Upcoming Posts

I have a lot to blog about. I was going to do several posts on Sunday but the power went out and by the time the power came back on I was ready for bed. Here are some of the topics I have up and coming:

1) Weekend Crafts: I did not make a whole lot this weekend due to the power outage. But I did manage to make a few things

2) Jewelry: I made a few new pieces

3) A few new blogs: On Swap-bot I did this awesome swap where I discovered some new blogs. We were suppose to check out 10 but along the way I saw others that I liked, I will be blogging about them in the next day or so.

4) Postcards: I am becoming addicted to postcards. I will share with you a few very awesome ones I received in the mail recently.

Alright, those are the main things I have planned for the week. Also in between I will have my normal Hump Day Video and Shoe post. This week I will not have a nail of the week due to the fact that I am giving my nails another break.

What are you guys up to? How was your weekend?

Ciao!! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

OOTD: 100 Degrees???

It has been miserably hot and humid in the good old DC area. So this week I have said the hell with office wear. I am going to dress as comfortably and as light as possible without being too unprofessional. Is not like I get many visitors and I am alone 98% of the time. I have also decided that this will be a no make-up or contacts wearing week. Why put on make-up when it is only going to melt off?

How are you guys handling the heat?

Dress and cover up: New york and Company; Necklace: Made by me; Bracelet: Tiffany & Co.

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner*

Remember the package I showed you here?

Look at what was inside:

These very pretty earrings are my winnings from Meandering Mel's blog anniversary giveaway.

My sixth sense must have known when they were arriving, because the day they arrived I had ran out of the apartment without earrings. When I got the package and looked inside, I saw that the second pair above went very well with what I was wearing. That instantly solved my no earring problem (I was getting really tired of touching my ears because I was self conscious that I did not have earrings on).

You need to go check out her jewelry creations. She makes these awesome Tree of Life Pendants, that I have been eyeing for a while and I am sure you all will love too.

Go here to see her jewelry blog and here to see her Etsy store.

Thanks for the earrings Mel!

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

* I was drawing a blank on coming up with a witty blog title. That is the best I could do. Do not judge. hahahaha.....

Jewelry Making Fun

Here are the rest of the earrings I made during the snow storm.


These are the grey version of the earrings I talked about here:
My inspiration from for the earrings below are also another Tarina Tarantino design:
I had some white Howlite beads and some Turquoise beads left from another project I made and I thought these would be great summer earrings:
I really love these kitty earrings.
I wore the skull earrings today to the mall and a few people commented positively towards them.
I really like these wing earrings, I just think I need to add more Swaroskvi crystal beads to it.

That is it for now. I have a sketch book that is filling up with ideas of things to make. I just need to get myself more organized and do it.


Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

Fun with Jewelry

I really like these Tarina Tarantino earrings:

But at $63 dollars a pair, there was no way I was going to buy them. From the description on her site the pearl is a Swarovski glass pearl and the stones on the post are Swarovski Crystals. It does not say if the actual post is sterling silver or not, but I will assume that it is.

So after a little bit of digging I found the materials to make my own "Swarovski Glass Pearl Drop Earrings" for about 10% of the cost of the original.

The earring posts are not 100% alike. But they are sterling silver, have the little bit of bling like the inspiration and the pearls are Swarovski glass pearls.

I liked them so much I made a dark grey version of the earrings*.

What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

* I will update this post tomorrow with picture of the other one. The lighting is not so great so the picture did not turn out good.