Fruit-Flavoured Jewellery

Recently I have discovered that I might have fructose malabsorption. While it is as yet unconfirmed by a doctor, avoiding all sorts of delicious fruits, amongst other things, does seem to improve my well-being. This is very sad, because I love fruit (and probably overdosed on it daily), but I have come up with a healthy alternative … Fruit-flavoured jewellery!

May I present to you my new watermelon necklace? Isn’t it luscious? I believe these stones to be some type of quartz, but they look very much like giant chunks of watermelon encircling my neck. Melancholy begone! 

Cobbler Clobber

A little while ago I told you about a pair of Finsk dove grey wedges with a gladiatorial spirit about them. Here is their sister pair, all soft beige leather and wooden heels. I love the sharp angles at the back of the heel. They are surprisingly comfy (once I wrestle furiously with the stud buttonholes to fasten them) but those wooden wedges sure do heft some serious weight. I reckon I could clobber someone with them – if I could raise my leg high enough to deliver an axe kick with that weight at the end of it. Visit Finsk for your own clobber. 

The Last Word in Shoelaces

Look at these fancy-schmancy take on gladiator shoes! Aren’t they delightful? I positively languish over them. A beautiful light dove grey, they are made from buttery soft leather, and have a real wooden heel. I love the little triangle cut out of it too – what a great detail. They are like great pieces of sculpture in fact.

And how about those shoelaces, eh? They are the ultimate. In fact, they were a little difficult the first time I stuffed my feet into them (like one of Cinderella’s less attractive sisters) because the laces were pulled too tight, and I couldn’t figure out how to disentangle them! A work colleague, observing my struggles, was amused and remarked that one perhaps needed a science degree just to get into them. I didn’t care about her clever remarks. Not at all. I took them home and a little patience soon sorted those recalcitrant shoelaces out.

… one perhaps needed a science degree just to get into them

These wedges are by British label Finsk – I’d never heard of them before until I bought them online a few months ago from sale site, Ozsale. They were an incredible bargain too, costing one tenth of the retail price (I can’t normally afford to spend $500 on a single pair of shoes).

I’ve been drooling over their latest collection online – check them out. Those shoes are for modern urban warriors, made for STOMPING! Those barbarians better watch out for their toes …

Polka Face

Since my recent experiment with black feather eyelashes, I have fallen in love with falsies. I am usually too lazy or too hurried to put on eye makeup, but these little darlings have changed my mind. So fun! So cute! And now I have polka-dot feathers to dance with too. 

Take a Bow

Yet another reason to look forward to autumn when it eventually arrives: a pretty 1930s seafoam green wool hat to wear. It has two dear little bows that sit just above the temple, and tiny diamond cutouts at the back.

I purchased this from an eBay store that sells hats only intermittently, which is probably lucky because I’d be flat broke if they featured a constant stream of lovely vintage pieces like this.

So come on Melbourne, stop being hot!