Arrowed

Sold and shipped a pair of these lovely Gold Arrow earrings. You can get yours for the special price of $10 until September 10th!

Trying to drum up a little extra cash for Dragon Con.

I'm really excited about going, I'm just really broke.

More excitement soon!

Luv,

Vanessa*

p.s. Don't forget to enter to win a par of earrings HERE!

Summer Sunset

 It's been a warm, weird, kinda summer. I live in Charlotte, NC and it has reached 105 this year (not mention we had more than one week where every day was over 100). After the terrible unlivable (we also have like 60% humidity or more on most days) heat wave came the never ending downpours. I began to feel like I would never see the sun again. That too has (mostly) passed and although it did rain for a while yesterday, it was a lovely bright sunset. Or at least bright enough for photos. While we do have stupid hot and rainy days, it's nice to be able to tolerate being outside for a spell.

 Top: Gift from my sister (from JAPAN!)
Skirt:Thrifted Liz Claiborne
Belt: JCrew
Sandals: Dolce Vita
Necklace:Corvidae

 Earrings:Corvidae

Available for a short time for $10! They go to $14 on September 10th.

Don't forget you can win a pair these or any of my other Simple Symbolism Earrings by entering my contest--> Here

You have until September 10th!

Vanessa*

Simple Symbolism Earrings Intro Sale and GIVEAWAY

Gold and Silver Feather earrings

As much as I love making ornate and crazy complicated jewelry, I'm completely aware that most people just want a delicate something to feel special. So I present my Simple Symbolism earring collection. Each charm, shape and talisman has been selected for meaning as well as how well they tie with my other collections.

Brass, Matte Gold, and Matte Silver Leaf earrings

I decided to release these at a special introductory price. $10 get you a pair of handcrafted, lightweight, everyday earrings! Get them quickly though as the price will raise to $14 on September 10th.

Brass, Steel, and Silver Key Earrings

Brass and Silver Swallow Earrings

Brass and Silver Skull earrings

Brass Disk Earrings

Silver Cross Earrings these are $12 not $10 but well worth it.

Vintage Gold Hoop Earrings

Gold and Silver Star earrings

Gold Arrow earrings

Silver Owl earrings

Gold Lightning Strike earrings

Silver Rose earrings

And now on the the Giveaway!

I would love a little help spreading the word about my new little collection. You have from now until September 10th to spread the word as much as you can. Re-Blog, Facebook, Tweet, Pin, Tumbl, or all of the above. Just be sure to let me know about each way you share. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite pair and your email so I can contact you if you win.

Good Luck, 

Vanessa*

October Part 2 ( the lowdown)

We're His Little Henchmen by skwrrl featuring halloween hats

 Ok so as I discussed in the last post, I plan on dressing in costume for the last 15 days of October. I need your help in deciding which ones to narrow my list to. I have six selected that I won't reveal just yet, but I need you to vote on the 9 that excite you the most.  And! For your work, you will be rewarded handsomely. Not only will I wear the top voted costumes, I will also be giving away one treat pack to one lucky voter!  

So, here's the rules. You may only vote for your 9 favorites once here ( leave your comments below) but you may gain more chances to win by Tweeting, reblogging, Tumbling, or Facebooking this contest. It will run for 1 week (October 4th -October 11th) 

                                                   Frankenstien                                                  

Vampire

Mummy

Wolfman

Creature From the Black Lagoon

Mad Scientist

Alien

Devil

Angel

Cat

Robot

Monster

Pumkin

Snow White

Cinderella

Fairy Godmother

Alice

Dorothy

Get to Voting!

Luv,

Vanessa*

OCTOBER

 

Every year since I was a little girl, I have eagerly anticipated the arrival of my favorite holiday. More so than Christmas and Easter, my deranged little heart has always belonged to Halloween. I would plan my costume months in advance, and some years begin work on it as early as July. As I have gotten older, life has gotten in the way of my childhood joy and I usually only have a few weeks to prepare. I hadn't even decided what I wanted to dress as by the end of September this year! Unheard of! Well, I had an idea. While I was never the kid who wanted to be a movie character, I didn't really cover a lot of the classic costumes. Sure, I've been a vampire, a number of zombies (though never on Halloween),  a fairy princess, and an angel (give me a break here. I was like 8).  But I've never been a ghost. What kid has never been a Ghost? Easiest costume ever right? That's it though. It was too easy. I've always liked a challenge.  So this year my challenge is simple.  The last 15 days of October, wear a costume. 15 days, 15 costumes. I do work a full time retail job with sweet old lady customers so I won't go full on Zombie until nearly the 31st but I want to see if I can pull some Sartorial versions of classic costumes from my closet (supplementing with trips to the thrift and costume shop of course)

  So I need your help with something. I know some of the costumes that I will be doing, but I need some votes to narrow the the rest. And there is added benefits to voting. I will post a full list of all of the options in my next post as well as a super secret surprise. 

Stay tuned my pretties!

Luv,

Vanessa*