A fortnight of big sales!

Hi all, as I mentioned yesterday, I went to the monthly Mighty Mighty Market on Saturday. It was a bit of a stress for me because this was the first time I was setting up without the bf to help me - not only did I have the tonne of jewellery and props to carry, I also needed to find somewhere to park as you can only park for 2 hours at a time in the city.

Anyway, I sorted it all out and it turns out that this was my best market ever! I sold twice the value of my previous 'best' market!! And had a couple of glasses of vino with my friends who kept me company on the day :)

Here are some photos:

These are some of my new pieces - I hand draw the image, colour it in and shrink it in the oven!

These are hand drawn and coloured by me also!

This is another hand drawn little friend!

New colourful bib necklaces made from recycled fabric.

 

These were the biggest sellers on the day.....

I made these skull necklaces at midnight on Friday and sold four of them the following day!! I have just ONE left, in purple, until my new skull beads arrive :D

No SkullKing Allowed Necklace

No SkullKing Allowed Necklace

 ALSO I have MORE news! Last Sunday I had a meeting with a lady who owns a gallery here in Wellington - she was really enthusiastic about my jewellery and bought 25 pieces on the spot and ordered another 12 to be delivered to her tomorrow!
So now my jewellery is stocked at the White Room Gallery in Island Bay - whoop whoop :D

So it's a super exciting time right now! :)

What I wore: Colours Galore!

Hi all, how was your weekend? Mine was SO FUN and SOOO busy! I had another market and had the best sales ever - I have photos so will post tomorrow. AND Sweet F.A. preparations are well underway so I will share more with you this week too!

Here are a quick few photos I found that I forgot to put up from my Fijian holiday. Excuse the bleary, drunken eyes, they were taken at 2am after dancing to the local police band on the beach - great fun!

I actually don't like these shoes with this dress, but had no better option and refused to wear flats!
Dress, Farmers; Clutch, Dorothy Perkins; Wedges, Hannahs.

Ring and bracelets, Shh By Sadie.
Nail varnish, Chi Chi.

TIME FOR BED MISSY! ;)

Necklace, H&M (Berlin)
Earrings, Shh By Sadie.

Earlier that night....before the dancing.... :)

 Ahh Fiji seems like a LIFETIME ago, not a month ago!!!

What did you do this weekend?

New in!

Hi all! I came home from work yesterday and was OVERJOYED to find a surprise parcel awaiting me! One of my best friends had sent me a little gift from the UK...

How cute is this box?

And the label!

 

OMG this is amaaaazing!!! I love it! She knows me so well!

 

It's really funny because another friend sent me this necklace from the UK last month....well I think it's obvious I love a nice cup of tea eh!? Not as much as I love my wonderful friends!! :)

This week there's a huge import sale on in town. I made sure I ran out of work at 10am yesterday to get there on its first morning! I scrabbled around for cash to pay the parking meter (I never have cash!) and could only park for 20mins so made a mad dash around the sale. This is my haul...

My favourite perfume - G of the Sea. Couldn't get it for hide nor hair the last few months so I ordered two bottles to my address in the UK for my trip home. Now I have two more here!! And I also bought Harajuku Lovers in 'Baby'. They were $60 instead of $100.

I bought three OPI colours - two potentially as gifts for my sisters when I go home (the gold one is MINE though!).
They were just $12 each.

Mascaras....(they can be SO expensive here so I bulk bought!)

Another mascara and some black eyeliners....

And a couple of other bits and bobs.

 Now I just need to find somewhere to store them all!

I also totally splurged on a nightie and pair of trousers on Sunday. Australian designer Peter Alexander does THE most amazing sleepwear. The store always smells amazing too because they light these gorgeous candles -  I've come close to buying a $60 candle on a few occasions!! Help!

I paid $60 for a cotton nightie. Am I mad? Probably. But I do love birds.

And coughed up $60 bucks for these trousers. Also a sign of madness.

But with packaging like this, how can a girl resist?!

 

Do you have any favourite beauty products you bulk buy?

I won something on Twitter! :)

Happy Halloween to those of you who are in a later timezone than me! Here it's already 1st November and I've sadly taken down most of my decorations already. I loved looking at all of your costumes and photos - great fun.

Last week I won a Twitter competition by Air New Zealand. I won a t-shirt by Huffer (an NZ designer). It's not my usual style but it'll come in handy for the gym - can't look a gift horse in the mouth after all! Air NZ are a really 'cool' airline and in the five times the bf and I have flown back to the UK, we've chosen to fly with them. They have a Twitter account called "AirNZFairy" and the fairy runs competitions and offers, it's a great social media tool. The fairy sent me my prize!

Cute bag it arrived in!

This is the Air NZ logo in smiley faces!

 

The card is in the shape of an airplane thingamajig! And was filled with gold hearts!

 

Have you ever won anything via Twitter? :)

P.S. If you're also on Twitter, find me! @sadiesadiesadie

Happy Halloween!!

BOO! Happy Halloween! My weekend was busy busy busy - what did you get up to?

I had a Halloween BBQ at my house on Friday night...here's a couple of pics....

Pumpkin gore cupcakes!

Halloween cupcakes

Poison bee cupcakes

Devilled Eggs!

 

My DIY banners!

More of the decos...

I ended up drinking FAR TOO MUCH wine and had a stinking headache on Saturday. And then had to dress up and perk myself up for my friend's Halloween house party!

Some of my friends. (All English!)

Me and the bf (this was the costume I had planned for the vintage dress!)

 

I found myself a Day of the Dead husband!! :)

Dan made his costume himself! I was VERY impressed!

I almost didn't want to wash this off afterwards! ;)

 

What have your Halloween plans involved?