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These pretty little heart beads or jewels are just the color of orissa garnets…. so pretty, so unusual and hard to find!  They’re absolutely perfect for petite earrings (they’re only about 3/8″ high). Great for a romantic touch to add to your business outfit. Or just because you want to remember the romance in your life. Or just because 😉 This is another example of what vintage – good vintage – is all about. This cute dress is silk, with a leopard print design (super chic right now).  You could style this for work – just add a good jacket. Or for play – change your work flats for stilettos, add some rhinestone-and-onyx earrings, and put your hair up. Voila: party time! It’s modest (sometimes you need that) – and sexy too. With the drapeable silk fabric, this is going to show *you* off. It’s available at Ginger and Judy, a vintage boutique on Etsy – and the owner / curator Bree has a shop full of vintage goodies. I mean it, you’ll love this shop – go peek! PS Did I mention this adorable silk dress is on sale? Half price. Go grab it – or check out more of Bree’s sale offerings. Love! Several time customers have asked me what’s the easy way to attach a glass jewel to a chain, to turn a “teardrop jewel” into a pendant. Jump rings are the quick, classic way. So I did a couple quick sketches, to illustrate more clearly than a few paragraphs could, how and why we use a jump ring.  See what I mean? No long explanation needed. You open the jump ring (see next pic), slip it on the chain, and slip the little ring at the top of a jewel setting onto the ring. Then close the ring. Voila: your jewel is a pendant. You’ve got a necklace. The second sketch shows the correct way to open the jump ring. It matters because if you open the ring sideways, it’s easy to close back up securely. If you stretch it wide – it’ll never get closed up properly again. The sketch helps explain 🙂  See? Easy peasy. Open it sideways. Close it back up. There are tons of tutorials and videos over on YouTube if you want to go peek – but this is the basics they pretty much all cover. Jewelry Making 101 – and this simple bit of assembly knowledge will go a long way for you 🙂 PS The second pic is one I found – and I forgot to write down the link. If you know the original poster, would you let me know so I can give credit? Thank you! These are just so cute! New in my shop. You choose the color of the tiny rhinestones. And look at how pretty!  You can get these with one ring – add earwires and you’ve got a charming pair of earrings! Or use the two-ring connector settings as shown, and combine with all kinds of pretties…jonquil teardrops. Orange cabochons. Amethyst rondelles. You name it. If you love color, you’re going to have so much fun with these! Remember those black diamond triple rhinestone connectors I talked about recently? (the post is here, just to refresh your memory. Well – I just found some fabulous octagon jewels in a great black diamond color….  These are a perfect medium size – 14mm x 10mm, or about 5/8″ x 3/8″. Of course you don’t need to use them with the triple stone connectors – but they’d be great together. Really I just wanted to show off these jewels. The neutral gray of “black diamond” glass, and the size and faceting of these jewels makes them one of my favorites. Classy – not too heavy – quiet but sparkly – these are just going to be great with your holiday outfits! Isn’t this a gorgeous dress? It’s the best of both worlds. Beautiful – affordable – and vintage too. The woman who wears this gown? She’ll be a star!  It’s available from Gabriellas Treasures vintage boutique, and you should definitely click through the link so you can see the fine detailing on this dress. The hand-sewn beading, the attached crinoline, the asymetric layers, the style! This is a high-end garment – for a wonderful affordable vintage price. It tell you better than a paragraph of words, why vintage is special. Can you imagine this gown being abandoned in a closet? or a thrift store? or a landfill! Never. It belongs on a princess. That’s you 🙂 What can I say, I’ve been in the mood for sets lately – easy, fresh, and sparkling. And my customers seem to be agreeing with me – I think we’re all short on time! So this delicate yellow glass (rhinestone) jewel set is pretty popular.  The jonquil pendant here is about 3/4″ x 1/2″ and nicely faceted, in a classic pear or teardrop shape. And the matching earring jewels are little rivoli rounds (“rivoli” means the faceting comes to a gentle point on the top, rather than a “table cut”). They’re small, a bit over 1/4″ in diameter, and I show them here in one-ring settings… all you need to do is add earwires. But they can also be placed in two-ring settings, so you can add pretty pearls or dangles. Or use them as connectors for bracelets, or necklaces. Either way – pretty. Easy. Affordable. This is all of the good 🙂 I’m all for easy, pretty, affordable – like this set of sheer sapphire glass teardrop pendant and earring jewels:  A gorgeous color, and easy to use earring and pendant jewels. I think people really appreciate this today – when everybody is pressed for time, and most of us don’t have a lot of money – but still want quality. These are just what they’re supposed to be – no fakey stuff – pretty glass jewels. A great jewelry set. And available in my Etsy shop. Well yeah, I’m supposed to say that 😉 (And if you need other colors? just ask. That’s a hint) Okay, this isn’t related to anything. I could say, I’ve been meaning to do some recipe stuff here, just because I cook sometimes, and that’s part of our lives, and like that. But really I just thought this was funny.  I just saved the pic, and not the link – if anybody knows where this comes from originally, please let me know so I can give them credit. Sometimes you just have to go with the funny 🙂 Yes, this is why I love vintage. These are beautiful shoes, they’re one of those rare pairs that are sexy, feminine, high-heeled and STILL WEARABLE.  Stuart Weitzman is a very high-end name in women’s footwear, and you can see why. Look at the details – a classic low-throated pump that doesn’t have a ridiculously pointed toe (which is totally painful). A high, slender heel that isn’t dangerously wobbly. Beautiful leather. (And I love the honey tan color.) These are a class act! I found these at Lilli’s Closet, a vintage boutique on Etsy. Lilli, the curator and shop owner, has some other wonderful finds there. She shows wonderful details in her pics so you know what you’re getting – and she seems to have a specially talented eye for finding wonderful shoes! PS Did I mention how affordable these Weitzman pumps are? Get ready for this: $30.00. Yes. Go shopping 🙂 |
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