Tuesday 5 February 2013

Bejewelled Tuesday

I have a confession. I'm not really a rabbit. Nope. I'm a magpie. I have so much jewellery. It's an affliction I've inherited from my mother, as I've mentioned before. But especially now that most clothes are off the menu, I'm really enjoying all my necklaces, earrings, bracelets and baubles. I've only just come up with this as a weekly feature - but I thought I'd start profiling some of my favourite pieces, both in my collection and things I've seen on my virtual and real life travels.

Two of my most precious, cherished pieces are Alex Monroe necklaces given to me by my lovely sister. Here I'm wearing them layered - one is the tiniest butterfly with an even tinier green sapphire droplet, which she gave me for my Ph.D. graduation. The second piece was a pre-wedding gift, a charming little scene of branbles, a curious little mouse and a book. I wore it for my vintage afternoon tea-hen do.


Alex Monroe's pieces are everything I love most about jewellery - delicate, whimsical, pretty beyond words. There are so many pieces I love, it's hard for me to even pick some, but the piece I would dearly love to add to my collection next is one that has particular emotional resonance for me with my own little family in the making:

Birds and Nest Ring, £135


All this means I'm very excited that Alex Monroe is collaborating with Evans on a costume jewellery collection titled Miss Alouette, inspired by William Morris' nature designs. Of course, the daintiness and detail of his fine pieces is hard to replicate at high street prices, but this is still some of the prettiest fashion jewellery you will find out there. I'm impatiently awaiting the launch date to be announced!

6 comments:

  1. I'm such a massive fan of Alex Monroe, so the news about Evans is amazing! x

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  2. Oh my goodness those are both adorable! I love the tiny mouse!

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  3. The tiny mouse is beyond cute; both of those are so lovely.

    I don't own any Alex Monroe, which is just wrong. I may have to add some to my birthday list...

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  4. Both of those are so lovely, the tiny mouse is beyond cute!

    I don't have any Alex Monroe jewellery, which is bad. I may have to add some to my birthday list...

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  5. I'm obsessed with Alex Monroe jewellery (which suits OH as it's an easy present option). So far I have 5 necklaces: gold Bumblebee, silver feather, silver swallow, gold dragonfly and silver pear plus a pair of the crystal bud earrings.

    I managed to get a few of the Alouette pieces at 5am (insomnia upside) so eagerly awaiting arrival. Will report back on quality.

    I love that ring (good gift for when petit lapin arrives, non?) and your necklaces are beautiful too x

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  6. Aaww this ring is so adorable! <3

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Rabbit-like in a nose that twitches when I laugh and front teeth not 100% rectified by 7 years of braces, postcolonial in being of British-Bangladeshi heritage (and reading many many books thereon). Books, tea and dresses: these are some of my favourite things.