My Most Worn Jewellery | Pandora, Swarovski and More!

I love wearing jewellery! I'm sure like many other girls do too. I own quite a lot of costume jewellery and a few more expensive pieces and I've found there have been around 5 or 6 pieces that I've been going back to on an everyday basis. I love looking at jewellery so I thought you also may like it if I shared with you a few of my favourite pieces to wear!

LETS IGNORE MY SAUSAGE FINGERS

 Here is my first piece of Pandora Jewellery that I ever owned, I believe this piece is quite popular as it is reasonably priced and personal. It's the Pandora Birthstone Ring, I have the Amethyst stone as I was born in February which is a beautiful pale purple stone. This looks really simple and pretty alone but as it's a stacking ring it can be paired or stacked with a few others.

I pair this ring with another popular choice from Pandora which is the Flower Band Ring. I loved this ring when I first saw it and knew it had to be mine, especially when I realised it was only £30- possibly the most affordable Pandora ring. This again is so simple but looks really nice worn everyday to complete a casual outfit.

On to necklaces! I love dainty necklaces for everyday wear, especially this silver wishbone from a seller on Instagram which I can't remember the name of unfortunately. I believe this was only £3 or £4 which is amazing considering the amount of wear I've had out of it. I usually team this with basic t-shirts and jeans to bring the look together.

I think these are called druzy necklaces, correct me if I'm wrong but both have pointed stone pendants. I love these as they can add a little colour to what otherwise would be a monochrome outfit. The clear blue crystal necklace was from another shop on Instagram called @craftedjewels a little while ago but they still sell very similar ones for such affordable prices! The dark green stone necklace was from San Francisco, brought back when my sister went on holiday there, though I'm sure you can find similar ones online or from Crafted Jewels.

And last but certainly not least is this Swarovski Micro Bolt Bracelet in Rose Gold. I used to hate mixed metals but recently I've been quite liking it as I don't want to miss an opportunity to wear this stunning dainty bracelet. I saw quite a few bloggers with this and I knew it would have to be mine one day so my sister kindly bought it for my 18th Birthday! I avoided wearing this while at college as I was in placement for half the week and I didn't want it to get caught on anything and broken, however I got lots of wear out of this during the summer and I'm also going to brave it and wear it to work. Let's hope it gets kept in good nick!

There you have it, a quick run through of my favourite pieces of jewellery. As I said, I love jewellery so I'm hoping in the not to distant future to invest in some more expensive jewellery that I shall hopefully wear and hold for life.

What is your most worn piece of jewellery? Or what is on your list list?

Let me know!

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What I Got For My Birthday! | 18th Birthday Haul

I'm 18! It was my birthday near enough two weeks ago but it was only until now that I gathered all my gifts together in order to write a post on my blog as a few of you said you'd like to see a kind of haul post.

To be quite honest I wasn't expecting a lot for my 18th as I simply didn't have a lot of ideas of what i'd like, but once again my family completely surprised and spoilt me with gifts that i'm so thankful for. Now, I won't go into detail of every last item I received and who they're from because I do not want this post to be too much of a ramble, so lets get straight into it..

Lets just ignore how weird my hand looks?...

I'd been lusting over this dainty rose gold bracelet for a while, I certainly didn't expect to receive it but my family must have listened! I'm completely smitten with it and I think it's perfect for day-to-day wear as it's so simple and dainty. The Swarovski Micro Bolt bracelet is available to buy here.

Alcohol, and not too much of it as i'm not a huge drinker! This is the only bottle I kept, simply because I thought the bottle was pretty and some may find it odd but i'll treasure it as a reminder of my 18th birthday.

It was inevitable that I had to receive a swanky new 18 glass to drink alcohol from so I got this absolutely beautiful mirrored pink champagne glass with an 18 printed on it, I will continue to use it even if it's not my 18th birthday! 

Tradition 18 Key, check! Pointless but essential to remember your 18th birthday so i'll keep that along with the bottle I mentioned earlier.

Again ignore the fact that a pain decided to leak in my bag and stained the edges of the lid, so sad!

I didn't get presents from my friends individually, instead they decided to put them together in this gorgeous butterfly box which I think is a present in itself, I love it! Another thing i'd been lusting over is the Marc Jacobs perfumes so they took that into account and purchased me the Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume in Eau So Fresh. Admittedly I wasn't in love with the scent at first but it's grown on me and I think it'll be perfect for day-to-day wear in the upcoming Spring/Summer. 

Along with this I also got a lot of beauty stuff from them and other family members. Here's it all looking pretty in the box!

Clothes. I was a little shocked as my family doesn't really buy each other clothes out of fear they wont like them or they won't fit. I've worn and am really pleased with the bits I received, especially as my brothers put their input into what to get me. They got it so right! (Please note, some website pictures here as I've got nobody to take photos of me, haha!)

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I'm not sure if this is the exact one, but if not it's very similar- here.

I couldn't find this scarf online @ boohoo.com but here's me looking so moody as I was off to college- ft. floral and lace H&M jumper mentioned earlier.

The majority of my family gave me money for my 18th as it symbolises becoming and adult and being responsible for yourself and your money. I was good and put the majority of the money into my savings account but the rest I kept aside to do a little shopping so I treated myself to the Pandora stacking ring that I've wanted for a while to pair with my Pandora Birthstone ring. 

This one is available here but i'd recommend going into the store to try a few sizes on. I really like how pretty this ring looks alone and paired with my other!

And that's what I got for my birthday! I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know what you'd like to see next on my blog.

What have you been buying recently?
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What I Got For Christmas | Christmas 2014

Hello!

It's currently Christmas night, I'm currently reminiscing the day while in bed thinking of how thankful and fortunate I am. I must admit I was not expecting to do this post as I simply thought my mum was just giving money like we agreed, once again my family outdone themselves as they do every year. As I explained I am so grateful for everything and I thought I'd show what I received deemed as this is popular in the blogger world.

I'll split this into 3 categories, home ware, fashion/beauty and stocking fillers. If and when I purchase anything worth showing in the sales there will be a post up shortly after this but lets get started.

 The first present I opened was the largest, I mostly always go for the biggest as i'm so intrigued what could be in a big box. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened this beautiful bird cage as i've been looking for one for a while but I simply didn't want to purchase one myself so it made the perfect gift. Inside holds four slots to burn tea lights, it looks so pretty and makes beautiful patterns on my walls.

Next up is the gift I received last when I thought I had finished unwrapping, I was again surprised with this- an Olly Murs photo frame wall clock. If you don't already know I am a tad in love with Olly Murs so this was great and I also received tickets to see him on his 2015 tour(tries to breathe)!

I also received some more sentimental gifts that can be put around my room, to the left is a photo cube from my sister(not yet with my own photos I must add), so i'll have to trawl through the albums to find photos that I truly love to display in here. To the right may be my favourite gift, small but so thoughtful! A little keep-sake with a photo of my grandparents on which reads 'To our Grandaughter Amy, Lots of Love Nan and Grampy xx' I welled up a little with how cute this is, I love it!

Next up is a load of candles, I love candles so I could't be happier- a mix of Yankee Candle, Votives, Wax Melts and the cutest tiny jar! Some may find this odd, but I also received a tiny frying pan as i've been loving egg muffins recently, how perfect haha!

Now i'll move onto the fashion, accessories and beauty bits I received. Firstly are these gorgeous black heeled boots from hiddenfashion.com, I picked these out myself and they're super comfortable as they're fur lined!

I didn't receive any clothes this year but I did have this dream. A fluffy Bambi pyjama set! I never want to take these off, they're the most comfortable piece of clothing ever and the look super cute. Thank you sister!

I've wanted something from Pandora for the longest time now and my sister said she'd get me something. I wouldn't really wear a bracelet so I opted for a Birthstone Ring. I am so content with how beautiful it looks and fits, i'm also wanting another dainty ring so I think that's what I'll spend some of my Christmas money on!

Speaking of rings, this was actually a stocking filler but I also go this lovely silver diamante key ring as I was complaining that the ones I currently have kept braking and although cute where also impractical so this will do the job!

In terms of beauty beneath the piles of wrapping paper held two Soap and Glory sets, one from my parents and the other from my sisters boyfriend- so kind! I love Soap and Glory so it wouldn't be Christmas without it, here I got The Soapremes and Soap for the Best. The Soapremes contain a range of full-sizes and minis where as the Soap for the Best contains all minis, perfect if you travel!

I also had a lot of beauty essentials in my stocking which is always useful, such as shampoo, smellies, cotton pads, makeup remover and lip balms etc. Stockings are my favourite types of gifts!

I had A LOT of chocolate and sweets this year(some of which I've already eaten), enough to last me a long while so i'm not complaining! When else can you acceptably receive ridiculous amounts of these sweet treats though?!

As I've said at the start of this post I am forever grateful for everything I received and didn't expect any of this as my mother said she'd give me money to spend in the sales, so I am over the moon with how generous my family were this year. I'm going to be doing a spot of shopping with my Christmas money so i'm sure a haul will be up shortly! 

I hope you had a lovely Christmas spending time with your loved ones and as we're near i'd like to wish you a very Happy New Year, let's hope 2015 is the best yet!

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