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Jewelry from the 1980s was a fun combination of big, bold, and chunky often layered pieces. Two tone jewelry was popular; silver and gold worked together whether it be sterling silver with gold or costume silver-tone with gold-tone jewelry. Hoop earrings were big and rhinestones were bigger! There were large chain necklaces and layered chain…

Vintage Christmas and holiday jewelry is fun to collect. You can wear several pins at one time on your sweater or coat. Christmas jewelry began in the 1940s and was very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. (Shown above Hollycraft Christmas earrings.)  I have had the pleasure of coming across many unusual and sparkly pieces…

We have many fun whimsical bee and butterfly pins, as well as other cute bug pins. Coro made several fly and bee pins in the 1940’s and early 1950’s. It could be fun to wear a pair of Coro flying bug pins around a flower brooch. Figural brooches were very popular in the 1950s and…

Posted by Michelle on Mar 4th 2023 Are you searching for your wedding jewelry? Consider antique or vintage items for your ensemble. High quality retro pieces will be romantic and then cherished for years after the ceremony. Choose pieces that work with your wedding dress. You can focus on clear crystal rhinestones, pearls, and ornate…

Washington’s Birthday was enacted as a Federal holiday in 1879. Although originally the day was celebrated since 1800 (following Washington’s death in 1799) it was officially a Federal holiday in 1879. Washington’s Birthday was observed as a federal holiday until 1971, when President Nixon declared via executive order a change to Presidents’ Day, to honor…

In the 1970’s Miriam Haskell made several fun fortune cookie necklaces with various sayings. These necklaces had pendants of realistic sized dimensional fortune cookie with a golden fortune chained to the inside of the cookie. The cookies were hung on a black silk cord. The back of the chained fortune was signed ©Haskell. The necklace…

Tips for Cleaning your Jewelry The tools I like to use to clean costume jewelry are several: a baby toothbrush (these have very soft bristles), wooden toothpicks, wood cuticle stick, cotton swabs, a hair-dryer, towels, and polishing cloth. (See below for a more aggressive cleaning if the gentler method is not enough.) I also use…

I have a collection of Trifari ads and have had the pleasure of coming across many wonderful pieces of Trifari jewelry. See our current Trifari pieces The Trifari jewelry was started by Gustavo Trifari, who came from a family of fine jewelers, and Leo Kraussman in 1918. The partnership was profitable but the business became…