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Wanda Fitzgerald is a Florida native and an vintage charm collector who loves to share her adventures in an e-commerce jewelry business with anyone who is interested.
A Lesson On Basse-Taille Enameling For Jewelry
I learn new things about jewelry all the time. Today I learned about Basse-Taille, a jewelry design technique used to enamel jewelry. Join me as I share my research and some pretty pictures of Basse-Taille enameled jewelry.
Flea Market Charms
Yesterday I took a day off from work and drove over to Indian Rocks Beach on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I went to visit my friend Karen from my charm group, who is visiting from New Hampshire. We went to the flea market in Seminole and I found vintage jewelry treasures.
I Bought Lots Of Vintage Silver Charms
I met with my good friend Diane from the coin shop last night and bought tons of charms to sell. I’ll be listing them over the next few days in my CharmCrazey Vintage Charms & Jewelry eBay shop . Wow this is fun. It’s like Christmas all over again. Oh and see that wide band […]
BMCo Vintage Souvenir Enamel Charms
BMCo made a vast assortment of pretty enamel charms that are still found for sale on auction sites like eBay today. The ones I’ve seen are primarily souvenirs from Canada but there are also quite a few Caribbean Island travel charms and some from Bermuda. I decided to find out what I could about the BMCo charm maker.
Chamilia Bead Charm Bracelets And Jewelry
I’ve been seeing Chamilia Bead Charm Bracelets on the wrists of lots of ladies where I work. They start with a few, and little by little load them up with gifts received for special occasions, or that they buy for themselves. They’re pretty and a great conversation starter around the office and I had to learn how they work and start my own collection.
What is Poured Glass Jewelry?
If you search the vintage costume jewelry listings on eBay or Ruby Lane you will no doubt see quite a few with the term “Poured Glass” in the title or description. For those new to collecting read on to find a summary of what to expect when you purchase a piece of poured glass jewelry.
Shopping At Renningers For Jewelry
I found lots of great vintage jewelry – fine and costume – at Renninger’s Antique Market in Mount Dora Florida yesterday. I’ll be featuring it in my eBay shop. Check out my pretty finds……
Collecting Vintage Costume Pins And Brooches
I’ve been collecting vintage charms and creating bracelets, as well as selling them for a while now, and lately I’ve started to collect vintage costume jewelry lately. Pins and brooches in particular. I love the figural shaped pins and pins with colored stones the most I think.
Ten Ways To Accessorize With Vintage Pins
Using jewelry pins is a great way to accent your wardrobe and define your style. And vintage pins are both easy to find and fun to shop for. Whether you prefer fine jewelry or fun funky fashion there are tons of pretty vintage pins, or brooches, that will be sure to get you compliments where ever you go. Keep reading for 10 and creative ways to wear your vintage finds in ways you may not have thought of.
This Rare Yellow Diamond Sold For Millions Yesterday
A while back I wrote about record prices that were fetched at auction for pink diamonds. Well the diamond color of the day now is daffodil yellow. Tuesday a 110.03 carat yellow diamond, known as the Sun-Drop Diamond sold for $10.9 million, not including taxes and auction fees.
Rising Silver Prices Scare Me
What scars me is that as the price of sterling silver skyrockets, and the economy stays in the tank, more and more people are scrapping their family heirlooms for quick cash. Right at this very minute there are probably hundreds of thousands of vintage charms sitting in scrap silver bins all over the country. Collectible charms made by Cini, Walter Lampl, Nuvo, and other great silver artisans ready to be melted and lost forever. This is the perfect time to start a vintage charm bracelet collection, as a matter of fact it may only get harder in the future.
Happy Birthday Charm Chatter – Youre Three Years Old
August 31 is the day I posted my first blog post ever right here on Charm Chatter, exactly 3 years ago. At the time I had no idea how to operate wordpress and had a fit of a time getting it installed. It was a lot harder back then. But I persevered and wrote that […]
August Birthstone Peridot Charms
The vibrant green colors of a peridot stone explain why, for centuries the peridot has been a symbol of nature. In ancient Egypt they were called “the gem of the sun” because of their brilliance, and early priests drank cups made of peridot stones. They believed the act connected them with Isis the goddess of nature. Another traditional belief is that when one wears a peridot, they will be protected against night terrors. This stems from the fact that the green color stays bright even at night.
Vintage Slide Charm Bracelets
Slide bracelets gained favor in Victorian England. They began as a decorative accessory to a watch chain or necklace. Women added watch fobs that were made into slides as necessary to move the watch up or down on the chain, and also to prevent the chain from twisting. Sometimes they cut the heads off of stick pins and fashioned them into watch chain slides.
Antique Chatelaines And Their History
Usually attached to a pocket or belt at the waist, chatelaines had chains with a swivel hook at the end of each to hang tools necessary to deal with problems that arose during the daily upkeep of the house. Some items typically found on a chatelaine are keys, a small notebook, pill bottles, eyeglasses, writing instruments, scissors, or a watch, to name a few.
Kate Middletons Royal Charm Bracelet
Kate Middleton watchers have been oogling a new sparkly trinket she’s been sporting on her right wrist recently. It’s a gold charm bracelet given to Kate by her new step-mother-in-law Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. Rumors say it was a wedding gift, and it seems to represent a growing bond between the two Duchesses.
Elizabeth Taylor’s Charm Bracelets
Elizabeth Taylor loved many things, of course men and jewelry, and she had some extraordinary and beautiful charm bracelets. She had a glamorous charmed life and I love reading and looking at the pictures in my copy of her book “Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry”. It’s got some of the prettiest jewelry pictures I’ve ever seen and is a fascinating and humorous peek into the life of one of the worlds most famous movie stars.
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