100 Happy Days - Days 1 - 3

"Can you be happy for 100 days in a row?"

This sounds like a big ask, but I'm going to give it a go. I've registered here and I'll be posting my pictures on Instagram (username: fairy_cakes_) with the hashtag #100happydays.

1 - Here's my first one! I've started cleaning out my wardrobe and getting rid of some things that I never wear and things that don't fit me. This dress is really pretty, but it's too small and I totally failed to send it back in time for a refund, so Ive put it up on E-bay, tags still on. You can check them out here.

2 - I've been on holiday this week and I've been loving having time to just hang out with these guys. My boyfriend and I went out for brunch, we've been playing fetch with Chi the cat (she's pretty much a dog in a cat's body) - I'm pretty surprised I got them both to stay still for long enough to snap this photo!

3 - I went out for lunch with my derby friends, having not seen some of them for a long time. It was so nice to see them and catch up. And eat giant quantities of food and cake. So. Full.

I'm enjoying counting my blessings, I'll see how it goes trying to get to 100! Is anyone else doing this? Let me know so I can see what you're sharing!

Amazing Bags

I love a bizarre bag. They may be highly impractical, but they are so cool it doesn't even matter that I also have to bring a rucksack to actually carry stuff in.

1. Shark Bag - The Rodnik Band

2. Sega Mega Drive Bag - Insert Coin Clothing

3. Strawberry Clutch - Welcome Companions

4. Jukebox Clutch - Charlotte Olympia

5. Alice - Jump From Paper

6. The Golden Summer Embroidered Clutch - Olympia Le-Tan

7. Miss Penny's Emanuelle - Kate Spade

If you still haven't seen enough bags, you can check out more on my Pinterest board here.

New Collection - Part 1

Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes are proud to announce our latest collection for Jan 2014! Glitter and mirrored acrylic feature heavily, with geometric shapes and also a few critters! Here's a closer look...

The Giant Hexagon Necklace is the main piece in our new collection; a statement necklace made from FORTY SEVEN individual acrylic pieces. Each hexagon is coloured mirror or glitter acrylic and I spent ages agonising over the final colour combination and layout. The acrylic surrounding the hexagons is matte black to provide a non-shiny contrast. It's almost 13cm wide - that's a lot of hexagons!

The Hexagon Necklace is the Giant Hexagon Necklace's baby sister, it's smaller but no less lovely. It has 19 individual pieces and is a significantly smaller 6.2cm wide.

There is also a Hexagon Brooch!

In keeping with the shiny theme, our new Marble Necklace (and Brooch coming soon) are made of mirrored acrylic and are a 2D version of the prettiest ever toys. I used to love my marble collection when I was little - I didn't even play with the best ones, just kept them in a box!

Do you think there's a resemblance?

Here's our long awaited Otter Spotter Necklace! He's made of brown, cream, white, black and matte black acrylic with engraved accents.

LOOK AT HIS CUTE LITTLE FACE.

Next is our new Bowling Pin Necklace and Brooch: these were inspired by date night in New York when we went to Brooklyn Bowl. It was such a cool place, I wanted to make something to remind me of it. We were pretty bad at bowling...

And here's the necklace and brooch!

Part 2 is coming soon with details of more jewellery in the collection! Yay! What do you think so far?

Unicorns!

Because you can never have enough unicorn based things.

1. Attack of the Unicorns Dress - Black Milk Clothing

2. Unicorn Farts Lip Balm - Long Winter Soap Co.

3. Unicorn and Rainbow Pants - KnickerRocker

4. Unicorn Sweater - Topshop

5. Unicorn Necklace - Designosaur

6. Crochet Mounted Unicorn Head - Creepy and Cute

Rainbow Things

There are a lot of lovely new colourful things right now. Here's a few of my favourites (including some of our own!)!

1. Pie Chart Patchwork - Donna Wilson

2. Colourwheel Necklace - Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes

3. Rainbow Kitty Sticker - Crowded Teeth

4. Rainbow Shark Print - Louis' Shed

5. Candy Shop Nail Polish - Starrily

6. Sherbet Fizz Tray - Howkapow

7. Rainbow Gemstone Ring - Rock Cakes

Friday Wishlist 9

It's been ages since I've done one of these, but I'm struggling to restrain myself at the moment with the amount of lovely things in the shops, especially if they're on sale!

1. I might have accidentally already bought this Louche Jarren Dress from Joy. Look at it though, it's covered in OWLS! And it's only £45 in the sale, how could I not buy it? Right??

2. These amazing shoes seem to have the rather non-catchy title "Ultragirl Glitter 2 Multi Purple" but that doesn't make them less awesome. They're now £40 (from £65) in the Nonnon sale.

3. Mardi Gras nail polish in the Topshop sale for only £3. Hurrah!

4. Another thing I couldn't restrain myself from buying is this Sierra Bra from the Agent Provocateur sale. £25 reduced from £95! Bargain. And it's lovely. Look how smug this lady is.

5. If I fitted clothing in Large, I would totally be all over the last size of this Jellyfish Sweater by Sugar Pills. Its now 129 Polish Zloty which is the equivalent of just under £26. 

6. I love the colour of red of this Gem Cut Brooch by Tatty Devine. Now £19.50 from £65!

7. If I wore rings, I'd be right into this Out of This World Ring by Eclectic Eccentricity. So shiny!! Now £10 because slight seconds apparently....looks pretty perfect to me.

Notebooks

I'm a sucker for stationery, especially a good notebook. These are my favourites that I may or may not have accidentally spent all my money on.

1. People I want to punch in the face - 27th Street Press

2. Fox Notebook - Kate Broughton

3. It was a good idea at the time - Awkward Ladies Club

4. Potions Notebook - Celestefrittata

5. Monster Mountatin Notebook - Finest Imaginary

6. Stuff I'm likely to forget - Bread and Jam