Off to France I go

Even though I have more jewelry to showcase, I thought I'd wait till I got back from France to post. We leave tomorrow and come back the first of May.

I don't know what I'll find; possibly very few. But I'm hopeful and know that it will be a great experience at the very least.

I can't tell you what I'm more excited about: the antiques or croissants!

Au revoir! 

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." I suppose I should have suggested "Bauble of the day" because I've been on a jewelry blog post roll!

I knew this piece was extremely old when I bought it. It's been cleaned, and a chain has been added to make it current. The back shows that this is in fact a pin, but I've added the long, sterling chain and sits well past the collar bone. I don't come across too many silver pieces, so necklaces like this are often sought after. 

The stones are amber even though they appear more red-like in color. 

Fob pieces turned necklace

Here'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 fob piece.

It's quite interesting and beautiful. I have a thing for old turquoise. It seems I have a "thing" for old turquoise, coral, gold, silver, opals, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, garnets, filigree...

You get the idea.

Even more!

Since 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, but I thought I'd showcase it anyway. I have more items similar to this. I have an affinity for coral and knots. 

What hasn't sold yet is this wish bone necklace. I love the hand work on this funky little piece. 

Andrew had a second to photograph these, and I had a second to post. There's more coming, but I regret to tell you that there will be another delay in the coming days. My France trip is coming up. I'm sure you understand. 

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 necklace. It's obviously from the same era, Victorian. It's also gold filled with seed pearls. I think it would be great as a set. 

It's like when you're shopping and you find the perfect shirt, and you can't leave without that matching scarf that you spot at the checkout counter. Darn, you might just have to explain to your husband that you simply can't get one without the other. Hopefully he understands. 

Bauble of the week

I wanted to kick off the month of April with a bauble of the week.

Here's something pretty for you to look at. This gold filled mesh slide bracelet is from an estate in Georgia. I particularly like the seed pearls and the tassel dangle. I've said it before, I like jewelry that moves.

Happy spring!