Necklace Of The Day - Pale Turquoise Flowers

Pale turquoise plastic bead three pendant necklace with rhinestone accents and on a goldtone chain. Lobster claw closure.

I often find the best marked down prices on costume jewelry at Rue 21. This statement piece was only $2.00. Love this!  I could not make this necklace myself for $2.00. The materials alone would be a lot more than $2.00.

Nicely designed piece with a good weigh to it. The color reminds of the color palettes from the 1960s.

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Thomasina

Rubber Stamp of the Day - Vintage Ladies

Love these new rubber stamps I got at Michael's craft store on sale for $4.99. They are beautiful ladies from the 1920s. Flappers, a cloche hat, an opera coat, gazing into a mirror and a stylish open back lavish evening gown and Josephine Baker dancing wearing a banana skirt (my least favorite one).

This is a view of the back of these thin rubber stamps. They would be perfect  and easier to use if they were mounted on wood. But that would make them a lot more expensive. 

Made by Hampton Art. I will have lots of uses for these stamps on cards, in my journals, and making my on gift wrapping.

What craft projects are you using your stamps for lately? Comment below. 

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Necklace Of The Day - Daisy Chain Choker

Gold tone metal Daisy motif choker necklace

A necklace that gets better with age is always a great addition to my jewelry collection. 

I bought two of these necklaces from Limited Express or The Limited several years ago for a very good sale price of a few dollars. It is a dark toned gold tone necklace made of a slightly heavy metal. Over the years the color has become more burnished. The daisy flowers are very detailed and intricately molded.

 The short length of this necklace resulted in deciding to connect the two necklaces together to make it a longer and easier to wear piece. It's a very simple classic design. Because of the flower design it can be worn in warmer months but it's darker hue makes it nice accent necklace for a crew neck lightweight sweater.

The only downside to wearing the necklace is at a certain point in the day, I start feeling the weight of the metal around my neck. But overall I do prefer to purchase costume jewelry that has a bit of heft to it for a better quality of materials.

Another necklace of the day post is here.
 

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Neckace Of The Day - Silver Flower Pendant

I do love pendant necklaces. I have quite a few of them with all different types and sizes of pendants. When any piece of jewelry breaks and cannot be repaired the next I do is to see if the pieces can be hung on a chain or a cord to become a "new" pendant necklace. Recycle and reuse then you always have your own unique DIY accessories.

This silvertone openwork flower pendant necklace reminds me of jewelry from the seventies. I wouldn't wear the clothes from that time but I do like some of the jewelry. I think this silver chain necklace would probably have been worn with a dark brown or mustard colored ribbed turtle neck sweater and hip hugger flared jeans.

This necklace is a lot easy to accessorize than the pendant necklace I blogged about yesterday. As with all of my larger size pendant necklaces, I keep my choice of outfits just solid colors and a streamlined silhouette.

The tassel as the bottom on the silvertone disc is a nice detail that adds a bit of extra movement and sparkle when I wear the necklace. Lesson learned. When I buy another vintage pendant necklace, I will be careful about noticing the actual size of the pendant. I will definitely try it on and look in a mirror to see if I can get a lot of wear out of the piece.

Do you have any pendant necklaces? How do you style them?

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Necklace of The Day - Indian Inspired Openwork Gold Pendant Necklace

This is a beautiful vintage necklace that has been a challenge to wear over the years. I do like it a lot but the almost 2 inches across size of the pendant makes it rather hard to style. Since I don't want to look like Mr. T or a rapper so I have to keep things really simple.

Smaller size vintage pieces are a lot easier to style because they are not overwhelming. This piece makes a big statement sitting right in the middle of my chest. LOL! I find that a high necked shirt is the best way to wear this open worked Indian influenced medallion. No button down tops, no patterned tops just keep the entire outfit simple.

If I wore this necklace with a patterned loose top, I think it will look too sixties or seventies. Not really being a fan of the fashions of those eras, I decided to be very low key when styling my outfit.

I think a bit of research is in order to find more ways to use this necklace that suit me and my style are in order.

Do you have any suggestions on how to style this type of necklace?

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Jewelry Of The Day- Mixing Turquoise Vintage With New Pieces

I just put all my favorite turquoise colored pieces together to make my own custom jewelry set. The flower necklace with the turquoise petals and rhinestone center stone is vintage. The tiny wire and bead drop earrings I've had for years - I got them at a local discount store. The "hand flower" is from Rue 21 recently.

Loved wearing these pieces together. The old mixed with the new to make an entirely new statement. I would have never thought of wearing these together until I thought of the fact that they all have the same color in common.

This is an idea I think I will do more often.

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Necklace of the Day - Turquoise, Silver and Rhinestone Choker

This vintage dainty necklace is puts me in the mind of a bright warm breeze spring day. It looks like the previous owner really loved this flowery piece. Slightly wounded pieces never stop me from wearing them. I love the history and character of vintage jewelry.

This is a very feminine necklace that will compliment any tank top or flirty spring dress. It is just the right length as a choker and sits beautifully on the neck. I really wish I had matching earrings, pin and bracelet for this piece. Research is in order. Maybe there is more to this necklace than I imagined.

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Necklace of the Day - Red Bead with Silver Flat Beads

This is another red colored beaded necklace in my collection. This color can be described as a cranberry. A dark rich warm color. I like wearing this piece in the winter with a black sweater. For spring, any pastel colored tank would compliment this color.

I like the graduated sized beads. Usually I prefer my beads to be small to medium sized. One of the best things about these vintage necklaces is that you can just throw it on and go. It was a statement necklace before there was the term "statement" necklace.

Here is another red necklace I've written about in another post. Link

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Necklace of the Day -Yellow Popcorn Satin Bead Vintage Necklace

The earrings were a simple DIY of just winding thin gold wire through the beads and attach a french hook.

I DIYed this bracelet. I just restrung the beads when the necklace string broke.

Buttered popcorn is what this necklace reminded me of. The beads are a sweet pale yellow and light as air. I have no idea what they are made of but they have a shiny rich satin feel to them. This is definitely a springtime happy necklace. Wearing the entire set will set me apart from a lot of people because this really isn't done anymore. Being matchy matchy don't bother me.

I would love to find this type of necklace in many different pastel colors. I haven't seen any necklaces made from this type of bead material since finding this piece.

This accessory is vintage. So that means it's got a little age on it. With older necklaces the string will wear down and break eventually. I don't panic but take the opportunity to make lemonade out of "loose bead lemons". I just restring the beads as they were before or I make earrings and a bracelet.

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Blue Beaded Choker

Vintage Blue beaded choker Necklace

Blue is one of my favorite colors. So many choices of blue colors in this necklace. I love the beads with the square cut facets. One of the best things about wearing vintage jewelry is that you will definitely not see anyone else wearing your identical necklace.

Water is what this necklace reminds me of. The different depths of waves and ripples in water. Simple gold button earring or tiny gold studs  to wear with this piece.

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Necklace and DIY Earrings of the Day Pale Blue Glass Beads

Vintage pal blue with white marbling necklace and DIY earrings

This necklace is one of my favorites because of the beautiful pale blue sky with white clouds colored glass beads. I love glass bead necklaces. I think glass beads are a lot better quality and color than plastic beads. Because the beads are heavy, I can feel the weight of this piece when I wear it. A sparkle of light reflection is another attribute of glass beads.

This necklace is vintage. The bad thing about vintage necklaces is the string that is holds the beads can deteriorate over time. One day, the string broke. I was able to not loose any of these precious beads so that was a good thing. I restrung the necklace and decided I can make a pair of matching earrings. It was a simple matter of winding gold wire around and through the beads and attaching a french wire. Instant necklace set.

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Necklace of the day 3-20-14

Green Beaded Necklace

The beads on this vintage necklace are usually the biggest size I will wear. There are a lot of different textures happening in this piece. Shiny, gold, cravings and even a suede covered bead.  I wear very simple gold filgree or openwork earrings with this necklace.

I love watching movies from the 50's and 60's to get inspiration on how to style these types of accessories.

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Necklace of the Day - Red and Dark Red Beads

Red beaded necklace

This necklace reminds me of cherries. It is two colors of red light and dark. I love wearing this with a white or black top and gold earrings.

Necklace of the Day

Vintage metal bead choker necklace

Very pretty but heavy is the first impression after putting on this necklace. It is made of small rather solid metal beads and I am always surprised by how much heft it has when I put it on. Besides weighting you down a bit it also has the nerve to be cold to the touch. This necklace was made when jewelry was made out of good solid materials. This is one of the biggest reasons I loved vintage costume jewelry, it is sturdy and well made.

Many of the vintage pieces I have are decades old and have held up so well over the years. Do not get me started on some (but not all to be fair :) of the Forever 21 jewelry that seems to break  in front of your eyes when you look at for too long. And that's while it's still in the store on the display. :)

Red Velvet Box of Treasures

Red Velvet box with pieces of rhinestone and glass costume jewelry

A red velvet box full of broken pieces of  costume necklaces, brooches, and earrings may not seem like treasure to most people but I think this is the best treasure ever. I brought some of these items already broken to make into "new" jewelry or they are too broken for me to repair on my own. I love how they all look sparkling in this sweet little box. There is so much history and memories I wish I knew the entire life history of all of them. They were loved by their owners then passed on to me.

Do you have a jewelry treasure box?

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Necklace of the Day

Vintage multistrand green bead choker necklace

This necklace looks amazing worn with a white shirt either a dressy button down or a casual T-Shirt. This thrifted choker has green plastic beads that are round but flat. I wish I could find more necklaces like this in ever color.

Necklace of the day 3-12-14

Vintage Avon gold rods and pearls necklace

I wore this choker with my business suit for a job fair today

This necklace is really easy to wear. Some chokers look stylish but are heavy and uncomfortable to wear. The gold rod beads and the multi soft toned pearls make this a piece that can be wore with any casual or dressy. I thrifted this a while back and usually I wear very simple pearl studs or  drop pearl or gold bead earrings.

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Artist Tools of the Trade

Royal Langnickel Acrylic art set

This is one of many art sets that I have accumulated over the years. I have been Spring cleaning my art supplies.

Red Bird painting in my journal - acrylicsI

I painted this red bird to in acrylic paint in my current journal. He is not perfect (I love Cardinals) but at least most people would identify him as an actual bird from the planet earth.

This is my most current journal.

Current art/writing journal with vintage rhinestone drop earrings

I think this is the Black Widow character in the pic on the cover. She was cut out of an old super hero calendar I had. The vintage rhinestone earrings I think I may gotten from a yard sale. I must find the right outfit to wear them with.

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