Erstwilder Halloween Jewellery 2019

Happy Halloween!

I hope you're all having a spooktacular day. Are you doing anything fun to celebrate fright night? 

I'm just going to carve a pumpkin, and spend the evening watching Halloween movies with a few sweets. I'm so boring! Haha!

Anyway, last month, I finally added my first Halloween-themed accessories to my Erstwilder jewellery collection. 

I've long admired Erstwilder's Halloween collections, and the spooky offerings from countless other quirky jewellery brands, but with Christmas presents to buy, I never seem to be able to justify a treat at this time of year. Then Erstwilder released their Out of the Shadows Halloween collection last month- the first of three Halloween collections for 2019- and the designs were all so irresistible, I couldn't hold back any longer. I had to get my hands on at least one of the brooches (although I had my eye on many), and I also picked up two pairs of stud earrings from the Halloween Essentials range at the same time. I'm here to give you a closer look at them today.

First up, is my very first Halloween brooch, Patch the Pumpkin Pup. I fell in love with it the moment I first saw a preview on Erstwilder's Instagram page. It's so different to all the usual Halloween designs, with a scruffy black Scottie dog standing up against a Jack o' lantern, and I knew I had to have him. It's the perfect mix of cute and creepy. Patch is made from a gorgeous dark grey marbled resin, and I love how the swirls in the resin, along with the way the resin has been cut so intricately, give the impression of a shaggy coat. He's adorable, especially how he's standing playfully on his back legs against the pumpkin, which is made from the most beautiful orange and yellow marbled resin. It really is the cutest Halloween brooch I've ever seen, and I know I'll be wearing it time and time again for many years to come. You'd better believe it's pinned to my dress today! Unfortunately Patch seems to be sold out everywhere online in the UK, but you can find it via Rocklily Wombats in Australia here.

I also treated myself to a couple of pairs of earrings from the Halloween Essentials range, which was released on the same day. The Halloween Essentials included star, moon, and circle-shaped studs in a range of Halloween colours and textures, and I chose the marbled yellow crescent moons, and marbled orange circle studs. 

The crescent moons are my favourite. Not only are they the perfect shape for Halloween, they're made from the prettiest yellow resins. As each resin is unique, the earrings are mismatched, which I know isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I personally love the mismatched look. One is a dark ochre, and the other a much paler shade of yellow. I'm wearing them today with my Patch the Pumpkin Pup Brooch.

The orange circle studs are also made from beautiful marbled resin, and the orange and yellow marbling makes them look like little planets or suns. Like the crescent moons, the circle studs are mismatched, which definitely adds some personality to any outfit. Unfortunately, I wasn't as wowed by this pair as I'd hoped. They're beautiful, but they just don't suit my skin tone, so I may pass these on to someone else at some point. It's a shame as I fell head over heels in love with them online, but it's not the end of the world at just £5.75 a pair.

I know Halloween is almost over for another year, but if you want to pick up a piece or two for next year, you'll be glad to know many of the pieces are still available to buy. You can find the Out of the Shadows collection on Erstwilder's website here, and the Halloween Essentials range here. If you're outside Australia, you'll find a list of stockists here, including many in the UK, which could save you a small fortune on international postage and import charges.

I'd still love to get my hands on the Raven Mad Brooch, and Take a Bite Serpent Brooch, which I'm hoping to collect soon, but I'm holding off until I see this year's Christmas collection. I know I'm likely to want the entire festive collection!

Have you bought anything from this year's Erstwilder Halloween collections? 

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Wednesday Wish List

Here's a few things I've been coveting this week...

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La Vidriola have the most amazing Halloween jewellery collection this year. I'm obsessed with these four pieces- especially the haunted house statement necklace. Isn't it incredible?!

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I finally sampled The Body Shop's Vanilla Pumpkin range when I was in London last week, and it smelt so good I really want to pick up some products to try. The body butter is definitely at the top of my list. I can't live without Body Shop body butters and this one smells delectable.

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I've fallen in love with Cath Kidston's new 'Garden Club' range, which features the cutest hedgehog designs on pastel-coloured polka dot backgrounds. The little green-fingered hedgehogs, dressed in hats, holding gardening tools, and / or hanging out amongst the toadstools, are so adorable, and I basically need one of everything. These are a few favourites from the collection, but there are so many more products in the range to choose from, from coffee mugs to ironing board covers. I'd particularly love the notebook set and diary, along with the weekend bag, passport cover, and a purse.

Essie Advent Calendar

This one technically isn't on my wish list anymore as I treated myself to it on the weekend, but I wanted to give you guys a heads up on the great deal I found. 

I was browsing for nail polish Advent calendars on Sunday, and came across the Essie Advent calendar, and after some debating, I decided to splurge on it and the Ciaté Mini Mani Month calendar as I had a little cash left over from my trip to London. I wouldn't normally buy two beauty Advent calendars for myself in one year, but I found the Essie calendar on promotion via Ocado for just £40 instead of its usual RRP of £60, and it seemed too good to pass up- especially as it includes eight full sized polishes which usually retail for about £8 each! The promotion is running until the 6th of November, and it's definitely worth taking advantage of if you're a nail polish fan.

I'll be bringing you reviews of both Advent calendars really soon, as well as a list of every beauty Advent calendar available this year.

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And last but not least, I'm also smitten with these beautiful green bags from French Connection. The styles, textures, and colours of the leathers are so gorgeous! Two of my favourite bags have ripped and starting falling apart this week, so I'm on the look out for the perfect new day bag I can wear with just about anything. I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for, but something with a cross body strap that is comfortable to wear would be perfect. I'll let you know when I find 'the one.'

If you'd like to see more of the fashion and beauty pieces on my wish list right now, check out my style and beauty wish list boards on Pinterest. You can also find all previous Wednesday Wish List posts here.

Any favourites this week?

Sunday Favourites Halloween Special #389

As we're just a few days away from Halloween, I've decided to make this week's Sunday Favourites post a Halloween special. I've packed it full of Halloween crafts, recipes, art, and other fright night inspiration to give you some last minute ideas and help get you in the festive spirit. I hope you find it helpful! 

I have never related more to something than this accurate representation of trick or treating in the nineties from Kelly Lou Illustration. If my Mum let me go trick or treating- which wasn't every year- I was always a ghost with a costume fashioned from an old sheet, with a carrier bag for my sweets. So fancy.

Be a pumpkin not a trumpkin! Illustration by Sarah Walsh.

Damask Love show you how to make these awesome Halloween shaker tags.

These DIY stencilled Halloween candy treat bags from The Crafted Life are so cute.

If you want to throw a witch themed Halloween party, A Kailo Chic Life is the place to go for ideas and inspiration.

I love these DIY iridescent pumpkin planters, also from A Kailo Chic Life.

A Subtle Revelry have the perfect candy corn jello shot recipe for fall, and it looks delicious.

I'm loving this DIY glowing mystic eye pumpkin from Persia Lou. So unique.

These DIY bat seals from Maritza Lisa would be perfect for adding to letters, parcels, and treat bags this Halloween.

If Jack o' lanterns aren't your style, maybe these pretty DIY marbled pumpkins from A Kailo Chic Life are.

Painted fingerprint pumpkins by Handmade Charlotte... perfect for kids- and big kids alike.

Satsuma Street has the most adorable Halloween cross stitch kits. I'm loving the bat and the tombstone.

These Halloween temporary tattoos from Eighteen25 are a fun way to embrace the Halloween spirit without resorting to a head-to-toe costume.

How amazing are Melodrama's DIY mid-century modern Halloween Putz houses?! I love them so much!

These eye-catching  DIY skull Halloween wall decorations from A Kailo Chic Life.

A Kailo Chic Life has also created some colourful pastel printable Halloween art for you to download for free, which will make your home Halloween ready in no time.

And since A Kailo Chic is the queen of Halloween, here's their awesome DIY colourful Halloween bat garland.

I wish I had a reason to make some of Lovely Indeed's awesome Halloween crackers.



These DIY neon sign Halloween pumpkins from A Kailo Chic Life would look amazing at any Halloween party.

I love The House That Lars Built's DIY rainbow ghost team costumes. This is the perfect way to improve those nineties bed sheet ghost outfits!!

Club Crafted has shared a great recipe for candy corn fudge.

Creative Wife and Joyful Worker has shared a great selection of Halloween dessert tables DIYs, ideas and inspiration.

This kawaii ghost graveyard cake by Coco Cake Land is so darn cute.

A Beautiful Mess can show you how to make these adorable edible chocolate pumpkin candy bowls.

Sugar and Charm's Halloween meat and cheese board looks delicious.

Hocus Pocus filming locations captured in real life.

Eighteen25 created an awesome haunted Halloween countdown to countdown to fright night with, like an Advent calendar for Halloween.

This creative DIY for paint dipped pumpkins from A Subtle Revelry.

I love this adorable Halloween illustration from Kate Pugsley.

And last but not least, some fantastic Halloween paper art from Margaret Scrinkl.

For more Halloween ideas and inspiration, be sure to check out my Halloween and Autumn boards on Pinterest. You can also find all Sunday Favourites Halloween Specials from previous years here.

Thanks for reading!

What are your plans for Halloween?

Wednesday Wish List

This week I've been coveting...

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Last week, Erstwilder released a stunning floral jewellery collection called A Fuller Bloom, as a follow up to their hugely popular In Full Bloom collection which launched earlier in the year and sold out in minutes. This twenty-one piece collection is proving to be just as popular, and has naturally sent my heart all aflutter. I particularly love the sunflowers, roses, tulips, and waterlilies, which are all so beautiful. I sadly couldn't afford to splurge on all the pieces I wanted this time, but I couldn't resist picking up the sunflower and tulip brooches as they're two of my favourite flowers. I'm just sad I have to wait a whole month for them because I've put them on lay away to pay in instalments. Sad face. You can find a list of Erstwilder stockists around the world here.

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Little Moose have just released the cutest range of laser-cut perspex Halloween jewellery for 2019. I especially love the adorable little ghost earrings. So cute!

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Can you believe Tatty Devine have actually created a Moomins collection?! OMG! The Snorkmaiden Raindrop Necklace (#1) is definitely my favourite, but the whole range is amazing. (There are more pieces to choose from on their website). I've always had such a soft spot for The Moomins. It was one of my favourite cartoons when I was little, so this is just perfect.

The Body Shop Juicy Pear Festive Sack

I really want to try some of The Body's Shop's new Juicy Pear range, which is one of their festive scents this year. It sounds delectable. I'm going to have to go in and smell it to see if it's as good as it sounds. I think it will be.

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I adore these sweet little ceramic bat earrings, brooch, and necklace from Tramai Ceramics. I think they may be some of the cutest Halloween accessories I've ever seen, and the best part is they're all handmade.

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These are waaay out of my price range, but I'm in love with these stunning evergreen bags from Kate Spade- especially the Sylvia Large Satchel (#1). The colour of the leather is dreamy.

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Hell Bunny has the best Halloween t-shirts and jumpers right now, and good news for you smaller plus size ladies- they even cater up to a 4XL! I've linked to the plus size options above, but each design is also available in standard sizes on their website.

Hell Bunny Miss Muffet Pinafore Dress

And I'm also loving this amazing Hell Bunny pinafore dress which would be perfect for embracing the Halloween spirit this month- or wearing all year round if you like to keep the spooky spirit alive 365 days a year.

If you'd like to see more of the fashion and beauty pieces on my wish list, be sure to check out my wish list boards on Pinterest. You can also find more Halloween fashion ideas on my Halloween board, and find all previous Wednesday Wish List posts here.

Any favourites this week?

The Goodreads Book Tag

I recently came across The Goodreads Book Tag on a few different blogs, and since I'm an avid reader and haven't done a tag post in ages, I thought it would be fun to give it a go.

I've had a Goodreads account for several years, but I mostly just use it to record the books I've read, and keep track of my TBR pile and wish list. Until a couple of months ago, I hadn't even bothered to follow anyone. (I wasn't being rude and ignoring anyone; I didn't have any followers, either. Haha)! I'm beginning to use it more and more now that I'm reading books like there's no tomorrow again, and it's quickly becoming one of my favourite websites. I still have a lot to explore and discover, but I'm having fun finding new ways to use it to enhance my reading experiences. It really is the perfect social media site for any book lover.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling on now. Let's move on to what you're here for: The Goodreads Book Tag:

What was the last book you marked as 'read'?

A psychological thriller called You Were Gone by Tim Weaver. It begins with a woman wandering in to a police station looking for her husband. The problem is, she's been dead for eight years. When  the husband arrives at the station, he's disconcerted by the woman's resemblance to his late wife but is adamant it's not her. The Police know one of them is lying, but who? With the Police doubting his story, the main character has to work to uncover the truth and prove his innocence, while strange things begin to happen that make him question his mental stability and memory. It had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish and was one of those books I had to devour as quickly as I could. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

I didn't actually realise this book was part of a series until I'd finished- it's the 9th in the David Raker series- but it works well as a stand-alone, too. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the collection, and have already picked up the first book which I'm going to start as soon as I've finished what I'm reading now.

What are you currently reading?

I'm currently reading Under the Water by Paul Pen. I've been looking forward to this book all year (it's just been released) after falling in love with his first two books, The Light of the Fireflies and Desert Flowers, and so far I've not been disappointed.

What was the last book you marked as TBR?

Chasing the Dead by Tim Weaver.

What book do you plan to read next?

I'm planning to read Chasing the Dead by Tim Weaver, but I'm also dying to get my hands on The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, and Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris (the sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz).

Do you use the star rating system?

Of course. I do wish it would allow you to rate in half stars, though.

Are you doing a 2019 reading challenge?

I am. It's the first year I've set myself a reading challenge, and I smashed my original goal of reading twenty-five books this year in August! I decided to increase it to forty books to keep myself on my toes til the end of the year, and I actually reached my goal last week with two months to go! It's probably sad to admit this, but I'm really proud of myself for it. I haven't read so many books in a year since I was little (mostly thanks to the distractions of the Internet), and it's more than double what I read last year, so it feels like a real achievement. I've been lapping up books like there's no tomorrow, and really enjoying sinking my teeth in to so many good books, so I'm hoping to keep up the pace. I'm now on my 42nd book of the year! I'm considering increasing the challenge to take me to the end of the year, but I can't decide by how many books. I thought about attempting 52, one for every week of the year, but with Christmas coming and so much to do, I'm not sure if I'll realistically be able to make it.

Do you have a wish list?

Yes, of course, I have a wish list! What kind of question is that?! I have a list of books I want to read on Goodreads, and also make a note of books I want to read by saving them in my Amazon saved list, pinning them to a Pinterest board, or taking photos of books I've seen but can't afford right now on my phone. At the top of my wish list right now are the 'David Raker Missing Persons' series by Tim Weaver, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris, Postscript by Cecelia Ahern, Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, and The Donor by Clare Mackintosh.

Do you have any favourite quotes? Share a few.

I love a good bookish quote, but I'm terrible at keeping track of them. I sometimes highlight quotes when I have a pen to hand or actually remember to, but not always, and I don't keep all my favourites in one place. I really should start jotting them down in a notebook. I can't remember all of my favourites, but here are a handful that came to mind...

“Time is priceless, but it’s Free. You can't own it, you can use it. You can spend it. But you can't keep it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.” -The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?”  -The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

“I have a sort of Christmas-morning sense of the library as a big box full of beautiful books.” -The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

“There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light.” -The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen.

“A door loses its meaning if you don’t ever go through it. It becomes a wall.” -The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen.

“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” -Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery.

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” -Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Who are your favourite authors?

At the moment, I'm loving anything by John Marrs, Clare Mackintosh, Paul Pen, and Frances Hardinge, while Chuck Palahniuk and Stephen King have been two favourites since my teens. I also love Audrey Niffenegger's writing style (who wrote one of my favourite books, The Time Traveller's Wife), but she hasn't released many novels and I've only read two, so I'm not sure I can really include her in my list of favourites.

Have you joined any groups?

No, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Even though I've had a Goodreads account for years, I haven't really used Goodreads for more than tracking the books I've read and my TBR list, but I want to start exploring its other features a bit more, so maybe I'll have to look in to one or two.

And that's the Goodreads Book Tag. Feel free to snag the tag and have a go at it yourself. Just make sure to leave me a link to your post in the comments if you do so I can read it! I'd love to see your answers.

If you'd like to follow me on Goodreads and keep up with what I'm reading, you can find me on Goodreads here.

Do you use Goodreads? What do you use it for?

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