new vintage

Deer Vase, made in Bavaria. $28.


Lotus Platter, made in Minnesota by the Red Wing Pottery Co. $25.


Speckle Ashtray, made in USA. $44.

vintage loveliness

mexican silver brooch


sterling silver and rhinestone earrings


marcasite and sterling ring

new pieces

Pink Tassel Necklace. I love to take chain tassels apart and put them back together, improved. Here I've replaced the base metal wire with lovely copper wraps that have been antiqued and polished. The tassel is hung on pink vintage Japanese chain. Seriously.


I found a use for this bracelet chain of copper diamonds. (I was stashing it away in all honesty.) A weird thing happens when you buy vintage to sell- some pieces tug at you and are hard to part with. Like you're never going to find anything like it again! So here I've made it into a little charm bracelet. The tiny charm that's hiding is a Finnish penny. (penni)


This pendant was a brooch- the tassels hang in slight graduation.


Chunky Amber cuff links. They were sitting in my "to polish" pile for many months. When the weather got nice I brought a big batch out back and went at them with the dremel and tripoli. The findings are made from Alpaca, a metal alloy used to mimic sterling silver. They fooled me to the point that I almost listed them as sterling, until I noticed the hallmark stamp.


Mary Brooch. These little vintage pieces amaze me. Names and such are spelled out in a single piece of square wire, ending in the pin back. They're usually backed by shell, and this one is carved to look like a pair of kissing love birds.

new vintage

check out the vintage jewelry I just added to the website. Some of the pieces I found in Florida, and others I've had around for a while.


western-inspired lasso cuff links


darkened silver men's nugget ring. hot!


european silver script L brooch. dig the wood grain pattern.


1950's ric-rac earrings


sterling blossom ring

the inside source

while we were away I was contacted by Lexi Green about participating in a story she was doing for the inside source, ebay's new online magazine. She asked me a few questions about being an eco-friendly jewelry designer, then asked me to pick three ebay items I would consider bidding on. it was really perfect, considering how much I was focused on thrifting and antiquing at the moment. check out Lexi's article here, part of her column called the green scene.

florida finds

my new dress

look what i just ordered from frecklewonder. i've been following this site since the wee early days of internet shopping, like back in 2002. it has been a big inspiration to me in setting up my own site, in terms of ease of navigation and good photography. oh and good products too! and wow, it's my first frecklewonder purchase. usually her stuff sells out too fast for me to grab something. so psyched- hope it fits.