Through My Looking Glass

Back to the Future

June 16, 2020 • collect • collection • excitement • jewelry • treasures

I enjoy seeing contemporary ads for the jewelry I see or covet, and most of the time what they are selling is glamour and the notion of being someone special. Not so different from today. In fifty or seventy years from now, will people see the jewelry we buy new now in the same way?

What's So Great About Vintage

June 10, 2020 • achievement • antique • brooch • cards • collect • collection • costume • dog • excitement • family • googly • individual • jewelry • rhinestone • star • style • treasures • vintage

That question can be seem as a statement of fervor and joy, in which case you're going to be there for awhile (explaining how your interest began and what you have and what your favorite piece is and why) or it's a question that perhaps you're new to seeing this world, and ask yourself --because you don't get what all the energy and excitement is about.

“What’s With You and Your Junk Jewelry?”

June 1, 2020 • antique • antique shows • brooch • castlecliff • coro • costume • estate sales • excitement • flea markets • garage sales • jewelry • treasures • vintage

At first, all that mattered was the sparkle. Did you feel like a princess? Did it go with an outfit? Maybe it was in the design of your favorite flower, or it was perhaps just so odd that you had to have it.