Through My Looking Glass — personal

When I Call Your Name

10 de julio de 2020 • accessories • Alexis • brooch • collect • cookie • costume • Dynasty • fun • Gaslight • gift • individual • Krystle • Lisner • movie • name • nickname • opulent • personal • personalize • play • Spirograph • Stella D'Oro • style • taste • theatre • Thriller • vintage

One thing I’ve noticed over the years of collecting is how easy it is to develop a shorthand for various pieces, whether it’s simply in my own head or when I’m talking about it to another person. I suppose there’s various reasons behind that, aside from it’s far easier to say Dynasty Pin than Vintage Large Pin with Huge Teardrop stones. Or, “you know, that brooch with the big rhinestones.”

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Throwin' It All Away?

24 de junio de 2020 • antique • caution • chance • community • evolution of style • excitement • family • flea markets • fun • garage sales • individual • jewelry • patience • payoff • personal • research • rhinestone • risk • style • The Way We Wore • treasures

I wanted to expand a bit on the theme of people not knowing (or caring) what they have in their jewelry boxes or when they see a bunch of glitter in a case in an antique mall or shop, or sadly, when a friend or relative passes away and no one wants “old-fashioned” jewelry. We are now at a point in time where people who were born before 2001 are from another century. For those of us who were born in that century, it often makes us think of the 1800s and the Industrial Revolution and no indoor plumbing.

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