Exotic Treasures by Bamboo

"...endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful
have been, and are being, evolved." - Charles Darwin

I have a weakness for endangered wildlife - and I love jewellery.... so imagine my delight when I came upon those fine pieces in a local store and later explored the Online Shop from Bamboo Jewellery ( a Californian company). Above is only a small selection of my favourites, basically I adore everything they have! They offer from each design different versions like earrings, necklaces, rings etc.
Now I feel like I want to establish a small zoo in my jewellery case...lol. To start with, I'd choose the green sea horse and the blue rainforest frog. Or better my favourite butterfly, the blue Morpho♥? Bamboo operates as a green company and they recycle i.e. the silver they use for the jewellery. Find out more about their green standards here. Want to start looking for your own favourites? Click here. Time to get back to work :). Happy Monday everyone!♥
Love,

Shopping Blues #2

Night blue cocktail dress with black dotted lace.

We just suffered a small electrical power outage and I have been busy all morning to fix it... or at least trying to find the source of the problem. Now it is working again (without any apparent reason from outside...) - the question is just how long... So far to my weekend...it really messed up with my schedule for today!Anyways, it is getting hotter and hotter here every day (we do not have a thermometer at work, presumably because nobody really wants to know the exact degree of torment *lol*). I am still looking for a wedding dress and for other summer dresses. I found a very stylish store called Renoir(?), where they sell all the cute dresses in this post. Let's see what we got:

~ By the way, they don't have mirrors in their (indeed very narrow) changing cabins, so I did my best to catch the design either way. What about the poor fashion bloggers in Israel?! How are we supposed to work under these conditions?? :) ~

Here we have a dream in turquoise with lace and in a very soft fabric - my personal No.1!♥ The jewellery I already bought here would match perfectly.

WOW! I mean, come on, this dress outstands everything that H&M produced this year for the Garden Collection. Beautiful pattern and delicate volants! We want... ♥♥♥

And last but not least I was still looking for a dress with blue roses (like the one here). The reason why I did not initially let them all wrap up and run out of the shop like the happiest girl in the world? Each of them costs between 80 to 100 Euros... and I feel so guilty when I think of all the dresses in my closet (one a rainy Sunday in the future I should take the time to count them... or better not). Sooo, which means that I have some very good options now, but I am still not content. The wedding is next month, so I'll be busy finding something appropriate!
For now, I'll go to check the electricity again...!
Wonderful Saturday to you!♥
Love,

Kiss no Frog, except Mr. Campbell!

Please meet Mr. Campbell! I found him at a shop during a dry and cloudy afternoon and when I picked him up he whispered that he wants to go home with me. Now he took his place at my office desk and observes me quietly and curiously at work. I decided to take my new companion to the beach and show him the sea. He assured me politely that he honours my efforts deeply, but he would prefer the tropical rainforest over every other place.



Song: 365 - Aura Dione

The photographer expressed his fear at this point, that after a kiss Mr. Campbell would turn into a prince and we would both fall off that rock, haha.



Behind me is the coastline of Jordan. Lilly wears: tshirt by local aquarium (with a lionfish!!), shorts+shoes hm, sunglasses primark.

I have to add, that he kindly informed me that his true name is Agalychnis callidryas (which sounds very much like a prince), nevertheless he appreciates 'Mr. Campbell' due to its simplicity. I am sure we'll become friends in no time ;). Have awonderful Thursday everyone!

Love,

Walk the Palm Alleys with me

It seems that after a month here I already adapted to the temperatures and I don't think its hot anymore...maybe this saves me for the killing summer here? My lovely D. took these pics on our way home from work, waiting for the bus. I am wearing a NoName dress from Ebay, which is highly practical and chic at the same time (people asked me at work if I plan to play tennis today... :P!!). This is in my ears at the moment:

Satellite by Lena

Lilly wears: polo dress noname, shoes hm, sunglasses primark, earrings+necklace bijoubrigitte.
Taking pictures outside during the day is especially challenging, because my eyes start to tear after a few seconds already. Most people never remove their sunglasses due to the intense radiance here.

My hair got seriously bleached by the sun. Hair dying for free, lol!

I adore this round-about with marine animals!! Would love to take pictures there, but it's in the middle of the street and I am not sure if its allowed ... =(

Beautiful blossoms at work! How I enjoy all the fragrant flowers here ♥. Right now I have to get back to work. Hopefully my plans for tomorrow work out! See you again soon with more from my daily life here in Israel.

Love,

Out of Reach

Hi =). A few days before my departure to Israel a new H&M order arrived and I had only minutes to try the clothes on, before they got savely tucked away in boxes. Now they are at home in Germany and I cannot wear them before August. Isn't that tormenting?! Let's see what I got...

I blogged about this skirt before here and was so lucky to find it in the Sale finally! The initial inspiration was Nathalies first outfit on Lookbook! =) It is a true princess skirt^^.

This whool dress was so gorgeous in the catalogue... trying it on was very disappointing! The fabric is very thin and cheap and it did not meet my exspectations at all. I sent it back instantly!

Same for this black romper. I was convinced that it would be a must-keep, but it totally wasn't. It did not fit me at all and the fabric felt like plastik on my skin... so sad =( Now I am still searching for a better one. Got also back to H&M!

This sweet cardigan (I got a discount of 25% on it, yay) is from the Modern Classics Collection! I bought it for work^^!! I love it. I'll just wear a black top underneath that. Can't wait until it's within my reach again!

Here's the cardigan in the catalogue. The Garden Collection or the Sonia Rykiel could not win my heart, but I love nearly all the pieces from the Modern Classics pages!! More, please! You can read my advice on business outfits here (Fashion Rules for the Successful Business Woman). Oops, I just realized that the cardigan is actually in that post also...XD.

I bought these navy blue sailor shoes for Israel and I am happy that they are really useful here. At the beginning they were a little too small and one of my feet bleeded a little, but now they are worn in and it's fine. So, at least I have something of the new arrivals with me!^^

A song for you:
Why don't you? by Gramophonedzie



See you all soon again, XoXo (Kisses and Hugs)

The Thunder Storm Adventure

Yesterday suddenly the sky darkened and a thunder storm approached the city from the North. I was already in my bathsuit and decided to jump into the sea for a short swim. The waves became higher and it started to rain. I could hear the thunder in the distance... still I was to eager to find out how the under water life is reacting to it. It turned out that they seemed fairly unaffected. I dived down to look below one of the coral ledges and totally freaked out: !!! Quietly in the shadow sat a yellow ribbontail ray with blue dots! It eyed me curiously, not sure if I am a danger or about to be ignored. He appearently felt save and I was able to dive down several times to watch him closer! Later I found out that his tail spines are venomous. Lucky for me that I did not get too close! What an event, my first wild stingray and such a beautiful one!

The Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma). Source.

Black Lionfish (family Scorpaenidae). Source.

I was already sure that the stingray would be the highlight of this snorkel trip, when I suddenly detected a black lionfish! You remember the first ones I saw here? Usually they are brightly red coloured, actually I did not know that black speciman do even exist until then! What a surprise. I watched him, how he checked out a black long-spined urchin patiently and realized after a while, that the rain increased and I got seriously cold. I managed to run out of the water before the first few lightnings occurred over the now grey sea surface. By now, I was really shivering hard and escaped from the natural forces to a warm shower! What an adventure!

Blue Christmas-tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus). Source.

A few days ago, I was lucky to catch a glimpse of a rare Christmas tree worm! Such beautiful creatures! It was the first time I saw one for real, well hidden in a massive coral. And also a small 'colony' of red sponge. I was not aware of this species so far. Doesn't it look incredible?

Red sponge (Cliona sp.). Source.

Do you agree that the most colourful creatures can be found under water? It's so inspiring! I am looking forward to explore the reef much more! What else will I find?
Love,


Edit: I consulted my reef guide and found out that the black lionfish can be considered as the juvenile stadium of the (later red) lionfish. Interesting, I had no idea.

Ready for a New Look?

Paris, J'adore!

This Online Shop was fairly a surprise. New Look is one of the big British fashion companys that bloggers are hyping (now including me...). There are a few pieces which caught my eye and I'll share them with you to provide some inspiration! (Another desperate attempt to cure my shopping blues here, lol). I like the amount of clothes available in every category at New Look... Asos for example bothers me, because it takes you hours or more than an evening to see half of their products. Please enjoy and let me now your favourites!

This butterfly watch is perfect!

I want this roses backpack!!! Desperately!!

Another pair of dream shoes - sheer eye candy!

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Now some fun: I am going to scream when I see the first fashion blogger wearing this:

Is this for real?!

Now we are going to the supermarket to buy some stuff for dinner. I am tired and hungry! I wish everyone a great Sunday (work starts again tomorrow here).
Love,