A little splash of sunshine!

Image courtesy of A Smack of Jellyfish

Pixellate: Pertaining to a printed image which has been digitized; visible as a pattern of pixels. Representing an image using an array of pixels.

Any flea marketer-slash-online-shopper worth her salt will know what I’m talking about. Yep, I'm talking about those cheeky, brightly hued, irresistible pieces currently making the rounds.

Image courtesy of Spugmeistress's Shop

If it weren’t for the fact I’m running out of space in my jewellery box and I have a strict office dress code, I would so buy a whole sackful of these babies and wear a different one to work every day.

I was introduced by chance to pixellate jewellery on a sunny afternoon several weekends ago, while I was wandering aimlessly around the most recent instalment of Threadszoo.

Mind you, it was a Sunday, so a lot of stalls hadn’t even set up yet. I drifted from stall to stall, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a modest little stall run by an outfit calling itself ::frOufrOu::. Its tables were arrayed with pixellate pendants and knick-knacks, looking like little splashes of sunshine on a blank canvas.

Image courtesy of ::frOufrOu::

While I ooh-ed and aah-ed over the trinkets, I got to talking with Nareez, one of the two senoritas manning the stall. I was already pretty taken with what I saw, but what sold the deal was the fact that all the pieces were handmade. For someone who can barely even macramé to save her life, I was very impressed.

Image courtesy of ::frOufrOu::

Best of all, the designs sold by the girls can be customised. Once you've settled on what you'd like made, you choose the colour and you decide if you'd rather have it made as a necklace, a brooch, or even a keychain.

For those of you creative types who want to design your own funky piece of jewellery, throw in an extra RM2.00 as an exclusivity fee and ::frOufrOu:: will happily pinky-swear that your design will never be reproduced. Never again will you run into a dozen other 'fashion replicas' while swanning about town!

Final Verdict: I love it. I love it. I love it. By the way, did I mention I love it?