Tuesday was a day well spent.
It started with a quick trip to my local charity shop
Scope, as I'd seen a dress in there last week and was silly enough to walk away from it.
Lucky, though, it was still there.
It's not usualy something I'd go for, but it really called out to me and for £5, you can't go wrong.
I had an
Etsy order to ship out to the States I was quite happy about - the first chain maile necklace I'd put online sold, so watch this space for more very soon. For now, though, I still have bicycle chain bracelets, chain maile earrings & my charity bees for
sale...
I enjoyed the nice 4 or so mile walk down to Spitlefields and met up with my good friend Penny; then spent the day wandering Old Spitlefields market & reminiscing in the vintage shops along Brick Lane.
I got some great buys...
First up, was these cool carved characters:
Hand crafted animal pens!
Ace. There were so many others too... Turtles, lions, wolves, sharks, birds...
Original (and ethical) illustrated vests, tees, sweatshirts, hoodies and artwork.
So refreshing.
Actually some unique illustration out there which makes a change.
Fell in love.
Although my vest has quite an optimistic feel to it, a lot of the designs had a real dark side to them.
I like.
The third amazing find was a stall full of the most beautiful handmade, semi-precious stone jewellery I have possibly ever seen:
(My own chain maile necklace is sneaking in this photo - and the charity shop dress I'd picked up that morning...)
This fabulous woman was making these beauts using gold wire & stones to create rings, which she sells with a chain, so you can choose to wear it on your finger, or round your neck.
I found it so hard to pull myself away.
So I came away with this white quartz necklace and this turquoise, rose & lilac stone ring ~
Here's mine & Penny's new rings...
She was such a wonderful person too; unfortunately she didn't have a website, but go find her in Old Spitlefields Market or Portobello. Now.
The green beaded ring I got for Penny as part of her birthday present (this Friday 13th) from Trade charity shop on Holloway Road. {Love that shop}
~ and she loved them, hurrah!
Recently I commisioned my friend and amazing designer, Julie.L.Parisi, to create one of her awesome necklaces for me.
This book 'Just Kids' that I cannot wait to start reading! About £5, brand new from Ebay.
This super cute bike necklace, £7 from Accessorize, on a nice & long gold chain. I couldn't walk away from it...
This dress from Traid charity shop on Holloway Road (one of my all time fave charity shops) for only £4.49.
This vegan face mask with avocado and goji berry was £6 from Superdrug and it's soooo good. Great to have affordable vegan beauty products more accessible!
This nail jewel set was only from the 99p store at the end of my road... I couldn't not get it! I did this two days ago and half the jewels have fallen off now, but it's a lot of fun and worth it if you want to bling up your nails for a big night out, haha!
Headphones (£4 from a sports shop) and water bottle from Sweaty Betty... I also got an amazing sports bra from them too. That was the big spend of the week; but it was so worth it. 
Tuesday was a day well spent. 
It's not usualy something I'd go for, but it really called out to me and for £5, you can't go wrong. 
Then I came across the stall of Conquer clothing.
It has more of an 'amour' feel to it than my previous designs and I love the way the links have a sense of free flowing yet still manage to retain the 'solid' shape around the neckline.
This is a new design I have put together for the amazing Tracey of Los Parcheros; beautiful handmade jewellery... Worth checking out!I'll be working on some more chain maile soon. 
All the earrings are handmade by me, all from genuinely recycled bicycle chains I gather from the bins of local bike shops and spend the time cleaning and disecting to recreate them into lovely little designs for cyclists & civilians alike to enjoy! 
