Eclectic Eccentricity is celebrating London Fashion Week with 6 days of discounts, free
gifts, competitions and more!

When: Friday 19th – Wednesday 24th February
Where: www.eclecticeccentricity.co.uk, www.facebook.com/eejewellery and
www.twitter.com/eejewellery

Timetable of Frivolity

Friday 19th
20 for 24! 20% off discount day – just enter the code EELFW at checkout to receive 20% off your order!

Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
Free This Weekend? Free gift with every order – just enter code FREE in the message to seller box at Paypal checkout.

Monday 22nd
What’s In A Name? EE has designed an exclusive one off necklace which you get to name! Whoever chooses the best name wins the piece. Exclusives sell quickly so this is a great opportunity to snag one – just get your thinking caps on!

Tuesday 23rd
CHOOSEday! EE will be running a poll of over 15 popular pieces – whichever receives the most votes will be discounted by 50% for one day only!

Wednesday 24th
Give Us A Clue! EE will be giving clues to lead you on a treasure hunt across the website. Get the right answer and you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a goodie bag worth over £100!

I don’t like Valentine’s Day. There, I’ve said it. It’s not the romance that I have a problem with. It’s the whole contrived nature of the day. I don’t like to be told that I have to be romantic on this day or that day. For me love and romance should be much more spontaneous.

But anyway, no doubt when the day comes I’ll get on board. And gifts are always good. Here are a few romantic presents that caught my eye.

All You Need is Love Hand Printed Card - £2.99 from Bonbi Forest

Antique Patterned Cold Enamel Bangle - $59 (approx £37) from Style River

Forget Me Not Dish - $17 (approx £11) from Prince Design UK

Limited Edition Blue Heart Print - $25 (approx £16) from Beeb Design

Set of Three Song Bird Ornaments - $20 (approx £13) from Anna Joyce Design

And you can wrap them all up in Love Little’s gorgeous screen printed button print wrap. It’s just £2.50 per sheet and comes complete with a matching tag.

I love the ethos behind Turtle Love Committee. The owner, Adrianne Zahner doesn’t wear much jewellery. Just her wedding ring and a few favourite pieces. And that’s what her company is all about - key pieces that you’ll cherish.

Turtle Love Committee started out as a source of unusual wedding and engagement rings and grew from there. They now stock a range of eco-friendly, artisan jewellery.

Visit the website at www.turtlelovecommittee.com.

I’m thinking that ‘A Bicycle Made for Two’ (top left) would make a lovely Valentine’s Day gift.

Out of all the categories on this blog Jewellery is perhaps the busiest. I’m extremely fond of accessories and always on the look out for new and unusual designs. This sparkly necklace from Elle F Bijoux is a bit of an eye-catcher. The base is a 1920’s pocket watch casing, filled with vintage and contemporary gems, rhinestones and buttons. A very pretty piece indeed!

Shop from www.ellefbijoux.etsy.com.

‘Shiney’ Necklace by Elle F Bijoux - $100 (approx £61). Delivery is only $10 (approx £6) from NYC.

The Victorians were great collectors. Butterflies, plants, fossils, shells and medical curios were labelled, indexed and displayed in cabinets. You don’t see that so much anymore. Of course there’ll always be collectors and hobbyists but it’s much more unusual nowadays.

Jewellery designer and metalsmith Susannah Goodyear would like to bring this back. Much of her jewellery takes inspiration from these cabinets of curios and she has a particular interest in anatomy.

I love the Silver Bird Skull Brooch (top left). It’s somehow fragile and yet solid at the same time.

Buy online from Susannah’s Etsy store at www.sana.etsy.com and find out more at www.susannahgoodyear.co.uk.

All set for Christmas? Made your lists yet? Last year Locher launched a competition called Bad Santa. It was so successful that they’re running it for a second year. Here’s how it works. Instead of writing about how good you were this year, Evil Santa (aka Locher) wants to know how bad you’ve been. That’s right. He wants to know about all your naughty deeds and dirty dealings.

Email your letters to badsanta@lochers.com to be in with a chance of winning. The best letters will be posted anonymously on the Locher Facebook fan page and the letters to get the most “Facebook likes” will be the winners. Ten lucky people will have the opportunity to receive anything they want from the Locher store (with the exception of the new limited edition iPhone cases).

Letters can be emailed up to 20th December. Winners will be announced on 22nd December.

Here’s a little taster of what’s up for grabs.

All of the above are available to buy from Makers Online, a new portal championing designer / makers. There are no joining or listing fees; a small commission is taken on each purchase. Therefore, you don’t start paying until you make a sale.

Products are displayed prominently rather then being buried under several layers of navigation and there is a link to each maker on the home page of the site. Shoppers can find what they’re looking for quickly and with minimum fuss and there’s free shipping throughout the UK.

For further information go to www.makers-online.co.uk.

Pics (clockwise from top left):

Blue Vintage Ceramic Brooch by ItsAlchemy

Little Turtle Cushion by Simon Seabright

Betty Purse by Nicola De Cruz

Mine Stacking Rings by Kalicat

Hannah Zakari is 5 on Friday (16th October). To celebrate they have set up an online gift hunt. Visit the Hannah Zakari website to be in with a chance of winning one of their fabulous prizes. Every day, starting Monday, there will be a different gift hidden somewhere on the website. To enter you need to track it down.

Hannah Zakari was the first online boutique of its kind in the UK and has been selling indie designs since 2004. Happy Birthday Hannah Zakari.

For more information visit the Hannah Zakari blog at www.hannahzakari.blogspot.com.

PS I haven’t forgotten about the ‘My Habitat’ feature. What I did forget was to bring my camera to work today. I’ll be posting tomorrow.