Bijoux Nicole...Who She? What Do? And Why?

2010-01-30T15:25:00.004+01:00

30/01/2010 - Celebrate Valentine's Day with my SPECIAL CUPID' S DISCOUNT !

Get a 15 % discount when you buy from my website http://www.bijoux-nicole.com/ before FEBRUARY 14, 2010.
Make sure to add "CUPID" in the discount code when you're finished shopping.

Junebug Special !!! 15 % off all items on my website

2009-06-02T23:01:00.001+02:00

Spur of the moment decision!
Get 15 % off on all items on my website www.bijoux-nicole.com, valid for the whole month of June.

Nicole

Kokeshi pendants

2009-05-11T17:01:00.002+02:00

I've got a new pet item... Kokeshi dolls!

According to Wikipedia, Kokeshi (こけし ,kokeshi?), are Japanese dolls, originally from northern Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has a floral design painted in red, black, and sometimes yellow, and covered with a layer of wax. One characteristic of kokeshi dolls is their lack of arms or legs. The bottom is marked with the signature of the artist.

The Kokeshi doll pendants I ordered arrived last week Friday and I couldn't wait to make necklaces out of them. So far I've made 4 and more are soon to follow: I've combined each kokeshi doll with swarovski bead charms in more or less the same colour to add a little bit of sparkle. www.bijoux-nicole.com/kawaii_cute_collection.html.

Note to self: work on my soap-cutting skills, or buy a soap cutter

2009-04-06T00:42:00.007+02:00

So, the first thing I learned is that I'm bad at cutting soap.... or maybe i didn't have the right knife :o)) In any case, after I finished cutting up the huge block of soap in which the rubber duckies were sitting, my ducky soaps turned out like this...

"A bit" crooked and bigger than I had planned... I guess I'll keep practising and perhaps buy a soap-cutter and a decent knife :o))
In case you're wondering, the little orange duck has already found a loving home at my mother's and the yellow one will just stay with me!

Nicole

Bijoux Nicole Bath & Beauty products...the soap story so far...

2009-04-04T13:32:00.001+02:00

With Spring bursting into bloom, I thought it was time for a little change and trying something else besides jewellery-making...

As i love pampering myself with nice-smelling soaps and luscious bath bombs (check out my favourite shop http://www.lush.co.uk/ ) I started thinking that it would be great if I could make them myself et voilà, a new project was born!

Once I have an idea in my head, I kind of obsess about it: I do research, some more research, and even more research -thank god for the worldwide web- until I finally feel "prepared" enough to actually start :o))

My soap story started yesterday evening, resulting in 2 little rubber ducks embedded in a block of glycerin soap scented with Sweet Orange oil... pics coming soon. It didn't turn out too badly for a beginner, but i'll keep on practising and perfecting :o))

Cupid's Special Discount

2009-02-08T21:02:00.000+01:00

Celebrate Valentine's Day with my special CUPID'S DISCOUNT !

Get a 15 % discount when you buy from my website before FEBRUARY 14, 2009. Just make sure to add "CUPID" in the discount code when you're finished shopping.

2008-11-30T15:02:00.000+01:00

Christmas is coming and Santa has a surprise for Bijoux Nicole Jewellery and Accessories customers...

SANTA'S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT

Go to www.bijoux-nicole.com to do your sparkly Christmas shopping before January 1, 2009 and get a 15 % discount on all items.
Just add "SANTA" in the discount code when you're finished shopping.

Nicole

Creative for a Cause by Nicole: STICHTING HESTER - CASA AMIGA

2008-11-30T14:45:00.000+01:00

About STICHTING HESTER

Hester van Nierop was nearly 28 and had just graduated as an architect when, in September 1998, she was found raped and murdered in her hotel room in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez. The fate suffered by Hester in Ciudad Juárez was not an exceptional one for the women in this town. Juárez was and still is infamous for the excessive violence against women, that takes place unpunished in most cases and against which the Mexican government is reacting inadequately. Impunity reigns in Ciudad Juárez.

At the end of 2004, following the murder of her daughter, Arsène van Nierop decided to found stichting Hester to fight this injustice and give a voice to the women of Ciudad Juárez.
Stichting Hester wants to help prevent violence against women in Ciudad Juárez by financially supporting Casa Amiga.

About CASA AMIGA

Casa Amiga was established in 1998 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, by Esther Chávez to offer help to the many victims of violence against women. The centre was officially opened in February 1999 and since then, it is trying to help the women and children of Ciudad Juárez and making them more defensible by not only offering shelter to victims, but also psychological, legal, and social support and extensive education to create awareness of violence and its effects.
In the Netherlands and Europe, Stichting Hester is trying to create as much awareness as possible to the situation in Ciudad Juárez.

For more info on Stichting Hester: http://www.hester.nu/

For more info on Casa Amiga: http://www.casa-amiga.org/

Buy my "Ni Una Mas!" Earrings and help support STICHTING HESTER/CASA AMIGA.

Handmade earrings with a pink swarovski crystal cross and genuine black agate beads...

For the earrings' colour scheme, I took inspiration from the pink crosses which were placed throughout Ciudad Juarez by the Mothers of Juarez and Chihuahua who are determined to keep the memory of their daughters alive through their struggle.

The pink cross has become a poignant symbol of the struggle to prevent violence against women.

Price 15 €

I will donate 7,50 € of the sales of these earrings to STICHTING HESTER

WANT TO HELP END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CIUDAD JUAREZ and SUPPORT STICHTING HESTER AND CASA AMIGA? Go to my webshop

Diana Washington Valdez blog: Police report two teen girls missing in Juarez, Mexico

2008-11-23T02:01:00.000+01:00

Diana Washington Valdez blog: Police report two teen girls missing in Juarez, Mexico

Pendants & Phone Charms

2008-07-21T00:02:00.000+02:00

New additions to my Maneki Neko Collection will soon be available in my webshop... For a sneak preview, have a look at my website...

Nicole

Coming Soon !

2008-07-11T23:00:00.000+02:00

My new Maneki Neko beads have arrived! So as promised, you can expect new items in my Maneki Neko collection very soon... but first have a look at my new "booty" :o))

Creative for a Cause - Stop violence against women

2008-06-15T01:51:00.000+02:00

Not everybody is as fortunate as I am...
Not everybody lives in a country that is safe...
Not everybody has frivolous things like beads & jewellery in their life...

Instead there are people who are constantly looking over their shoulder in fear, who are living in countries, torn by war, who do not know whether the next time they step outside their house might be the last time.

Thankfully there are organisations out there who are trying to help.
To support these charities in their cause, I've decided to use my "creative" streak and I'm proud to present my "Creative for a Cause"-collection : a collection of jewellery and accessories for which I will donate part of the proceedings to a charity.

I will be trying to add new charities regularly so please make sure to check my website or my blog to see which charity I have added!

Join me in my effort to make a difference!

UNIFEM

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

I will donate 10 € of the sales of this bracelet to UNIFEM’s Fund to End Violence Against Women. UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Click on the UNIFEM-logo for more information about the organisation..

"Stop Violence against Women" Bracelet

Handmade bracelet with pink Celestial crystal beads, genuine Rose Quartz beads, silver-plated spacer beads & a Heart in Hand charm...

3 BRACELETS AVAILABLE... WANT TO SUPPORT UNIFEM AND HELP END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?

25 €

How cute are these?

2008-06-14T18:52:00.000+02:00

I've been kind of obsessed with cats lately...
just have a look at my latest creations, and you'll see what I mean...

Is there a cuter kitten than Hello Kitty? I think not :o))
These lovely earrings are the first items in my "Hello Kitty" Kiddies Collection: cute "Hello Kitty" jewellery for cute girls... but who am I to stop any cute grown-up to buy these and wear them themselves?

And then of course, we have these little beauties...

Meet Maneki Neko... according to Wikipedia, this kitten will bring good luck to its owner... so how can you not love Maneki Neko. I'm planning on ordering some other lovely Maneki Neko beads and adding more jewellery pieces to my Maneki Neko collection soon...

want more info? http://www.bijoux-nicole.com/

Bijoux Nicole... Who She? What do? And Why?

2008-06-10T22:11:00.000+02:00

Hello and welcome to my Blog!

I'm an office administrator for a company that manufactures hydrogen generators by day and an aspiring bead jewellery maker by night. Seeing my day job isn't all that glamourous, I was looking for a way to add some glitter to my life, so when my friend gave me a handmade bead necklace and introduced me to beaded jewellery, I felt a bit like Alice in Wonderland... what's more sparkly than Swarovski crystal? All those colours, all those shapes... the possibilities are endless... so I started making jewellery myself as a hobby. This was about 4 years ago... Eventually, I gathered such a large collection of handmade jewellery that my jewellery box was ready to explode, so I decided to sell some things... Ingenious idea as I can use the money to buy new beads and make new things!

So I invite you to have a look at my website, make sure you visit my shop and also do a little bit of shopping (wink, wink) and oh, don't forget to check back for new posts in my blog!

I love... browsing in an Accessorize shop, apple crumble, B never too busy to be beautiful shop in Carnaby St. London, beading, beads, belgian chips, belly dancing, Ben&Jerry's chunky monkey ice cream, the colour blue, books, Broom Hilda, butterflies, Canada, cats, cute & kawaii, dogs, chocolate, chocolate mousse, Dilbert, Garfield, glitter, Ireland, jewellery, Lush bath bombs, mosaics, Pilgrim, Pride & Prejudice, poems, semi-precious stones, sparkles, Spongebob Squarepants, Swarovski, Tim Horton's coffee, Twinings Irish breakfast tea, UK

Nicole