The perfect Linen shirt...

I've  found you the perfect Linen shirt ... and it's on sale too.. a bargain at just  £19.00 GBP... It Was: £29.50.... so go ahead treat yourself...

It would look exceptionally cool with my....

Cool...Native American style men's beaded necklace with hand carved bone bead and distressed striped, faux ivory and copper seed beads. With hand wound copper wire. Finished with vintage copper extension chain and lobster trigger clasp. Handmade by Jolie for Orlando Menswear.

£17.50 GBP  Only 1 available

Native American style men's beaded necklace with hand carved bone bead..

Length: 16inches/400mm with extension chain 22 inches/560mm


Just added to: 
Orlando Menswear...

Blue Harbour Pure Linen Grandad Collar Shirt

Source: marksandspencer.com via Jolie on Pinterest

Saturday - update...

Just thought I'd better post a little update... What's happening you may or not ask... well... I'm still banned from Facebook.. My page is still up there.. but I can't post anything or reply, 'Like', comment etc.. and I haven't received any explanation as to why I am banned.. Still feel a little shaky about the whole thing.. It's been a rather bad week.. I am currently going through a divorce... need I say more...

On a brighter note... I have got my Dummies guide to Wordpress Web Design today..  So I can finally start work on my website orlandomenswear.com. It does seem a little daunting (which is actually what I predicted ) but faint heart and all that ( whatever the Scot's say... did I tell you I lived in Scotland for a while.. yes... both Edinburgh and Glasgow... a tale of two cities...). Apparently I have to create this website in what is known as a 'sandpit'.. so if you see any sparks flying out of orlandomenswear.com you'll know I've made a mistake somewhere.. (highly likely I predict...).

Despite all the ca...phuf..uffle.. (I don't think there is such a word, but I like it!!!) I did manage to get some new stuff up in my stores this week..

Charming Feather drop earrings, with lilac and orange bohemian cut glass beads in vintage gold. Accented with delicate seed beads in shades of purple and orange. Handmade by Jewellery by Jolie. Finished with vintage gold stud earrings.

Bohemian glass beads are often referred to as Czech beads. Bohemia was a part of the former Czechoslovakia, now part of the Czech Republic, and was famous for its beautiful and colourful glass.


And for the guys... Handsome Black & White Beaded Men's necklace - with black glass bugle beads.. Finished with gunmetal extension chain and lobster trigger clasp. Handmade by Jolie for Orlando menswear.

I've been banned from Facebook!

Suntree

I got a big shock today, I decided to create a second page for my new store Orlando Menswear and had just started to make it look nice. I put some of my artwork up, started to 'Like' a few people, and then suddenly I was asked to log in, confirm my mobile phone number by typing in a code and then a few minutes later I was banned from Facebook for 30 days. I emailed them, but received a message saying that they would not respond to my email. My gosh I feel like a criminal! It's a really horrible feeling, I am really shocked.... Is it because I put up a second page?... I needed the second page because I couldn't link more than one store on Etsy to Facebook. I thought this was a good idea... my gosh... oh no... Well I wasn't particularly successful on Facebook anyway.. I say trying to reassure myself that I am OK about this... Nobody found me there anyway... the only person who 'Liked' my site was my Aunt Annette in Australia... oh dear.... well they say it's cathartic to talk about ones problems... oh dear I am feeling a little tearful...well that's that I guess.... gosh i'm shaking....
I wish I could get on with my website Orlandomenswear.com, unfortunately I am still waiting on my Dummies guides to Wordpress and Blogging to arrive. So I'm afraid I am no further forward.. Just to cheer me up, I am going to post up the artwork I put up on my Facebook page... I had thought it would be nice to put up some of my artwork on the blog anyway.. I thought it would make it more interesting and colourful...

Throw away the bow ties guys....

What does the 21st century man wear?... When he's dressed to impress... Bow ties.. Well... a little bit outdated... Think 2012... Even Mr Simon Cowell might be impressed... ( I know he doesn't go for ties..)


Here are a few suggestions.... Lets start with a shirt...

Dolce & Gabbana Gold Fit Nero Collar Cotton Tuxedo Shirt

Source: mrporter.com via Jolie on Pinteres

Lets add a necklace.... Try this Native American style white beaded Men's necklace for size.... Wire necklace with White AB Miyuki glass cube beads,  clear glass Miyuki beads, and opaque white seed beads. Finished with a silver extension chain, and lobster trigger clasp. Handmade by Jolie for Orlando Menswear.

Native American style white beaded men's necklace

What about some trousers?.....(or pants.. as some would say...)

Ralph Lauren Black Label Contrast-Placket Polo & Five-Pocket Pants - Neiman Marcus

Source: neimanmarcus.com via Jolie on Pinterest

Some Boots.....What about these... Made for walking... Maybe... A little dancing....

Salvatore Ferragamo Aritz Chelsea Boot - Neiman Marcus

Source: neimanmarcus.com via Jolie on Pinterest

What about an Elegant Evening Jacket...

Deconstructed Blazer. Black washed corduroy. Dolce & Gabbana.

Source: store.dolcegabbana.com via Jolie on Pinterest

A little bit of Window Shopping...

Blue Chevron Native American style Mens beaded necklace

While I've been waiting for my latest  Dummies guides to arrive....with hopefully... all the info needed to design my new Website orlandomenswear.com... I decided to do a little research. Which has included rather pleasantly a little window shopping... something you can do rather effortlessly on your lap top... 

So I was inspired to do a little pinning on Pinterest, I must say I just love this idea. Pinning's great fun and the  Boards look cool... I just found out today you can embed the pins in your blog. (You can see I'm having problems with my HTML here, it's not perfect, so I thought, well why not write about it... they say a problem shared is a problem halved... If I find the solution in one of my Dummies Guides, I'll let you know).

 I thought I might come up with a few suggestions as to how to wear my mens jewellery... Goes perfectly with a blue chambray shirt you might ask... Well which chambray shirt.... No problem here's a suggestion...And you can actually go buy the shirt too!

So why not treat yourself to a new shirt and make it perfect with a cool Native American necklace?.... well...from... Orlando menswear

The Perfect Blue Chambrey Shirt!

Source: boden.co.uk via Jolie on Pinterest

Well what about a suitable shirt for that shades

of grey necklace? ....Worry no more I have the

solution... I found the perfect shirt at M&S.....

I think you would look very smart in this grey shirt with...well....this rather cool Orlando Menswear necklace... What do you think... And... well of course... we have to loose the tie...
 

Men's necklace - in suitable shades of grey

Source: marksandspencer.com via Jolie on Pinterest

Delivery from Mr Pigeon!!

Those of you who have been following this blog, might remember the story of Mr Pigeon... and well wish to know more...You will be pleased to learn, Mr Pigeon arrived safely in England after a long and strenuous journey from China of  many weeks...The Chinese it seems no longer send their packages by airmail but have returned to the ancient ways and prefer Pigeon Post.... I was rather curious to meet Mr Pigeon, had the Chinese, one wonders, succeeded in breeding an exceptionally large jumbo jet sized pigeon?.... I am sorry to say, I cannot enlighten you in this matter... my mother opened the door... and well failed to comment on the matter.....

Thanks to Mr Pigeon, however.... I now have some very beautiful peacock feathers and needless to say one of my Peacock feather creations is now for sale in my Etsy store Jewellery by Jolie....

Peacock feather necklace with beaded vintage chain

As to Orlando Menswear, my new website orlandomenswear.com, has been stalled for a bit, as I decided to invest in some Dummies guides. I'm a big fan of Dummies guides, if in doubt buy a Dummies guide, say I. So I bought three - Wordpress for Dummies, Wordpress web design for Dummies and finally Blogging for Dummies. I do like my Dummies guides don't I?

Native american style beaded necklace

Just a reminder that my Orlando menswear store is still up on Etsy...  Etsy went down for a while on Friday... My apologies to those who tried to access my stores...

Here's the perfect necklace for that blue chambrey shirt... very cool for summer....

Available at.... Orlando menswear

Up to something

If you wonder why I've been a bit quiet, it's not because I've been idle..... I've been trying to develop a new website... yes, I'm now Orlandomenswear.com (don't look yet...it's changing every 5 minutes..). I decided that my pretty little hummingbirds weren't quite the right image for Orlando menswear. I'm learning all about Wordpress - not as wysiwyg as I thought it would be...It doesn't help that I thought it might be a nice idea if I incorporated an ecommerce site, when I found out you could get a Cashie Commerce plug in for Wordpress....Nothing is ever easy....( oh... why do I keep having to learn that...).

Anyway, for all you guys getting a bit hot and bothered in the summer heat (well it might be hot somewhere...) I have the perfect solution.

Throw away the ties guys.... men's necklace... in suitable shades of grey... Orlando Menswear

More Photography?

Yes, after all that work last week and after launching my new range of men's jewellery at my new Etsy store Orlando Menswear on Saturday (Probably not the best day of the week to launch?). I decided on Sunday that I didn't like my photography and started all over again....no...o...o...o... It's still pouring down here in England, another thunder storm yesterday, what a dreadful summer we're having.... not at all good for photography. Anyway all done now....and I am a little happier with my work ( I know I've still got a lot to learn...), I have found a little more out about my camera. It's not an SLR so doesn't have an aperture, and other settings people mention, when dealing with lighting problems (remember the halogen light and the light box?), but it does have a light sensitivity setting hidden away on the second page of the menu - now why didn't I spot that before. I am sure I have read the manual over and over. Well problem solved. Still a bit of a problem with colour caste's from certain necklaces which I have been correcting in Photoshop Elements 10. I decided to photograph on brown Kraft paper - I thought it went better with my logo and made the photographs a little more interesting - can't get all the photographs the same shade of brown though.... Well here's my improved photograph.... See what you think..

Mens necklace - feather charm and native american striped style beads with twisted bronze bugle beads. With vintage bronze beads and bohemian glass picasso beads. Handmade by Jolie for Orlando Menswear. Finished with vintage bronze extension chain and lobster trigger clasp. Orlando Menswear

Orlando Menswear range launched!!!

My new men's  jewellery range is up @ my Etsy store Orlando Menswear!!!!

Striking, modern, minimalist men's necklace - black wire and miyuki glass beads. Handmade by Jolie for Orlando Menswear. Hand wound black wire accented with black glass AB miyuki beads. AB or Aurora Borealis glass has been finished with a special finish which creates a rainbow like patina. Miyuki beads come from Japan, they were invented by Masayoshi Katsuoka of the Miyuki Shoji Company in the 1980s. Finished with a gunmetal extension chain and trigger clasp.

Length of necklace - 16 inches/ 400mm with extension chain - 20.5 inches/ 520 mm

Check it out at my store....

After a week of rain and thunderstorms I finally got all my photographs taken and sent them up into Orbit in hyper space...
With the aid of my halogen desk lamp and a light box, I had previously used for tracing my embroidery designs onto fabric, I finally got there....

Now its back to marketing and well more bookmarks....

Thunder storms and ligtning very very frightning.

It's been raining, and when it rains, it pours. And I get a migraine headache... However I've still been working valiantly a way, trying to get  my mens jewellery range ready for my etsy store Orlando Menswear. Without natural sunlight I've been resorting to using halogen light and thank goodness, for Photoshop, the effect was quite natural. I managed to remove the yellowish hue in Photoshop by using Enhance -  Adjust colour - Remove colour cast. This is the resulting photograph, I rather like the gradient shade... I'm going to experiment this afternoon with a light box, I bought for tracing my embroidery designs onto fabric, I thought it might create an unusual effect.

Things are looking up on the marketing front. I am now coming up on the first page for search 'Jewellery by Jolie' for my facebook page and the second page for Etsy. All that Bookmarking is starting to pay off! My Blogs not up there yet, I went as far as page 20.... So must make a mental note to carry on with the bookmarking.

I'm afraid I've heard no more from Mr pigeon, with my peacock feathers, he is meant to be here by now....I am starting to worry about him.  The last I heard from him was on the 9th July when I received an email telling me "Base on our radar system, our pigeon reported to us that he has already covered 50% of its journey of your item:" 

Oh... and I've sold a book, makes me seem rather important doesn't it..... even though it does happen to be on British History.....and not written by me at all.....