Me and Oscar!
Showing posts with label brooch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brooch. Show all posts
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
A little something: Love From Hetty & Dave Pussycat brooches
Aww. Doesn't it feel like the weekend should be here already? With it being annoyingly cold I feel very much like cosying up on the sofa to watch Pretty in Pink (any excuse, seriously). But oddly, these little cat brooches by Love From Hetty & Dave make me feel like smiling lots... Because they make me want to go home and see my darling cat Oscar (aka Boo, Bosks, Babies). Poor thing...
Monday, 8 February 2010
New Tatty Devine Spring Collection
So as you've probably guessed I'm a bit of a Tatty Devine fan; there's something about the feel of their jewellery, alongside the quirky ideas Harriet, Rosie et al manage to come up with season after season. After a nose around their new Covent Garden shop a few weeks back, I was idling past the Brick Lane store a few Sundays ago (having just bought some gorgeous Anemones for £2 from Columbia Road!), when I spotted from across the street something new... the striking Pandora necklace. With a brooding monochrome face, she's certainly not one to mess with - and pretty chic with it. On a cuter tip, and definitely making me crave some sunshine, is the Cocktail Umbrella necklace. All I need now is the beach and an 80s Tom Cruise shaking up a Daiquiri, and I'll be a happy girl!
Thanks to Amy at Tatty Devine for the fabulous snaps.
Monday, 16 November 2009
New Designer: Momoko Tamura - AKA Momocreatura
Having a wander the other day I was tempted into the luscious Luna and Curious on Brick Lane (some stacking skeleton coffee cups had caught my eye), a shop which had actually held my curiosity for some time, except I was always rushing past on my way elsewhere, or much later once it was closed. That aside, this little treasure trove featured jewellery which I did a rather comical double-take over. "Ooh" I thought, "little bears and bunnies", at which point I looked closer and went "Eww dismembered bears and bunnies!"
A range of little horrors - dismembered owl heads and stags, by Momoko Tamura
Welcome to the world of Japanese jewellery designer Momoko Tamura - designing as Momocreatura - a recent Central Saint Martins MA graduate who creates seemingly innocent, fairytale-inspired jewellery with macabre twist to make even Poe proud. Little silver owls - detailed to a T - pierced through the chest, to create a rather terrifying if not alluring ring. A bold, handsome stag brooch with a bloodied neck representative of hunting horrors. The list goes on...
Owls and rabbits, pierced, hanging, all pieces by Momoko Tamura
Momoko's jewellery takes its inspiration from antique European jewellery, and post-war Japanese subcultures (think Japanese Lolita dress meets Victorian mourning jewellery), to create beautifully detailed jewellery with a terrifying yet humourous edge. I love it. So dark; perfect for all this stormy weather!
Bear in Chains necklace, by Momoko Tamura,. Image courtesy of Jewel Thief
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
A little something... ahead of the weekend!
I'm all a bit excited... off to Bestival tomorrow! As a result our flat is a bit of a mess; clothes, sleeping bags, wigs, wellies... So this little brooch (another gem by Marie Liddell) kind of says it all! K x
Wood 'Circus' brooch by Marie Liddell (aka Haberdash House), at Hannah Zakari. Image courtesy of Hannah Zakari
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