Holiday lights

Today's shop update is my way of stringing holiday lights in the shop. The colors! I hope you enjoy. These glass beauties are all in the...

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Seriously beautiful

      There's just something about antique, black glass necklaces, non? They demand to be taken seriously. These four, which are all ma...

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First time

Although I've owned it for over a year, I wore this Peking Glass and baroque pearl festoon necklace for the first time yesterday. It fel...

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10 Festoon favorites

As promised, here are a few of my favorite festoon necklaces from around the web. Some are costume and some are fine. All images are linked....

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Festoon!

Festoon - it sounds like a party, doesn't it? And it kind of is. It's a party around your neck. The word comes from the Latin festum...

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Five pretty pendants

COLDEST LAKE agate fob with gold fill bail SPARTAN glass intaglio medallion fob LOST TO SIGHT Victorian mourning pendant SNOWFLAKE rhine...

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Blushing

I added two gorgeous 1920s/30s necklaces to the shop this morning. You can find them here !

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Sterling equestrian necklace

As promised, here is a sterling piece. I love this piece that I got at an antique show while I was 38 weeks pregnant. Go me. I think it'...

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I'm back!

S o I had the most precious baby 6 weeks ago this Wednesday! Boy, does time fly when you're busy...and having fun! I'm so glad that ...

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Colorful carved glass

I love these pretty carved glass deco pieces. They are so fun and colorful. I just listed the ring this afternoon and the necklaces are tuc...

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Tempted by the twin

I found the pink twin (well, almost) to my blue, 1920s Czech glass drop necklace the other day whilst wasting precious time on eBay. I am s...

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Black onyx mourning jewelry

I seem to love Victorian mourning pieces of jewelry. There's something about black onyx that I love. It's so rich looking. I hate c...

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More to show!

I wanted to give a big thank you for those of you that came to my Baton Rouge show last week. It was my best show yet! The benefits of show...

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Hyacinth necklace

I bought this necklace for myself on ebay a while back. I love 1920s lariat necklaces and I had never seen one with glass ornaments like thi...

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Togetherness

I just stocked these two beauties in the shop . Czech Peking and Dragon's Egg glass is always the brightest green, which is perfect for ...

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A silver piece

I thought I'd squeeze in one more bauble before Easter break. Earlier this week, I had a blog post titled "Bauble of the week....

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Fob pieces turned necklace

H ere's a necklace that I pieced together. The chain is a gorgeous gold filled watch fob chain and the dangle charm is from a separate f...

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The story of these brassy balls

Happiness is a chunky, vintage brass necklace. Like this one. I bought it over the phone after seeing a blurry image of it in a photograph. ...

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Even more!

S ince I'm on a roll, I'll post more pics of some of the new-old things I have in store.  This coral knot necklace has already sold,...

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Uh oh, it matches

I 'm so glad to see so many of you liked the bracelet from yesterday. It really is a beauty.  Not to be outdone is a similar gold filled...

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