Designer Spotlight: Eryn Brinie

Don't you just love it when you accidently stumble across something and you fall madly in love? Well, that's what happened to me the other day. I was reading one of my favourite blogs and a picture was posted of this fur vest that I HAD TO HAVE!! Now, I've never owned a fur vest, and I've never particularly been a vest person at all. So anyway, did some more research and found that the designer is Eryn Brinie, so I googled her and found her website and fell in love with her designs.

Her designs are described as European chic combined with New Yorks spirit and modern sensibility. I just think her designs are fresh, affordable and so easy to wear. I'll definitely be checking in regularly to see what else she has. In the meantime, I'll be waiting for the mailman to deliver my new vest.

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Need a giggle??

OK, some days, stress levels are high and I need some time out and what's better then having a good ole' laugh? Well, I came across this guy on twitter and boy, is his tweets hilarious!!

The twitterer is Justin of "shit my dad says". And it's just that, shit his dad says. But boy, his dad needs his own sitcom! Justin is a 29 year old guy who lives with his 73 year old dad.

If you'ld like a taste of his tweets, here are some recent ones:

"Remember how you used to make fun of me for being bald?.....No, I'm not gonna make a joke. I'll let your mirror do that"

"I wanted to see Detroit win. I've been there. It looks like God took a shit on a parking lot. They deserve some good news."

"I turn the kitchen faucet on and the shower burns you, yes, I get it....No, I'm not going to stop, I'm just saying yes, I get that concept"

and finally...

"Why the fuck would you want to live to 100? I'm 73 and shit's starting to get boring. By the way, there's no money left when I go, just fyi"

How could you not find this guy hilarious? He's a legend!

My designs have been featured in a blog!!

Yay, a piece of my jewellery has been featured in a blog!!! The lovely Tiffany from http://www.iamstyle-ish.com/ is wearing a piece from a previous range and I love the way she's styled it! I usually have an idea of what I'd wear a piece with when I create it, as I like to create my designs with fashion in mind. So I like to see how others interpret the piece. I visualised this piece being worn on grey, so I loved how Tiffany wore it with the dark coral tee and tied it back with the black blazer. And I also initially designed the piece so that one side would have 2 of the black phoenix feathers and the other side would only have one, but in this case, all three of them are on the same side. Love it! And what a stylish outfit for a "lazy sunday"!

Definitely check out the I Am Style-ish blog. My favourite is her lookbooks, she's definitely a gal with effortless style. And her other sponsors are amazing as well!

Back Soon!

Phew!!! What a busy couple of months it's been. I've just finished my new range aimed mainly at Spring / Summer 09-10 (southern hemisphere!), got my website updated and it's all ready to go!!

So in a few days, I shall be back.

In the meantime, you might want to check out www.marikaking.com.au to see what I've been up to :)

Fab Find

I'm always hunting around online for inspirations and some retail therapy. I came across this cute waistcoat by Oscar The Third. I admit, a brand I've never heard of but if this waistcoat is anything to go by, I'll be looking more closely at them! This waistcoat is available from Australian Flavour .

Designer Homewear and Gifts

Late last year, I had a request from a newly created website called Joolia to stock my range. Joolia is a site that only has jewellery and accessories from independant designers. (You can check my section out at http://www.joolia.com/marikaking). Anyway, at the time, the site wasn't quite operational, so they suggested I check out their sister site to see what it's about and if I was interested. The sister site is http://www.bouf.com/. Well, I was blown away by some of (Ok, MOST of!) the pieces on there. It really is worth checking out if you love homeware and decorating.

One particular piece that really captured my attention was this piece by Duffy London. It's the Glo Chandelier and comes in 3 colors. Here is an example of one. I've never been into those light up pictures, but this one, well, I've changed my mind after seeing this.

HUGE SALE!!!!

Yes, I'm having the biggest sale ever on my etsy shop!! Why, you might ask? Well, bit of a long story, but here it is in a nutshell. When I first signed up to etsy, I didn't intend to sell on there, I just intended to buy so I just used the same id as I had for ebay (didn't need to confuse my little brain with yet another id!). Anyway, after some time I decided to give it a go and sell, and it's been quite successfull in the year I have been doing it. But I've been using a meaningless, hard to remember id!! Now that I want to take my business to the next leve, the decision was, do I stay with a meaningless, hard to remember id, or do I (sadly) lose all my hearts and ratings and bite the bullet to start a new shop with an id people will remember? So yes, that is what I'm doing. I'm slowly closing down http://www.mking43.etsy.com/ and starting up http://www.marikaking.etsy.com/, which fits in perfectly with my brand name Marika King Designer Jewellery.

So I'm trying to get rid of all my stock in my old shop so I don't have to re-input it into my new shop, I'd like to start afresh.

All sale stock is at cost!! All other stock is either at wholesale price or below, so either way, every item in the store is at a ridiculously low price. Some of these items retailed at more then $100 in boutiques!!

So feel free to take a peek adn see if there is anything that tickles your fancy. Here are a few things that are on offer:

And if you like what you see, why don't you visit the new store http://www.marikaking.etsy.com/. Lot's of exciting new pieces coming in the next few months as I'm busy creating my new range!!