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**GASP**

This necklace by Aroha Silhouettes took my breathe away. My nerdy, book-loving breath. Gone.

And it’s made from old vinyl records…. le sigh. I’m in love.

Ever since the first time I stumbled upon Supermarket HQ, I’ve been in love with the jewelry of Melanie Favreau. I’ve been doing my best to try to avoid going on any more jewelry buying shopping sprees, and keeping my purchases to (very) cheap items, but I can feel my strength withering. These earrings are too much for me to handle… I need to have them.

and that’s just the first item in her shop I don’t want to live without… There are several more I’d love to have as well.
Click to see a few others.
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There are some days when I’m convinced, marriage just isn’t in my future. It’s not a pessimism in me or anything like that, but rather, I just don’t feel like I’ll ever be completely 100% settled on the person I’ve chosen to date long enough to allow myself to be proposed to.

And then there are days like today, when I find (collectively) $0.28 throughout the day and read art and design blogs until I find this, my engagement ring. To the man who wants to marry me - if you really do, put this around my neck, rather than a ring around my finger (I’ll wear a ribbon instead, who cares.):

That’s how I’ll know you really love me.

These are all so incredibly amazing and beautiful, I want every one of them to be true and to feel them with all of my heart. This project is perfect and I encourage everyone to click on the very few I’m posting below and go through all of them. They’ll warm your heart and make your heart ached.

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