It is our Spring Summer Jewellery photo shoot today and we are in the midst of organising outfits and jewellery in the office, hoping that the clothes we have chosen will look good on our models and also capture the seasons forth coming trends.

We have employed the services of model ‘Georgie’, for the S/S brochure as well as my little girl Heidi 3 and her cousin Sophie 11, who will model the Little Lello ranges.

We are going for a slightly more ‘ blonde look’ this year to our photos, so fingers crossed they will turn out well.

I will upload a few pictures tomorrow, once I get back into the office.

Fingers crossed I don’t have a ‘too’ tired 3 year old later today!

Karen

You will have to put your ‘Spring  / Summer’ head on for this one.

This lovely cardigan is currently for sale in Miss Selfridge at £35.00. On first glance it just looks like a stripy summer cardi but it is one of those items that when you put it on you will see how many outfits it will go with during the Spring and Summer months.

Multi colour stripes on the vertical, so flattering for those of us who have a few curves! in pretty shades with two little pockets at the front. No buttons, the cardigan just hangs and has a really nice shape to it.

Perfect to wear with any of our new Spring Summer jewellery we are launching in February.

Our new colourful set ‘Tutti Fruiti’ necklace and matching ‘Sherbert’ bracelet have been designed to capture this multi colour trend. Great just with t-shirt and jeans or with linen’s. Think I might have to pop back and get one to put away in my wardrobe………

Sherbert & Tutti Fruiti new for S/S 2010 from Lello.

Please take a moment to visit the website for Hannah Beighton and have a listen to her music! Pretty Fantastic I think you will agree.

Become a fan of Hannah on Facebook and while you’re there, why not also become a  friend of Lello on Facebook?

Karen

I nearly fell on my behind this morning, firstly on my drive and then at the school dropping my little girl off. Our car park here at Lello wasn’t much better.

We seem to have tons of emails to answer this morning at Lello and our orders are finally coming through from our agents now that they are managing to visit their customers with our new ranges of handmade cards and jewellery.

Our new card designs will be uploaded on the site in February.

We are still working on our new Spring / Summer brochure which is just about there and continue to plan our stand for the forthcoming Spring Fair at the NEC which is held for the trade and which we have attended for the past 10 years.

It’s a long 5 days stood at the NEC from about 8.30am to 6.00pm but it’s nice to see our customers each year and get their feedback on the new lines. Let’s just hope the snow doesn’t stop them and us from attending (for 2 days out of the 5) like it did last year!

Please log on, on Friday for our Fashion Find of the week.
Karen

I am sorry to say I have had to upload a picture from the end of last year as everyone has been far too busy to model for me today! Sorry about that. We are putting to bed our Spring Summer brochure for the jewellery which launches next month so it’s all hands to the pump.

The photoshoot for our models takes place next Monday so I will upload a few shots next week as a sneak preview!

Fiona is pictured here wearing necklace ‘Bootlace’, £15.00 a multi strand dark grey beaded necklace made up of different types of beads in various shades of grey. Fiona is also wearing our sterling silver grey glass bead ring, £10.00.

Just had to share these new designs with our blog readers.

My colleague (also Karen) is pictured here in the office this morning adorned with two of our new Spring/Summer ranges, for women and little girls! There is a matching Lello and Little Lello range we have produced. Made from coloured acrylic, the picture does not do it all justice.

Necklace, brooch & bracelet for women. Necklace, bracelet, headband & hair clips for Little Lello.

The Little Lello just comes in pink, women’s bracelets come in pink, grey and white, all in a flower design and the women’s necklace just comes in pink.

Karen is also wearing a long matching necklace and bracelet in multi colours for Spring Summer, both are made up of assorted coloured oblong beads.

Great if you like to wear colour! We have many new ‘subtle’ designs for those of you who shy away from colourful jewellery and a number of on-trend ‘nautical’ designs coming too.

Karen Davies

Hello, welcome to our first Fashion find of the week which we will upload every Friday. Together with our ‘What are we wearing at Lello’ day (directed at our jewellery) on a Tuesday, we thought it would nice for people to see some classic, basic items of clothing we all need and probably have difficulty finding and upload them each week.

It might not be to everyone’s taste, but we will try to vary it as much as we can each week and to suit ages across the board.  Each item will be from a recognised high street store and currently in stock.

This week I have chosen, what I think is a fab little black skirt. I have been looking for something like this all winter and I was really pleased when I stumbled across this in Marks and Spencer this week at Fosse Park, Leicester).

The skirt is black, sits just above the knee and would look lovely with shoes or boots. Bear in mind I am only 5ft 4″ so on anyone taller it would be shorter and take on a whole new look. It has a deep V pleat in the front with pockets either side and chunky black buttons and stitching detail round the top of the pockets. At the top of the waist it also has two button down lapels to add to the design. It zips at the back and you can wear it sat on your hips or higher up nearer your waist. It is made from a viscose wool mix and is fully lined. Available in most sizes, I know I saw 8-16 on the rails. The price was £29.50.

Obviously I bought this skirt for myself as I’d been after something like this for months, but most items we see we will just photograph for the blog. Karen

M&S Black skirt £29.50

Crumbs it’s cold in our office today, but we are getting used to it, I am going to have to succumb to putting my Uggs on!

You might have noticed the new home page on the website, it is an interim page while we await all the new Spring Summer jewellery which is due in February. Until then, the sale page will remain in place and I will post pictures of the new designs here on the blog, to keep everyone informed of what’s coming.

Please log on tomorrow for our Fashion Find of the week!

For those of you who are retailers and attending the Spring Fair in Birmingham in February, our stand details are: Hall 4 (the gift hall) stand K40!

Karen

I have taken 3 photos today of some of our new bracelets we are launching for Spring Summer. Divine!, I just don’t know where I am going to find space at home for all my jewellery.

It’s getting ridiculous.

The first picture shows ‘Onyx’ a bracelet/necklace, (£7.99) you can wear it as either, which wraps around your wrist with smokey black crystal effect gems and a length of leather and chain. This design will also come in white/clear.

With this I have on ‘Organic’, (£8.99 and comes with matching necklace £13.00) a heavy antique metal effect bead bracelet with rounded square adornment.

This picture shows me wearing ‘Flutter’ bracelet, a pretty metal and bead bracelet with metal butterfly adornment (I love it) £7.99 alongside ‘Adele’ £9.99,a large irregular shaped beaded bracelet, very chunky and comes with a matching necklace, £17.99. I think I’ll be living in this one!

This last picture shows me wearing a multi bead pink toned bracelet, ‘Tick’ which is adorned with a large locket heart and various beads and cameo, £7.99. This will also be available in an all clear coloured bracelet. Alongside this I am wearing, ‘Isabelle’, a very heavy bracelet made from solid heart shaped antique metal effect beads with a large heart and embossed heart attached. £8.99, comes with matching necklace, £13.99.

Please log on, on Fridays!! Fridays will now be our ‘Lello find of the week’. Like all women, we love shopping and love clothes and we are always on the look out for something different, a bargain or a real wardrobe essential. This Friday it will be a fab little black skirt from M&S, which would suit just about anyone!

Hi, my apologies I am a bit late with this today, still trying to catch up from the holidays.

Please log on tomorrow! and I will upload some pictures of us wearing a few of the new jewellery lines coming in Spring 2010!

Karen