!

if youd like to get one of your own, hop on over to the facebook page and see if theyre still available: https://www.facebook.com/finestimaginaryfans 

also, do follow the lovely Kim [Miss Finest Imaginary, herself] on twitter: https://twitter.com/finestimaginary

and check out the website/shop here: http://www.finestimaginary.com/ 

"ich liebe das Gold"

x

Made in China

hello all, how are yah?

so this is a post about a little giveaway i entered and WON from the lovely Lucy Farfort, which you can see details of here: http://www.lucyfarfort.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-folky-little-giveaway.html ive followed Lucy for ages on twitter and she does cute illustrations and stuff, so have a look if you can.

anyway, in the giveaway i won some pretty and delicate authentic chinese papercut pieces, which i just thought were so unusual and sweet, and i really want to use them to collage a little wooden storage box or table or something and add some gold/silver leaf. i think thatd look awesome! watch out  for a post on that, when i do something with them! seriously though, the papercuts are so pretty, here are some photos: 

the paper pieces are so thin and delicate. lovely:

do you all love the papercuts as much as i do? have you ever seen them before? do you own any!?

i hope youve enjoyed reading this post and do leave a little comment if you like!?

check out Lucys website here: http://www.lucyshappyplace.com/

follow her on twitter here: https://twitter.com/lucyfarfort

and check her out on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lucy.farfort and https://www.facebook.com/LucyFarfortIllustrator

"ich liebe China"

xOx

Giveaway Goodies from Twinkie Chan

yes, thats right people, i have won ANOTHER giveaway, but thats a good thing. it is.

this one comes courtesy of Twinkie Chan, from San Francisco  who makes amazingly cute and kawaii goodies, crocheted by her own fair hands. here is the link to the giveaway i entered on her blog: http://blog.twinkiechan.com/2013/08/21/summer-sweets-giveaway/

in the giveaway i won an ice-cream t-shirt by 'Yummy You!', a cute pink print by 'Tiffany Star', a crocheted candy floss [or cotton candy as Twinkie would call it!] pen, a crocheted mint choc chip hair barrette, which is AMAZING and some cute little badges too! YEY. here they are. dont be too jealous:

here is the tshirt, how CUTE!?

heres me wearing the tee [and it happens to be one of the only good pics of my skull/roses tattoo too!]

 here is the print by 'Tiffany Star', its so sweet and looks very 3D!

here are the amazing crocheted goodies from Twinkie herself!

a 'cool' patch and some cute badges, YEAH!

a BIG thanx to Twinkie Chan for sending me these goodies, i love them all very much!

i do hope you all love my kawaii treats, do check out Twinkies website for links to all the products: http://blog.twinkiechan.com/

do also follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/twinkiechan

and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinkiechan

"ich liebe das kawaii"

<3

Kooky Jewellery From Kukee

hola! here is another post about a jewellery swap ive done.

this time it was with the lovely Silvana, from awesome jewellery brand Kukee. ive always loved Kukee's selection of affordable quirky jewellery, so when i asked if i could do a swap, and she said yes, i was SO EXCITED.

Silvana picked out a few items she liked from my SHOP http://butterflypie.bigcartel.com/ and i had a peek at the MANY items on Kukee and chose four pieces, which you can see below:

the package came in a slim box, and as you can see, pink tissue paper too. cute! each item comes in their on little bag with a cute Kukee sticker on it [see starry ring below]

firstly, i chose this cool spike curved bar necklace, which you can buy here: http://www.kukee.co.uk/collections/silver-necklaces/products/spike-curved-bar-necklace

 then i chose this AMAZING gold tone multi cross necklace, find it here: http://www.kukee.co.uk/collections/necklaces/products/chunky-multi-cross-necklace

 when i saw this cool personalised necklace i knew i had to get 'CLAREBEAR' written on it, brilliant! get your own custom version here: http://www.kukee.co.uk/collections/silver-necklaces/products/personalised-name-necklace--2

 and last but not least, i wanted a new above the knuckle/midi ring, so i saw this sweet one with stars on and thought itd be cute. and it is! get it here: http://www.kukee.co.uk/collections/rings/products/starry-above-knuckle-ring

the chunky gold cross necklace is my fave, and here are a few more pics of it, ooh:

i hope you like the jewellery i picked out, and if you make your own jewellery, why not ask Silvana if she wants to do a swapsie with you, you never know, she might say yes! :)

check out the Kukee website here: http://www.kukee.co.uk/

check them out on facey b: https://www.facebook.com/ilovekukee

and follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/ilovekukee

"liede das kukee"

x

to the moon and back...

horay! indeed

here is ANOTHER blog post about ANOTHER compeition/giveaway i won via twitter. i seem to be very lucky thesedays, but, youve got to be in it to win it, as they say, hehe!

ok, so this giveaway was hosted by HI! magazine and was a competition to WIN a cute illustrated journal by talented Scotsman Neil Slorance [who ive been following on twitter for ages!]

the journal is called 'The Amateur Astronomer's Journal' and here are some pics of my cool competiton prize...

i always know when somethings come from a twitter-based giveaway, as it says something like this on it, amazing:

here is the cover, good isnt it...

 Neil had said on Twitter that he hand writes a message into each of his journals, and mine says "well done" and has a little rocket doodle, aw!

 this is a section of one of the pages and i just love her face!

 this section is about sandwiches, its funny:

and dont you forget it...

so yeah, i hope you like my little journal, cos i do. i love Neil's style of drawing anyway, so i was pretty happy to win this bad boy!

like i said, i won this on twitter c/o HI! magazine, who you can follow too, right here: @hihimag

 and also do follow neil on there @osmart and check out his SHOP where you can buy your very own copy of 'The Amateur Astronomer's Journal', here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/artbyneilslorance

"liebe das illustratoren"

♥

Car Boot Booty:

i went to a car boot sale with my brother and my future sister-in-law [aw!] this morning and had a wander around and bought stuff, it was the 'Batleys' one at Chester-Le-Street for anyone whos local!

heres my car boot haul from earlier today:

four books for a pound! a book about 'evil cults' - amazing, a seamus heaney poetry book, a william shakespeare booky, and 'Wordsworh's Verse'. nice.

a silver coloured pocket watch and a lovely paisley brooch:

here is the pocket watch, its really modern but in a vintage style. i like it:

and the brooch, i LOVE paisley and i just think it looks so indian with the gold and purple! :)

a miniature frame, how cute:

here is my mini beauty haul, lol. not bad for £1!

candy orange, YUM

 a duck and a chicken, these will be made into rings i think!

theyre small, and so cute!  

Total Spend: £5.50

well, i do love a car booty, and i think ive done pretty well for only £5.50! i love all the things ive bought. have you bought anything great from a car boot sale/vintage fair etc recently?

"ich liebe das car booten" LOL.

♥