Beautiful Vintage Valentine’s Day Gifts

Give your loved one a beautiful vintage gift this year, for Valentine's day..

TRIFARI

TRIFARI - "If It Isn't Signed, It Isn't Trifari" Gold-plated necklace from the 1960s - £35 Trifari jewellery is probably one of my most popular vintage jewellery brands that I sell in my Etsy shop "Vintage Jewellery Fun" The reason for its popularity is plain to see - gorgeously elegant designs in plain matt, brushed …

CORO – A HISTORY

CORO - COROCRAFT AND JEWELCRAFT POSSIBLY THE MOST POPULAR JEWELLERY BRAND OF THE 1950s & 60s        When we think of vintage jewellery dating from the 1950s and 60s, the picture that will probably come to mind is a short necklace of enamel-painted leaves interspersed with tiny AB diamanté stones, or perhaps with some tiny faux …

CORO & TRIFARI PATENTED NECKLACES FROM THE PRE-1955 ERA

JEWELLERY PATENTS Recently I have been finding an increasing number of the most beautiful jewellery pieces that date from the pre-copyright era, and these pieces usually have something like 'Pat. Pend.' stamped on the back or 'Patent Applied for' or something like that. Sometimes they have an actual patent number, but usually they have been …

AUTUMN VINTAGE JEWELLERY INSPIRATION

Last Saturday, we went off down to the RHS's main garden at Wisley for a book signing and some Autumnal inspiration - the garden was simply resplendent in its beautiful autumnal colours, and this got me thinking about autumn-inspired jewellery. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, when the biggest vintage brands were in their heyday …

VINTAGE 1960s ETSY FUN !!

LOTS OF BIG BEAUTIFUL BROOCHES AND COLLAR NECKLACES:- What have I been up to during my week off in November ? Well, my Etsy Shop has had a big boost with lots and lots of new items up for sale - come and see my newest vintage lovelies...starting with 3 absolutely choice brooches - as …

MIXED LOTS OF JUNK JEWELLERY FOR SALE !!

My latest items for sale on e-bay uk are mostly the result of me having a bit of a clear-out - some mixed lots of bits and bobs, mostly perfectly wearable, some good for children to wear or play dressing-up games with. Here are the best :- 1. 5 X LUCITE PLASTIC NECKLACES - 1950s …

E-bay : Clear-out Sale in Progress !!

CLEAR-OUT SALE IN PROGRESS...     COME AND SEE MY E-BAY PAGE !! I have recently got fed up with waiting for E-bay to have one of their free listings weekend, and decided instead to list everything that I have in stock that is either due for a half-price reduction in starting price, or really isn't …

**FABULOUS NEW JEWELLERY ITEMS FOR SALE !**

Seeing as E-bay, in their infinite wisdom, decided to give us all a free listing week for the New Year, I went ahead and got in another 30 new bits and pieces in my jewellery listings - so do come and see what I have on offer - bangles, bracelets, and many pairs of earrings …