Pendant of the FUTURE
4:18 PM Posted In jewellery , rant Edit This 3 Comments »My next step in the job interview step-it-up program is complete.
Ive got the clothes to look the part, now Ive got the jewellery.
All because people believe in me enough to kind of invest in me and this process.
The last Jeweller whose brains I picked for advice and insight suggested I wear just one or two pieces of fine jewellery to show my appreciation of the artform. Anything more than that is ostentatious and a bit too obviously sucking up, but not having anything of worth on wont be giving me any points.
The only valuable jewelery I own is really engagement ring and a rose gold fob bracelet I got for my 21st. Neither are really terribly appropriate.
So, I wasn't going to ask my Gran or Mum to help me with this one. I decided it was time for Jewellery money to buy some actual Jewellery!
All the money I have made from my jewelery sales so far has gone straight back into supplies/costs or to rent/food. Its been so tempting sitting there in my paypal account waiting to be spent on etsy, on other art or funky things I keep finding in my travels to promote my own stuff. I'm not bringing in enough yet to justify spending it on anything other than essentials.
So I searched for a couple of weeks and found the artisan I was most in awe of, someone whose work was both well designed and flawlessly made. This wasn't a simple task, the sheer volume of jewelers on Etsy is overwhelming. Then picking just one piece was almost impossible till I found this store. She uses cell and nerve structures as designs patterns. Its clever and unique. Beyond that, they are just stunningly different with such a simple beauty.
You can find more of their work on this website and its springing up in various trendy magazines around the place too.
Ive got the clothes to look the part, now Ive got the jewellery.
All because people believe in me enough to kind of invest in me and this process.
The last Jeweller whose brains I picked for advice and insight suggested I wear just one or two pieces of fine jewellery to show my appreciation of the artform. Anything more than that is ostentatious and a bit too obviously sucking up, but not having anything of worth on wont be giving me any points.
The only valuable jewelery I own is really engagement ring and a rose gold fob bracelet I got for my 21st. Neither are really terribly appropriate.
So, I wasn't going to ask my Gran or Mum to help me with this one. I decided it was time for Jewellery money to buy some actual Jewellery!
All the money I have made from my jewelery sales so far has gone straight back into supplies/costs or to rent/food. Its been so tempting sitting there in my paypal account waiting to be spent on etsy, on other art or funky things I keep finding in my travels to promote my own stuff. I'm not bringing in enough yet to justify spending it on anything other than essentials.
So I searched for a couple of weeks and found the artisan I was most in awe of, someone whose work was both well designed and flawlessly made. This wasn't a simple task, the sheer volume of jewelers on Etsy is overwhelming. Then picking just one piece was almost impossible till I found this store. She uses cell and nerve structures as designs patterns. Its clever and unique. Beyond that, they are just stunningly different with such a simple beauty.
You can find more of their work on this website and its springing up in various trendy magazines around the place too.
This necklace was my final choice as something I could just afford and which fitted all the categories Id set for myself.
It finally arrived yesterday and I picked it up on the way to meet a group of people for coffee. So I was still brimming with excitement and pride when I arrived. Its probably the most beautiful thing Ive ever owned and its extreme delicacy only makes me more scared, awed and enamored with it. I don't usually trust myself to own valuable, delicate things but the time has come. Now if you really want to crush someones joy, if you really really want to feel superior and hurt someone finding someone in the emotional place I was yesterday afternoon they are prime meat. While explaining where I got it from and what it was and how awesome it is, the very second person I showed it to informed me I would have gotten a better deal at Diva and that I was just justifying the purchase to myself. They implied I had made a terrible mistake, that this was a bad purchase. I don't know whether they thought it not worth the price I paid, or just didn't like the style but it wasn't said flippantly. It was dripping in scorn.
Yeaahh, this exactly the look I dont want to portray
HAI GUYS Heres the must beautifullest thing Ive ever owned! But I would have been better off with some clunky plastic beads and shiny glass instead! WOOP
Im not telling you about this so you can call it great and make me feel better. I know I made a good choice, Im happy with it and I have all my fingers crossed that now I have done everything I possibly can to give the right first impression with each potential employer I meet. I do want to spread the word about those artisans and pimp their store. Not that they would need my teeny tiny promotion. I'm going to give them props regardless.
Im just saying, dude, way to spit in my face!
Check it out! ITS SO PREEETTTYYYYY
3 comments:
It is v. pretty. But ooooh so delicate. I'd honestly NEVER trust myself with anything so fragile.
I'd love to watch the chick make it - amazing.
I really really liked it. I hope it wasn't me who said it was from diva. you couldnt have got anything that suit you more.
Just dont break it!
xxx
if i'm the one being accused of "crushing" you or "spitting in your face" with a comment about diva (because i know i did mention diva), then you totally mis-interpreted the comment. it wasn't meant that way at all.
i said i haven't bought jewelry from anywhere BUT diva in the past few years, because jewelry IS expensive and i change my style/mind too often. so for me, diva is a great cheap alternative, so i can buy something and wear it for a month and not feel guilty about never wearing it again.
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