Review: Bow and Crossbones

"Vintage, Rockabilly, Tattoo Inspired Jewels, Accessories and Bags"

I featured Bow and Crossbones in my post about tattoo inspired necklaces. I ended up ordering this necklace in pink, and decided to do a more in-depth review of the site.

As well as the tattoo inspired jewellery, the site also feature s vintage inspired and kitsch necklaces and a range of accessories, hair candy, bracelets, pins & rings and patches.

Each category is broken down into sub-categories for easy browsing, especially if you're searching for something specific, or you can choose to view all as well.

Here are a few of my favourites from each necklace category:

Tattoo Inspired

Vintage Inspired

Kitsch Inspired

(all of the above images belong to www.bowandcrossbones.com)

Now onto the necklace I bought =) Some pics of me wearing it:

The necklace is made of the same material as the swallow tattoo necklace I reviewed before, and is again hand painted, which lets you appreciate the skill of the artist that made it. I really do love this necklace, and I don't really have much else floral in the collection. It came with stickers in the package too =) I do adore random free stuff in my packages!

Thanks Bow and Crossbones!

Lilly xoxo

Wing Shot...

I went shopping with my sister the other day...

in Nottingham. Unfortunately my camera battery was pretty much dead, and I had no clue where the charger was (I am pretty terrible at this whole unpacking thing...) so I only had chance to take this one quick snap:


Unfortunately, the necklace is back to front... >=/ but its kind of a cute photo, and you get to see the wings =)

The necklace is from Kitsch-tique, this Hello Kitty necklace isn't up any more, but they have a load more cute stuff =) You can also follow them on Twitter!

I'll try and get a front shot of this necklace at some point... =p

Lilly xoxo

Packing Up

So I finally found my camera cable...

and will now begin manic catch-up posting =D

When I was packing up to leave uni (sad times...) I had to take a few pics of my necklace board!


And then after they were all packed away... (well most of them, some of the larger ones had to go into the bag loose).

And this is how they will stay now, I don't have anywhere to display them at home =( That and I'm still trying to hide the full extent

Goodbye Freshers Year!

So I'm home from Uni...

and its kinda sad =( Although good to be back at the same time! And to not have the stress of packing. My mums face when she walked into my flat to see all my boxes and bin bags lined up along the edge of half our flat's corridor... I am very amazed that she managed to fit it all in the car! So all that's left now is to unpack! I took some pictures of the process of packing up my necklace collection, but can't find my camera lead, so I'll post them tomorrow.

Also tomorrow, need to pick up *something* from the post depot. My sister kept asking me what it is, but I honestly don't know as it could be any number of things... including new necklaces of course. And then head down to the haberdashery for diy delights! Yaaaaaaaay!

Speaking of my sister, she wanted to borrow a necklace tonight. So I cracked out my newly and very neatly organised collection, which she was quite impressed by. I quote: "You really need to stop. It's like an addiction..." To which I replied, "Everyone collects things!" My mother hasn't seen the collection yet, I'm keeping it quiet for the time being.

Just A Quick Post

Yesterday I was pretty busy...

I went to check out the Graduate Fashion, Art and Textile Design exhibitions at uni. I could have stayed all day, but my Textiles student flatmate isn't one to spend hours at exhibitions... The work was amazing though =)

After that I spend a very nice afternoon drinking Pimms in the Unions outside bar with all the First Year Med Students. Which was fun =)

Managed to take a quick snap of a necklace I've had for almost two years and wore for the first time yesterday!

I bought it in Egypt from a guy on a boat. For like £1. <3

Ursula Unicorn

The latest edition to both my bought-from-Ebay and LadyLuck necklace collections... Ursula Unicorn!

I've wanted this necklace for a long time (we're talking about four years) but for one reason or another never actually bought it, and then LadyLuck stopped stocking it. But this is the beauty of Ebay! So of course, I was very, very excited when I found this necklace, and ended up paying a little bit more than I thought I would for it, but it was worth it =) So here she is, Ursula!


I adore this necklace. As soon as it arrived I thought to myself "the only way I could be happier right now is if it were the pink version instead of the yellow". And guess what, the pink version is now up on Ebay! I can't decide whether this is a good thing or a bad one... Oh well, looks like another new necklace is in the pipeline.

Much love, Lilly xoxo

Another new tattoo-style necklace

I featured the Swallow Kisses Etsy shop in my post about tattoo necklaces. A few days ago I received the necklace I ordered =) So here's how it looks on!

I do love this necklace. And not just because I adore swallows and stars, (which I do... a lot). It's hand drawn and painted, and I like how you can really appreciate the work gone into making the necklace and the amount of talent the artist has. I also adore the chunkyness of the chain that's used, and the Swallow Kisses tag attached to the clasp is a cute touch =) as is the free stuff (stickers, a badge etc.) which came in the package. I like getting free stuff with my necklaces. It makes me happy! And speaking of packaging, it all came in a box which is great because I worry less that it's broken before I open it, and it just makes me feel good in general =D

Another very happy purchase =) Yaaaaay! (Oh, and it all came to about £10 including postage. Good times!)

Lilly, xoxo