FASHION - The Stories Named Jewelry

Last week, the online company Invaluable reached out to me with a great idea for a blogpost. They asked a couple bloggers to write about their favorite jewelry. And that's what I'll be doing today.

I don't have a huge box of jewelry that I open every morning to pick out the pieces I want to wear. No, I have one single necklace and a bracelet that I never take off, and another bracelet and a watch that I carefully lay beside my bed every night.

I used to wear a golden necklace that my mom got for her eighteenth birthday. I lost it a million times, but always found it back. The last time the necklace fell off, it appeared to be broken and couldn't be fixed. My neck stayed sad and bare until my own eighteenth birthday when I got my very own golden necklace. It hasn't been anywhere else than around my neck since the 30th of January.

Around my right wrist I wear a €3 bracelet from my favorite shop in Paris, Merci. I never take it off, which explains why it gets all rusty. The one you see on the photo is the last one I bought. Right now I'm wearing one that my sister got me when she headed over to Paris. Before those two I had another one that I got the previous time in Paris. It became kind of a tradition to buy this bracelet for one another whenever someone goes to Paris.

On my left wrist I wear a €1 black leather bracelet that I got together with my friend at a tourist shop in Florence. It goes very well with my Daniel Wellington watch that my grandparents got me for my birthday. And yes, it took me a while to get used to reading a watch without any numbers...

At first, when I got the request to write this post, I thought that my jewelry wasn't interesting at all, but now that I actually sit down to think about it, I realize that I'm carrying many different stories around every single day. And that's what I love about my little collection.

Love, Jeanneke

Fashion - The J is for Jeanne

I am the owner of the world's smallest ears. They are that tiny that I've had someone ask me if I could even hear anything. Nevertheless, I do love to decorate them. Although my ears are probably smaller than your pinky finger, I managed to get three piercings in them; two in my left ear and one in the right one. The lady who kindly pierced me was scared ass hell, she though she would paralyse me since there is something in your ear that can get you paralyzed. Can you tell I'm very bad at biologics? 

They were having 20% off at American Apparel so I thought, why not get those studs I'd been eyeing up forever? With the discount I got them for €14,40 instead of €18,00. You might wonder what's so great about saving €3,60? Well, I can get a coffee for that. Yes, I am counting in coffees these days.

The other objects in this picture are the little golden studs I wear every single day. I can't tell you where they're from since they were a gift, but I think you can get them anywhere. 

Every red lipstick lover knows what lipstick this is. It's the lovely Russian Red by Mac. The reddest lipstick you'll ever come across.

And then last but not least, the magazine I've been loving: Crust. A new Belgian fashion magazine! The graphic design is on point and the articles are very interesting.

Let's hope I'll get another blogpost up soon, but school is driving me a little cray cray. Sorry guys!

-Parpies

Alphabet Earrings -  American Apparel