junquie finds....

My Mom came down a couple of weeks back for lunch, shopping and a cool antique stop. She had made an appointment with a local dealer to go to his home and look at a collection of buttons, and I went along for the ride. Wasn't I in heaven when he pulled out a few boxes of old costume jewelry! I got to sit at their kitchen table and dig for treasures....

This was part of an old vintage bracelet. The ruby red glass captured my eye immediately, as I knew I had a pair of antique earrings at home that would match. I combined the earrings and bracelet findings to come up with this one-of-a-kind piece!

The Dance

I always have a hard time tagging my pieces over at Etsy. I immediately had thought "folk dance" or "river dance", but one of my fabulous Maine Team members Jamie had thought "moulin rouge". I loved her perspective on the piece!

Speaking of Jamie, we are having a craft night at her house Monday night and she is going to teach me how to paint with her handmade encaustic paint cakes. I've been wanting to learn this ever since Leah and the gang came to stay at the house for an art retreat. The jewelry has kept me too busy to do much else, but I am thinking that sometimes I need to just step away and force myself to play in other mediums, if for anything, just to keep the jewelry fresh!

Ghosts of the Past by Jamie Ribisi

xoxox

posted by: sweetpeas at October 25, 2008 10:02 | link | comments (4) |
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#1  25 October 2008 - 13:10

 

Thank you so much for pimpin' me!! Can't wait to see what you create at craft night! :)
-Jamie

Anonymous

#2  25 October 2008 - 17:28

 

Wow Jes, beautiful necklace. Must have been fun to do.

Hugs,
Carolyn

Anonymous

#3  26 October 2008 - 16:18

 

oo, craft night sounds like so much fun! and thanks for pointing out the encaustic cakes that jamie sells!

gorgeous necklace you made there. moulin rouge is a great tag for it.

miss ya girly girl!
xo
leah

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#4  26 October 2008 - 21:14

 

Great finds for a gorgeous necklace!

Anonymous

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