I want: pink(ish) bags!

Hi all! How is your week going?
I am back from my break in Oz - I love Australia! It was a great break and I have pics to post later this week.

I have been catching up with your blogs, and every time I see the fabulous Francessca of Don't Call Me Fashion Blogger with THIS amazing handbag, I get handbag envy!

Photo credit: Dontcallmefashionblogger

She always has the most fabulous shoes, bags, clothes - everything, but you probably know, that my favourite colour is coral. So this Proenza Schouler satchel is a winner for me!

It inspired me to have a nose around the internet for other leather coral bags yesterday and I found these two favourites:

Foley + Corinna Mid City Tote in coral leather.
This one folds over and has a cross body strap. Very handy. Love it. I found it here on endless.com. They also do a studded version - here.

Oryany Handbags Tinsley SatchelI
I know, I know, this isn't coral! But I still love it. And it would be so fabulous for work! It's also at endless.com.

What do you think? Do you ever get handbag envy?

DIY + Pink

Well things are exciting with my jewellery line Shh By Sadie at the moment! 

There's a new gallery and boutique opening this weekend called Matchbox Studios and I have my own 'cube' within it. 

Designers set out their cubes themselves, and so I was wracking my brains to think of a simple but cool way to display my jewellery. 

And I came up with this:

I bought wooden letters 's' and two 'h' and sprayed them PINK!
This was the first time I'd ever used spraypaint and it was so much fun. And the colour was perfect!!

 

This is how they came out - just one coat of pink!

A test-run in the house

And the finished product set up at Matchbox!
I wanted to display things prettily, but without cluttering it all up. So I think this works quite well. There have been quite a few comments on my display on the Matchbox Facebook page already! Yay!

 

 

The shop has its launch party this Saturday. I am tres excited!!!!

What's your proudest DIY moment?

What I wore: to a wedding in Mauritius

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! I hope your week has been good to you!

So some of you may remember, back in January I went to Mauritius for ten days. The bf's brother AND sister both got married there - NOT to each other, and both on different days! :)

Here's what I wore to the first wedding - Chris' sister's.

What I took into consideration:

Heat = bad hair
Looking too overdressed (there were very few people there, let alone 'young people'

Being too hot in my outfit

Buying a summer outfit in the January sales in the UK!

So this is what I went with. I picked it up in the H&M sale for 15 pounds!

Dress, H&M; Vest (just seen), Florence and Fred; Wedges, Next; Clutch, Accessorize; Necklace, H&M Berlin; Sunglasses, O'Neill.

 

 

The bride and groom. She made her dress herself, from silk :)

The wedding party.

The groom and his best man!

I loved the aisle

 

 Have a great weekend! I'm going for drinks with my friends after work and have the Mighty Mighty Market tomorrow - what wonderful things will  you be doing?

PS I have a lot of catching up to do with everyone's blogs - I haven't forgotten you and will be catching up over the weekend :)

What I wore: splashes of pink

Howdy all, happy Tuesday! Yesterday I wore a style I'd wanted to wear for a while, but hadn't found the 'right' top for...well I found the right top on Sunday afternoon! Yay!

The top says "Live your life in colour" so I added several bright pink accessories. They don't call me Pink Princess Sadie at work for nothing! ;)

Blazer, Matalan; T-shirt, Cotton On; Skirt, H&M; Leggings, Glassons

Watch, Michael Kors via Shopbop; Skull bracelets all Shh By Sadie

Ring, H&M

Pink flower earrings, Shh By Sadie

Close up!! I like to think my fellow bloggers and I live colourfully, right?!?!

This is one of my favourite necklaces that I have made. Skulls and neons! Double yay!
Skull necklace, Shh By Sadie

 

Wedges, Jeffrey Campbell

 So obviously my favourite colours are pink and coral - what's your favourite fashion colour?


PS - Don't forget to enter my giveaway!

What I wore: for my birthday BBQ!

Hi all, how was your weekend? We had some more lovely weather here in Wellington and so we got out and about...more about that tomorrow!

So I finally retrieved the pics of my bday outfit from the bf's phone - only three weeks later! My birthday was a Thursday and we arranged a BBQ for that evening. Of course it decided to rain just before the guests were due, so we had an indoor BBQ instead :)

Vest, Primark; Trousers, TK Maxx; Shoes, endless.com

The jacket is my favourite new blazer from Topshop :D I have too many blazers but can't help myself!

 

I have to have a birthday badge every year. It's the rules ;)

I left this photo uncropped so that you can see my glamorous bead and tool cabinet next to me! I need to move it into the bedroom, but for now it's still standing in pride of place in the living room! ;)

Turquoise ring, Primark; Gold ring, Topshop; Watch, Michael Kors; Skull bracelet, Shh By Sadie; Gold bangle, Hay Luv via Hipster.

Necklace, given to me by my nan :)

Earrings, Shh By Sadie

Shoes, (I forget the brand) via endless.com

Preparations for the indoor bbq underway! And the fizz was opened!

More of my birthday balloons! And my new speaker system in the background :)

The bf 'chef' :)

 I had a lovely day but that seems like a million years ago now - although the balloons are still hanging around to remind me!

PS don't forget to enter my giveaway here if you haven't done so already!