Tiara King's Blog: Jewel Divas Style, page 40
February 23, 2018
RSL Art Union Draw 354 is now open
The new RSL Art Union draw is now open, ahead of the scheduled time. The last draw sold out early, so this is open now instead of March.
Located at Bundall on Queensland’s Gold Coast, it’s ten minutes from the shops and down the road from the racecourse. All three Villas are fully furnished with air con, garages, pools, alfresco areas and three bedrooms each. All come with a deep emerald green, gold, white and black colour scheme.
Tickets are $5 each and on sale now at the RSL Art Union website.
February 21, 2018
What’s In My Bag: Part 1
I’ve seen a lot of people do these posts, and have considered doing one. I have bought so many bags over the years, many last year alone, that I needed a better way of keeping everything together on the inside. And so, here is…what’s in my bag…part 1.
This is the girl bag I showed off last year, you can see it here, and as you can see, it’s quite large. Problem now is, the handle is ripping so I’ve had to change it till I can get it fixed.
Here is a closer look at what I had in my bag. My red purse, a Nancy Drew Sleuths shopping bag, and my bag insert.
I bought two of these inserts years ago off eBay, and while they’re great for smaller bags, not so much huge bags as they roll over.
Here’s what I had in the insert.
And here’s the insert to replace the old one. I first found something similar on youtube, and then found this on eBay. Myliora bag insert in pink and blue!
Massive amount of pockets to put everything, not that I carry much, although now that I have this, I carry more than ever. There are pockets all around the outside, inside pockets in the large pockets and the zip up one in the middle. It’s small and compact by size but holds A LOT, and I got the biggest size. Glad I didn’t get the small…
In part 2 I’ll show you what I had already had, what I bought, and what I ended up putting in my bag.
February 18, 2018
Christmas 2017 Clothing and Shoe Bargains
The last few years I’ve been buying up kaftans every Christmas period, however, last year, because of all the other things I had to pay for, kaftans were put on the back burner. On top of that, the lady I normally get my kaftans from is no longer selling on eBay. So, because of everything else I madly spent on over the period, I only managed to buy three pieces of clothing and two shoes. Probably because I have enough already.
I bought these in December. The kaftan was $15 on sale from Big W, the top t-shirt came from Target for $15. I bought both of these early December when mum finally got to go shopping. The bottom top came from the Reject Shop for $9.
The moment I saw these shoes I loved them and knew I had to have them. Who can say no to multi-coloured metallic sandals?
No one!
I had already bought and sent back the matte coloured ones earlier in the year as I didn’t think they suited me, but after getting the metallics, they ended up on sale so I bought them too. The good thing with both of them, is it doesn’t matter if your feet swell or not, like mine do, they have zips. The metallics were $189.99 and the mattes were $132.99
What clothing and accessory goodies have you guys been buying the last few months in all the sales?
February 14, 2018
After Christmas 2017 Bargains
The other day I posted about my before Xmas bargains, now I’m posting my after Xmas bargains, starting with another pair of earrings.
I found these earrings for $3.50, and knew right away they suited the jewellery set I already had. I didn’t like the original earrings in the set as they were too small, but these are just right.
I went on a bit of a stationery frenzy over summer, more on that in March, but here are a few bargains.
TOP: Two gorgeous cards for my planner from Kmart. Gorgeous star earrings $6 from Lovisa. F our star hair clips to use as planner clips, $2 a pack from Cheap as Chips.
BOTTOM: Santa skinny pads .50cents each from Reject Shop. pink glitter & from Typo for $3
More from Typo, but this time from their online store as I couldn’t get the pencil holders in store. They were $12.99 each, the sticker letters were three for $10, and the large document case was $10 on sale, the small matching pencil case was $5.
I decided, since I couldn’t find any decent pencil holders, that I would just buy glittered drink tumblers and throw a disco ball in for good measure.
LEFT: the flamingo came from Officeworks for $4.95.
RIGHT: the two clear silver glitter tumblers came from a supermarket for $4 each. The two large glitter tumblers came from Cheap As Chips for $4 each, and the disco ball came from Kmart for $2.
Have you guys bought an item only to be use it for something it wasn’t made for, such as drink tumblers for pencil holders?
After Christmas Bargains
The other day I posted about my before Xmas bargains, now I’m posting my after Xmas bargains, starting with another pair of earrings.
I found these earrings for $3.50, and knew right away they suited the jewellery set I already had. I didn’t like the original earrings in the set as they were too small, but these are just right.
I went on a bit of a stationery frenzy over summer, more on that in March, but here are a few bargains.
TOP: Two gorgeous cards for my planner from Kmart. Gorgeous star earrings $6 from Lovisa. F our star hair clips to use as planner clips, $2 a pack from Cheap as Chips.
BOTTOM: Santa skinny pads .50cents each from Reject Shop. pink glitter & from Typo for $3
More from Typo, but this time from their online store as I couldn’t get the pencil holders in store. They were $12.99 each, the sticker letters were three for $10, and the large document case was $10 on sale, the small matching pencil case was $5.
I decided, since I couldn’t find any decent pencil holders, that I would just buy glittered drink tumblers and throw a disco ball in for good measure.
LEFT: the flamingo came from Officeworks for $4.95.
RIGHT: the two clear silver glitter tumblers came from a supermarket for $4 each. The two large glitter tumblers came from Cheap As Chips for $4 each, and the disco ball came from Kmart for $2.
Have you guys bought an item only to be use it for something it wasn’t made for, such as drink tumblers for pencil holders?
February 11, 2018
Before Christmas 2017 Bargains
I scored so many before and after chrissie bargains that two posts are not enough. This post is about the before Xmas goodies, the next post will be about the after Xmas goodies, the post after about the clothing and shoes I scored, and then, in March, the big kahuna of all Xmas goodie months, it will be known as Planner Month! So stay tuned for all of those…but now, here are my before Xmas bargains…
TOP LEFT: Coles $3 red star tray, $17 Lovisa earrings, $3 Kmart erasers.
BOTTOM LEFT: All from Kmart unicorn notebook $2, pineapple paperclips $2, rainbow pencil case $3, to do lists $3 each, Jackie Collins anniversary edition of Thrill $18.
RIGHT: All from Kmart pineapple ornaments $7 and $4, pineapple trays $4 each, and pineapple rings $2 a set.
Took mum shopping for the first time in over two years and scored these bargains below.
TOP: Reject Shop, Pineapple lights $8 and flamingo notebook $2.59, Rockmans sunglasses cases $7 each.
BOTTOM: All from Typo lips laptop case $15 and blue glitter magnets $2 each
In Colette I bought these gorgeous flamingo earrings for 40% off, making them $10.19. I realised when I got home they would go perfectly with the flamingo jewellery set I already had.
The red earrings I also got from Colette the same day for 40% off, $10.19, and I bought the two blue stone rings on eBay for $43.50 and $48.50
A couple of weeks later while mum was in the hospital, I went shopping.
In Priceline I bought these lip balms for $3.50 each and hand creams for $7, and in Chemist Warehouse I bought the Anna Sui perfume for $20. The bottle is beautiful.
What before xmas goodies did you guys get?
February 7, 2018
DECEMBER and JANUARY STYLE
Lots happened in December, appointments, lots of shopping, lots of running around.
DECEMBER STYLE
OUTFIT #1 – XMAS SHOPPING TRIP OUT
TOP: Xmas t-shirt from 1997, $5.95
PANTS: Kmart jeans $7
SHOES: boots bought from mum
JEWELLERY: My xmas bead stack, lots of rings, pandora bracelets, new xmas earrings, chain store necklace.
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OUTFITS #2, 3, 4 – QUICK TRIPS TO HOSPITAL OR SHOPS, and yes, the pants came in handy
TOPS: both black tops are from Millers in 2014 for $5.90 each. T-shirt from 1997 for $5.95
PANTS: Millers from 2014 for 418
SHOES: black Spendless Shoes sandals $30 from 2014. Gold Frankie 4s for $210 from 2015
JEWELLERY: Lovisa xmas tree earrings, $17
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OUTFIT #5 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY
TOP: Target newbie from 2017 for $15
SHIRT: hand made in 1997 for $35
PANTS: Millers from 2015 for $10
SHOES: Django & Juliettes from 2016 for $120
JEWELLERY: all over the place, chain store, department stores, Jewel Divas bracelet stack.
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OUTFIT #6 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY
TOP: Millers from 2014 for $5.60
KIMONO: eBay from 2015 for $10.58
PANTS: Millers from 2015, $5
SHOES: Frankie 4s from 2015 for $210
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas green bracelet stack, ebay bangles and necklace, chain store rings, new Colette earrings
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OUTFIT #7 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY
TOP: Reject Shop from 2017 for $9
PANTS: Millers as above
SHOES: Frankie 4s
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas bead bracelet on right hand, Equip bracelets left hand with matching rings and earrings, plus two necklaces I made into one.
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OUTFIT #8 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY
TOP: Target top from 2017 for $15
PANTS: Millers as above
SHOES: Frankie 4s
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas necklaces, earrings and bracelet stacks, eBay blue ring, chain store red ring
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OUTFIT #9 – AFTER XMAS SHOPPING, LIBRARY, STILL IN GREEN
TOP: Millers tank from 2014 for $10
KIMONO: eBay from 2015 for $10.58
PANTS: old vintage Millers from the 90s
SHOES: Frankie 4S
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas A Summer Bardot set, plus ebay and chain store bangles and rings.
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JANUARY STYLE
We were home a lot, I only go out once a week, if that, but it was so damn hot it was well over 35 degrees celcius most days.
OUTFIT #1 – BACK IN PINK FOR SHOPPING, LIBRARY ETC
TOP: Millers tank from 2016 for $15
KIMONO: eBay from 2015 for $41.17
PANTS: Vintage Millers from a decade or so ago, $5
SHOES: Django & Juliettes from 2016 for $120
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas butterfly Set in pink, ebay rings and bangle
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OUTFIT #2 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY ETC (can my hair get any higher?!)
TOP: Millers beaded from 2014 for $5
KIMONO: Millers from 2014 for $35
PANTS: Same millers vintage as above
SHOES: Same D&J as above
JEWELLERY: Jewel Divas necklaces and bracelet stacks, chain store rings and earrings.
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OUTFIT #3 – SHOPPING, CHIRO, LIBRARY, 41 FREAKIN’ DEGREES!!!!!
TOP: Had to be as cool as possible in this blue sequin Kmart top from 2013 for $15
PANTS: Millers favourites from 2014 for $15
SHOES: Frankie 4s for $210
JEWELLERY: Kept it simple in the damn heat with Jewel divas bracelet stack and Lovisa earrings and bangle
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OUTFIT #4 – DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT
TOP: Millers from 2015 for $5
PANTS: Millers from 2016 for $12. I really don’t like how these turned out. Not as good as all my other Millers pants, so they are delegated to being worn to the shop for a paper, or the doctor.
SHOES: Frankie 4s for $210
BAG: New in 2017, can read about it here
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OUTFIT #5 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY, letting the shoes and cape do the talking
TOP: Had to be as cool as possible in this blue sequin Kmart top from 2013 for $15
PANTS: Millers vintage from the 90s
SHOES: brand new Django & Juliettes for $180
JEWELLERY: Kept it simple with my Jewel Divas necklace that I matched back with ebay and chain store goodies.
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OUTFIT #6 – SHOPPING, LIBRARY
TOP: eBay kaftan top from 2016 for $100
PANTS: Millers vintage as above
SHOES: Django & Juliettes as above, loving myself sick in them.
JEWELLERY: lots of Lovisa and Equip jewellery teamed with eBay goodies.
What have you guys worn over summer, and for those on the other side of the planet, winter?
February 4, 2018
Jewel Divas Style: A Catch Up and Plans For The Year Ahead!
The last couple of months have been so damn busy I feel like another holiday just so I can do nothing. Because nothing is what I didn’t do.
I was so busy running around before Xmas that I didn’t stop until Xmas Eve night. Thankfully, Xmas day was a cool and calm 25 degrees Celsius and I updated notes all day and got that done. I didn’t rush, I just did it in my own time, and what didn’t get done that day, got done the next or the next. I also shopped. A lot! A LOT!
Over the next couple of months I will show you what I bought in the before and after Xmas sales in store and online, and what I became obsessed with to the point I spent a couple of thousand on the whole thing. I have a “what’s in my bag” post due to changing the way I do things inside of my bag, and a general catch up on everything else.
Below is a full list of what I did on my holiday, and after that are my plans for the year. Once again the year will be busy getting out books and having edits done, so it’s going to be writer hectic. Whether or not I’ll get my jewellery store up and running, I just don’t know. I still have to think about it, and as much as the way MadeIt have changed things, I don’t know whether it’s better to set up its own website or keep it there. We’ll have to see.
What I did on my two mon ths off…
DEC 3 – went shopping with mum, her first time out, bought lots of pre-Christmas goodies.
DEC 4 – got stuff done.
DEC 5 – skin cancer appointment for both of us.
DEC 6 – got stuff done.
DEC 7 – mum’s hospital appointment.
DEC 8 – got more stuff done.
DEC 9 – had to run up shops then down to the hospital to pick up a procedure prep pack for mum.
DEC 10, DEC 11, DEC 12, DEC 13 – typed up 120 pages of next year’s novel.
DEC 14 – shopping, library, shredded paperwork.
DEC 15 – housework, got stuff done.
DEC 16 – had to get mum to hospital for procedure, went shopping in meantime and bought lots of goodies.
DEC 17, DEC 18, DEC 19, DEC 20 – typed up another 120 pages of next year’s novel, got 3 new sandals to try on, 2 needed to go back.
DEC 21 – shopping, library, chiro, bought furniture, got call to get mum back to hospital on Friday, no rest for the fucking wicked. Sent off the two pairs of shoes that didn’t fit, ordered another pair in the style that did.
DEC 22 – got mum back to the hospital, chemist for meds, home, washing and cleaning.
DEC 23 – casual day, did quick wardrobe audit (didn’t throw anything as I’d already skimmed the wardrobe in the great overhaul of 14/15, and had only thrown out a few tanks and things early in the year), made planner notepaper in Picmonkey then MS publisher, scoured eBay for goodies.
DEC 24 – printed planner notepaper, ran out for newspaper and Christmas cheesecake, came home, ran out for roast chicken lunch, had lunch, faffed around online and writing up this list. Watched carols on TV at night and ate munchies till after midnight.
DEC 25 – nice and cool so did a bunch of updating of notes and what-not for different things.
DEC 26 – same as yesterday.
DEC 27 – same as yesterday and shopped online for bargains.
DEC 28 – shopped online for bargains, updated books and stuff.
DEC 29 – same as yesterday.
DEC 30 – finished off stuff, stayed up till 3a.m. shopping online.
DEC 31 – slept in, New Year’s eve, who cared! Faffed around, watched the fireworks on tv and stuff, normal Sunday shows, went to bed about 12:30 a.m.
JAN 1 – didn’t do much, tidied up and got stuff ready for tomorrow.
JAN 2 – tidied up my office so I could empty the bookcase, move bookcase, vacuum, make two bookcases similar to Ikea, and put them where the old one was, put everything back, killer pain.
JAN 3 – moved bed in my bedroom, removed everything in the corner of my bedroom, vacuumed, moved bookcase in, put everything back in, had leftovers, still have books on mum’s bed, put everything back, nice and neat, killer pain, can’t walk.
JAN 4 – shopping as usual, library, looked for xmas leftover bargains, and raided back to school goodies.
JAN 5 – pottered around online looking for planner stuff and getting other stuff done.
JAN 6 – Way too hot. 42 celcius, didn’t do much until nighttime when I got online and looked for planner stuff.
JAN 7, JAN 8, JAN 9, JAN 10 – got back to typing up the mega monster book .
JAN 11 – shopping, library etc.
JAN 12 – rained so didn’t do the washing, got a bunch of stuff done, like paperwork and more online shopping.
JAN 13 – did the washing, got some typing done.
JAN 14 – got 30 or so pages typed up.
JAN 15 – typed up 30 pages today, finished the novel itself, 722 word doc pages compared to 782 handwritten ones.
JAN 16 – typed up the 30 page short story that goes with that mega novel today, finally finished the whole bloody thing, yay.
JAN 17 – started getting blog posts and pictures ready.
JAN 18 – back to the chiro, shopping, library, 41 freakin’ degrees, home by lunch, did half the washing…
JAN 19 – appointment in 41 freakin’ degrees, some quick shopping, home by lunch, did the rest of the washing.
JAN 20 – got more photos done for blog posts, started getting them done.
JAN 21 – finish off blog posts for Jewel Divas Style
JAN 22 – Finish off online for tomorrow.
JAN 23 – had the phone dude here today to set up the NBN.
JAN 24 – Finished off as much as possible
JAN 25 – shopping, library, etc, etc, etc
JAN 26 – Australia Day long weekend, washed, relaxed, got my health and fitness planner done.
JAN 27, JAN 28 – got the next novel, due in March, through edit #4
JAN 29 – read through other books to get corrections ready for Feb
JAN 30 – finished off above
JAN 31 – made sure everything was finished off for the month and ready to go for Feb
FEB 1 – Shopping, library, etc
FEB 2 – clothes washing, got a start on Feb’s to do list.
What my plans for the year ahead are…
green means “done already”, orange means “in the process of”, black is “not done yet”.
(1) Under Tiara King I have these planned…
– 1.1 – Release the six book series, Poems Of A Musical Flavour, in paperback.
– 1.2 – The paperbacks have been mostly done and need tweaking, which will be done sometime in Feb or March . I had a time limit for March for the 6 pbs, but it might be pushed back to May.
– 1.3 – All will be released through Amazon and Ingram Sparks which I have joined as a publisher and they will be under my imprint.
– 1.4 – I will also release the omnibus e-book and make e-book #1 permafree.
– 1.5 – The omnibus pb will be released in September and I’m doing my own interior and having the cover done professionally. It will be 6×9 size and very thick.
– 2.1 – Update my two paperbacks, How To Be A Jewel Diva and Closet Confidential.
– 2.2 – I have decided to add style sheets to the pbs in 2018 , which will also be given away for free as a download on my style website when people sign up to an email list once I get it done. I will re-release under my own imprint. Deadline is May, but I’m having trouble completing them due to MS Publisher claiming I have no disc space left when trying to add pages to the document. I do have space, and need to fix the problem so I can get it finished. If anyone knows how to fix the problem, let me know.
– 3.1 – I still haven’t got #teenblogger to Ellen DeGeneres yet.
– 3.2 – It’s in the planning and I want to make it as professional as possible and tweak it in the next month or so. It’s important that I make it look good, and important that I try and get it out there even though it’s been two years since I released it.
– 4 – I want to get my jewellery back into its own website so we’ll see. Selling has been on hold for the last two years due to money, time and energy. I’m still looking for wordpress templates that would suit the type of website look I want, but with everything else going on, this won’t happen for some time.
(2) Under T.K. Wrathbone I have these planned…
– 1.1 – Get three stories written up, typed up, edited and out along with an anthology. Thank God I have already done the e-covers.
– 1.2 – All four will be released in the second half of the year.
– 2.1 – Will get the paperback version of last year’s stories done professionally, and it will be out before this year’s new stories.
– 2.2 – I am also updating the first two Bones pbs and will release them under my imprint during the year.
(3) Under L.J. Diva I have these planned…
– 1.1 – Put the next book, Love Never Dies through two more rounds of editing (one was done on the Australia Day long weekend on the 26/27th of Jan) .
– 1.2 – Get the cover finished , and release it in March.
– 1.3 – Then comes the paperback interior and cover for release in September.
– 2.1 – I typed up the last couple of hundred pages of Stefan: The New Generation in January.
– 2.2 – I need to put it through 3-4 rounds of editing.
– 2.3 – Then send it off to my editor across three months because it’s so long it will cost a fortune.
– 2.4 – Then two more rounds of editing and get the cover done.
– 2.5 – Release it in September as an e-book.
– 2.6 – Then comes the paperback interior and cover.
– 3 – Release all four Porn Star Brothers novellas in paperback, along with the deluxe collector’s edition novel, and the novel Forever all in paperback. March is the deadline , but it could be April or May as I need proofs first.
– 4.1 – I want to type up next year’s novella which isn’t due for release until March 2019 so it gives me time to edit and add to it.
– 4.2 – I also want to try and get the last book in the series written up. That isn’t due until Sep 2019, but I like to be ahead of myself due to outlay costs so I know ahead of time where I can fit it all in.
– 5 – I’d like to try and get some of the short stories for the series written up. I can do the e-book covers myself and I’ve bought the pictures for them, so I will save money doing that. It will just be editing I’ll have to pay for. But who knows, they won’t be due until after the last novel, but I will release them weekly, so they will need to be all done.
– 6.1 – I also want to update my four standalone novels. I updated the interiors last year, changed them to a 6×9 format, and will have the covers re-done for them.
– 6.2 – Then re-release under my imprint in September, December by the latest. They are still available at Amazon in paperback, but, with the new format in 6×9, and with recent changes in CreateSpace, it means the prices can be lowered, so…
– 6.3 – I also have to re-evaluate my pricing strategy.
That means all but three of my books will be moved to my own imprint by the end of the year.
So, what did you guys get up to over the holiday season and what are your plans for the year ahead?
January 14, 2018
Jewel Divas Style is back on Feb 5th 2018
The title says it all!
