HOW Jewellery Club - 90s Nostalgia

This month we took a flash back to the 90s. This was the era we grew up in and one we are pretty fond of! I mean double denim, cheesy pop & epic pokemon collections... we were pretty set right? So inspired by this super fun era we decided to do a whole box designed around it! It's been a great theme to work on and reviving. Researching this theme and hunting down all of our favourite old classics was the best! Maybe we should do some other eras too? Anyway let's get to our blog post reveal! Here was the listing image for this box: 

This design features a troll, dream phone, tamagotchi, candy ring pop and polly pocket inspired pattern design which sold out in record time too! :O Right let's take a look at what was inside shall we? :)

So much awesome in one box right?!?!? :O I'm having flash backs already! :D Let's break it down and see some more photos :) 

In this box you will find:

-Silver coloured troll necklace(RRP £10)

-1" Wooden Limited Edition Troll Pin (RRP £5)

-Bubblegum adjustable ring(RRP £5)

-Tattoo Choker Necklace (RRP £2)

-Candy Necklace Sweetie (RRP £1)

-Mini 'ugh as if' Clueless inspired print (RRP £5)

-Papermate Scented pin (We have 3 colours I think!) (RRP £2)

-Make your own patch sewing kit (RRP £7)

-A6 Colouring book (RRP £6)

-Girl Power Sticker from Mighty Pop (RRP £1)

-Mini troll toy

-A sprinkle of magic

And the add on earrings this month were a set of mini troll glittery studs!

I have a few top picks from this month! For me the colouring book is one of favourites (this really helped distract me when I recently gave up smoking!) The necklaces and the print are just totally adorable and the patch is deffo going up somewhere in HOW HQ! What was your favourite item from this box?

Before we go we have a few more updates for you on next months box... So as you may have noticed/heard we are giving our little jewellery club a make over! Our next theme is titled The Cactus Takeover and will be released as normal on the 1st of July at 9am over on www.jewelleryclub.co.uk

The next month will be just £12 to join instead of the previous price of £19! We are giving the contents are revival too and focusing on only jewellery. We will be making these more complex and more luxurious compared to our previous pieces. For the bargain price of just £12 you will receive 1 necklace, 2 pairs of earrings and 1-2 other mystery items! This could include rings, brooches, bracelets or even the odd stationery item!  By making it more luxurious and a great low price these are the perfect guilt free treat or even ideal for putting away for gifting. I'm hoping you will enjoy them as much if not more than our previous boxes! :)

So set your alarms and reminders now for July the 1st, 9am! 

See you then little Wonderlanders!

HOW Jewellery Club - Mermaid

The time has come to reveal February's HOW Jewellery Club box contents!  This month was Mermaids! ....because who doesn't love mermaids right?  So for this box I wanted to create some fun bits as well as a more grown up take on the mermaid theme. When researching it I came across a lot of  cartoony mermaid illustrations and for this collection I wanted something a bit more subtle! So let's firstly take a look at the main photo used on our listing.

Here it is! ...but  it also has a big clue as to what was in the box as we included one of these prints in the box!

So with the theme in mind let's take a look at what was in the latest HOW Jewellery Club box!

In this box you will find:

-Laser cut pink shell charm necklace (RRP £12)

-Hand sculpted shell ring with organza bag and sequins! (RRP £5)

-Limited Edition Rockin Claws, Mermaid (RRP £3.50)

-Magical sea scented bath salts (RRP £2.50)

-Anchor hair slide (RRP £5)

-Mermaid glossy die cut stickers (RRP £5)

-Sparkly sea blue pencils (RRP £2.50)

-Secretly a mermaid print (RRP £6)

-Custom made heart of the ocean candy (RRP £1)

-Part time mermaid pin from punky pins (RRP £5)

-A business card to one of our favourite stores the Art of Silvia "Silly" Ballardini
-HOW Newsletter with punky pins interview

This box was great fun to make! The bath salts left HOW HQ smelling gorgeous for about a week! My favourites from this box are the pink shell necklace and the punky pins brooch as well as the stickers!  Next months theme will of course be 50's Diner and will be released on the 1st of March, 9am over at the HOW jewellery club website! 

If you missed this box fear not! We now have a couple more available over in our Etsy store right here

Have a magicial day little Wonderlanders and don't forget our next box launches on Tuesday! Whoop Whooop!

HOW Jewellery Club - Alice In Wonderland Box

We are back! And here to share with you some of the photos from our last HOW Jewellery club box which was of course the Alice in Wonderland box.  This was such an exciting set to work on as you may already have guessed I'm a pretty big Alice in Wonderland fan :D

This collection featured a load of pieces inspired by all things Alice from films, books and TV! So let's get to the pictures! Here are the gorgeous photo's from Jessy Jones Photography (our official photographer!) Make sure you check out her page too! Her work is just beautiful!

So, this A4 sized limited edition box included the following:

-A gorgeous black with gold foil notebook (by House Of Wonderland)

-A magical un-birthday blank greetings card with bookmark (from Bookishly) 

-A wooden phone charm with vintage illustration (by House Of Wonderland)

-Magical Alice In Wonderland mushroom candy with gift tag (by House Of Wonderland)

-Limited edition Alice inspired quote art print (by House Of Wonderland)

-Acrylic 'Wonderland' sign necklace (by House Of Wonderland)

-Set of 3 1" hand pressed illustrated badges (by House Of Wonderland)

-Blue glitter hair bow (by House Of Wonderland)

-Limited edition Rockin Claws nail transfers (by House Of Wonderland)

-Papercut Alice legs silhouette bookmark (by House Of Wonderland)

-A sprinkle of hand punched confetti!

If you got this box, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did designing it! If you didn't order this time fear not! Our next box will be launching the 1st of January at 9am over here

We hope you have a glitter filled new year Wonderlanders!

It's nearly Christmas!!!

It's been completely manic over the past month or so.  I can't wait to have a little rest and get on with some drawing and crocheting/knitting again! And it's already begun! You may have spotted my little baby booties about and a few of you have asked for the pattern for them which I will share below... So here are the little baby booties in question... 

Aren't they just adorable?  They are made for ages 0-3 months and are knitted in Sirdar Simply Recycled Aran yarn which is made up of 51% recycled cotton.  Fancy making your own? I found the pattern for these on Ravelry right here.  It took just one evening to do to! So is great if you need a 'quick fix'!

So before I head off and get on with my endless list of things to do I thought I'd remind you that over the festive holiday's we will be operating a limited service.  See the picture below for opening times :)  

^ ^ ^ It's during these times we will be here at HOW HQ cracking on with your orders, answering messages and making up pieces.  So don't fear if you don't get a reply instantly to your messages this is why ;) 

From everyone at HOW HQ we wish you a truly magical and glitter filled Christmas and a happy healthy new year.  Thank you so much for sticking with us!

Tess x

This year im sporting the 'Christmas Geek' look....

After discovering a truly wonderful shop by the name of Laquerdaisical I knew I had to have some! And after spending way, way, way too long browsing all of the awesome nail polishes available I finally settled on....
Top left: Frosted Fancy, Top right: Candy Caned
Bottom Left: Tannenboom, Bottom right: Holoday Pud
I was so excited when they arrived and even more so to discover they are a pretty damn good size! This lady doesn't scrimp! So I decided to use all of these festive varnishes along with a few I had at home and some HOW geek heart nail decals. So here is the result....
So I also used a couple of bits I should mention.  Under the Holoday Pud I used a Nails Inc in Victoria as a base.  On the Candy Caned I used Révérence de Bastien in No8.  I applied 2 coats of all of my Laquerdaisical varnishes and then applied 3 HOW geek hearts the my nails.  I secured all of this with a top coat of Maxfactor Glossfinity.

I am very impressed with how easy it was to all apply and love my glittery Christmasy geek nails! I urge you to check out the full range of Laquerdaisical polishes and of course our HOW Rockin Claws.

Tess