tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454518529175916222024-03-17T05:51:52.670+11:00My Humble Collections RumblingsStellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-58810995719318973862011-06-21T14:28:00.001+10:002011-06-21T14:31:33.701+10:00PIC OF THE DAY<b><u>AN AMERICAN GIRL IN ITALY</u></b><br />
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I love love love this Photo<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American girl in Italy 1951 by Ruth Orkin</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Visually I love this photo<br />
Its the place... Italy<br />
Its the style of dress, boho even for 1951<br />
It's the fact that this is not a model but a real girl traveler<br />
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<div>This fabulous non model was called Jinx...suits her I think</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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See my awards on the side bar.<br />
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And this award was given to me by Alyssa found here <a href="http://satinsilkandsun.blogspot.com/">Here</a><br />
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So I made my own award and would like to award to to a few new friends I have made from Blogging, all are great Blogs and deserve the award.<br />
UPDATE: I will be posting a link so you can use this award check back soon for the code<br />
<u>MY AWARD</u><br />
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<a href="http://satinsilkandsun.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">http://satinsilkandsun.blogspot.com/</span></a><a href="http://satinsilkandsun.blogspot.com/"></a><br />
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Because Alyssa is a sweet girl with a good blog, and because she gave me my first award.<br />
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<a href="http://privatelegends.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">http://privatelegends.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because Petite has become a good friend, has an amazing Blog, and gave me my second award.<br />
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<a href="http://itsagaylife-jamiessmiles.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://itsagaylife-jamiessmiles.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because it is a great brave Blog and I wish he was my Son !<br />
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<a href="http://justmylittlestory.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">http://justmylittlestory.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because she is the wisest, warmest and kindest women I have ever met, and helps me in my life<br />
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<a href="http://andreashealingjourney.blogspot.com/?zx=d785359bd8d74080"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">http://andreashealingjourney.blogspot.com/?zx=d785359bd8d74080</span></a><br />
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Another wonderful brave women who writes with great depth.<br />
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<a href="http://scoopsrant.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">http://scoopsrant.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because he has a good Blog, is a nice man, and has helped me.<br />
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<a href="http://www.day-and-age-design.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">http://www.day-and-age-design.com/</span></a><br />
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Because it is a really good Design Blog and going places<br />
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<a href="http://sweetsouthernpixie.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">http://sweetsouthernpixie.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because it is a Blog with real feelings, and I love Pix ♥<br />
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<a href="http://art-poems-stories.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">http://art-poems-stories.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because Alex helps me everyday of my life, wants to live in a Forrest, be an Artist, and I wish she was my Daughter<br />
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<a href="http://thefrenchsampler.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">http://thefrenchsampler.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Because I just adore this Blog<br />
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<a href="http://floppysunhat.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">http://floppysunhat.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Another Blog I adore<br />
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I have no idea how you are all going to get your award, I will try to let you all know, but how you can copy and post it I have no idea, just do the best you can, those of you who want to spread my award around, go ahead by all means.<br />
Much Thanks to you all for being in my life<br />
You all give me much pleasure. ♥StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-52226977381033208332011-06-10T16:33:00.010+10:002011-06-11T11:41:51.932+10:001930's FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS by BONNIE CASHIN<b><u>FASHION DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS BY BONNIE CASHIN</u></b><br />
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I found some old fashion illustrations I thought could interest some of my readers<br />
They seem to be from the same illustrator, but are designs from different eras, perhaps the drawings were all done around the same time or maybe they are done over a period of over 40 years...you decide.<br />
All I know is I think them brilliant......<br />
I can see and smell the fabrics used<br />
My commentary is my guess, as to what date the clothing is from... and what fabrics the clothing was most likely made out of.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I have studied fashion design through the ages.... so my guesses are educated ones.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I hope !!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gene Tierney in the film "Laura" costumes by Bonnie Cashin...funny Gene was married to another famous designer in real life Oleg Cassini...so beautiful she was</td></tr>
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</div><div><b><u>NOTE: </u></b><br />
I just found out since I did this post that the sketches are by USA designer Bonnie Cashin.1907 to 2000...well how interesting...I wrote the below before I found out she was a costume designer when young, hence the designs below that I felt were costumes plus she designed in the 1940's for films...her most famous being "Laura" staring Gene Tierney... funnily enough a favorite film of mine...love Film Noir and the clothing in it...but never knew.<br />
She later went on to start her own label...then was head designer for "Coach Bags" for over 10 years...Thank you so much to Scoop who told me the name of the designer find his blog <a href="http://www.scoopsrant.com/">Here</a></div><br />
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This dress I would say just post war 1948 or 49<br />
The top part or bodice would be made of silk jersey or crepe, with the skirt in silk chiffon.<br />
Undoubtedly a night club dress, or a dinner dress, folks dressed for dinner and drinks in those days.<br />
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The image at right would be mid 1930's in era.<br />
The Chinese opium den looks was popular in the late Deco time.<br />
This would be resort wear, over the top resort wear!! bathers or shorts with a Chinese top.<br />
Fabric would be heavy cotton embroidered with thick twine, hat of course straw and ballet type swimming shoes worn in this style often on the Rivera at that time.<br />
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Now this one below is interesting<br />
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I dated this at around 1910 same illustrator ...but when I look closely I think I can see a date of 1913 written in pencil down the bottom of drawing...pretty good guess.<br />
Another evening dress or after 5 dress...I love the slit in the bell like sleeves, and the draping on the hips.<br />
Fabric would have been a heavy silk jersey or crepe de chine, a non shiny silk or perhaps velvet and silk.<br />
Note the brooch detail to the side.<br />
Very Boho indeed....<br />
This one would be my 2nd favorite.<br />
As I love Art Nouveau<br />
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At left..... again exotic beach wear<br />
Bathers, and a Japanese style kimono wrap<br />
Love the hat just a swimming cap with a frame<br />
Again 1930's era<br />
Swimmers would be halter neck, cotton knit as they were in those days...not a good look when wet.<br />
And the kimono would be lined silk.<br />
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This one at right is called Elf<br />
Probably 1920's and a costume again<br />
Perhaps for the ballet<br />
The Ballet Russe was very popular in those days.<br />
Run by Serge Diaghilev a Russian emigre from the revolution.<br />
Painters like Picasso, Chagall and Dali painted backdrops for his ballet's.<br />
Some of his principal dancers included Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova.<br />
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This time left we have early 1950's era<br />
Rather Audrey Hepburn I think, or Katherine Hepburn.<br />
A pants and jacket like this would be worn during the day time.<br />
It was still considered avant guard to wear pants in the early 1950's<br />
I love the teal color combined with the lilac pants.<br />
Fabrics used would likely be cotton padded or quilted for the top, which is a Chinese style again...could be silk... but I doubt it for daytime.<br />
I adore this look and often wear it myself.<br />
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At right pic called Rodeo, maybe another costume for a musical, "Annie Get Your Gun" ?<br />
Era guessing late 1940's<br />
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Something like this would be worn lounging or for an informal dinner or get together<br />
Very geometric Art Deco in all ways.... and would be made in silk<br />
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At right another pants outfit 1930's by the look<br />
I love the ermine trim, on what would be velvet pants, and silk velvet and ermine top.<br />
Worn once again at night for informal wear, or a gallery opening...something very Boho<br />
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I have no idea about this one perhaps late 1940's<br />
maybe a costume again.<br />
No way would a chiffon dress be worn without a slip.<br />
The illustrator or designer might have drawn this way to see dress details better.<br />
Note the corsage worn at the waist very popular at this time.<br />
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Above my favorite...typical 1945 or 46...What a sexy dress...I can see a star of now wearing this.<br />
Note the padded shoulders very 40's Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, she could have worn this.<br />
Of course this is a back view and there would be fabric in the front covering the stomach.<br />
This backless look was very popular in the 40's<br />
A full on evening gown for dinner, dancing and nightclubbing, it would be made of hand painted silk and chiffon.<br />
This has to be one of the most elegant gowns I have ever seen.<br />
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So there are by hidden treasures I hope you enjoyed seeing them, as much as I enjoyed showing you...there are no photo credits as these are mine, if you would like to use them please give me credit.<br />
I leave you with an old 1930,s Vogue cover by the same illustrator...who she or he is ? I have no idea so if someone knows...please alert me.<br />
As stated above the designs are by Bonnie Cashin...so now I know<br />
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I have had some comments from customers in our shop as to why I don't mention Mr Stell much<br />
Well he wants it that way, but has given me permission to say a few words.<br />
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He is from New Zealand originally but has lived in Australia for more than half his life.<br />
However he still retains those quirky Kiwi ways, that most NZ's have.<br />
Far too numerous to list all here.<br />
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What is he like ? well...he is a mass of contradictions...or should I say mess.......either will do in his case<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He is very artistic...a trained </span>upholsterer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> by trade, he is more gifted than most in his field.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He has a way with colors and a good eye for the small details...those ones that make all the </span>difference<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> but you don't really know why.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He makes the best cup of coffee I have ever had in my life, and for our Cafe, this is quite an </span>accomplishment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, for someone who for years has been making the worst cup of instant coffee </span>imaginable !!!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He is now known as a Barrista "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 15px;"><b>extraordinaire"</b></span>he has a real feel and taste for it.<br />
He is a very kind and gentle man, but has his moments of anger, mostly due to injustice of some kind, he is fair but tough...his star sign is Libra<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr Sell fishing in our town</td></tr>
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He is very clean, but will be the first to admit to being as rough as guts !<br />
No tool lasts long once he gets hold of it, his excuse is...they don't make things like they used to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weeding the whole world !!</td></tr>
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He is capable and fast and can turn his hand to most tasks.<br />
You would not call him book learned or scholarly...... yet he is the smartest, most aware man I know.<br />
He loves to read<br />
He loves mushy romantic movies<br />
He loves good music<br />
He loves beautiful things, but would prefer to live without the clutter I create from my collecting.<br />
He has a good business brain without realizing it.<br />
He has always worked hard, but has always been too busy to make a fortune<br />
He is hopeless.... a lost cause on the computer<br />
His great love is our land and cabin in the isolated Aussie bush...this is not our home as such, but a Holiday retreat.<br />
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He is so involved when in the bush...I have a big problem getting him to remember to dress<br />
He is so bull at a gate, to get things done...he forgets to wear clothing<br />
He says he is modest........think again Dear heart !!<br />
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</tbody></table>He has 2 children a boy and a girl and 3 Grandkids that he loves dearly<br />
He loves a beer<br />
He loves me<br />
He loves his cat Hector<br />
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He is as strong as an ox<br />
He is the best host at our Coffee Shop<br />
People love him<br />
He cooks well<br />
He takes good care of me, and tolerates my eccentricities, and lack of good housekeeping<br />
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Mr Stell and my Brother designed the sofas, and Mr Stell upholstered them<br />
They are admired daily<br />
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Quite cool our shop...if I don't say so myself<br />
We make no money<br />
We work hard<br />
And it would not work without Mr Stell<br />
I leave you with another two of Mr Stell's favorite photos....Meditation by the creek and a rainbow at end of day<br />
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</tbody></table>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-64045653224410445132011-05-31T10:17:00.004+10:002011-05-31T12:13:20.052+10:00A QUESTIONNAIRE<div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 678px;"><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the lovely Jamie from Day & Age Design Blog found <a href="http://www.day-and-age-design.com/">Here</a> asked me to do a Questionnaire</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has one of the best Design blogs I have ever seen, informative beautiful photos, and not too serious...you must take a peek</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway here are my answers for what they are worth:</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?</span><br />
<div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No my name is a beautiful Greek or Russian name but has been shortened to make it easy to say</span><br />
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<div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night...no yesterday morning when someone was so sweet and kind to me, I was feeling down and she made my day, and last night watching the end of a good movie....I am a softie</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">No...not at all...I went to so many schools, all taught different handwriting, so it is now a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">complete</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> mess, I write half script half print...even I can't read it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Normally I don't eat lunch meat, ham...rarely or chicken...maybe Tuna or Salmon</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">No...not my own... Step kids, good one too</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Yes.... but I might clash with my strong willed self</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">7. DO YOU HAVE SIBLINGS? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Yes I have a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">lovely</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> younger brother</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Yes I do, but no adenoids, they took them out instead</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">No... but only because of my age and bad back not because I am scared</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Organic puffed brown rice with fruit and yogurt</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Sure... when I can get down to do it, sometimes if my back is killing me, I try to get Mr Stell to do it, often with no luck.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Very... in all ways, strength of body and mind</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I Rarely eat it... and if I do usually some sort of cornetto</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Voice...no idea why...I am </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">vague</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> to a degree ....unless a person is outstanding in some way and it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">doesn't have to be physical,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> I don't really notice faces..they all blend to me, of course I am as blind as a bat. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">15. RED OR PINK?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Pink ...I dislike red</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">My lack of being able to show affection...I am pragmatic and not mushy, a bit like a man affection wise I am afraid.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">My </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">family</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">, they don't live that close... my Mother, my Father, my Brother, my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Step-kids, their children... my Grand children</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> and my two </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">deceased</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> pets Hermes a dog and Saskia a cat</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">18. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Scorpio </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">19. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">No I collect...I own 130 pairs of shoes and love the lot </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">20. FAVORITE MEAL? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Garlic Prawn Pasta...that I cook well </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">21. FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">I am so eclectic in music, hard to say...not main stream..... sort of Indie, laid back blues Jazz even opera and classical...anything that moves me</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Purplely Pink, Cobolt Blue and Sea green I can't choose one </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">23. FAVORITE SMELLS?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">My favorite Perfume Coeur Joie by Nina Ricci </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">25. MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY OR BEACH HOUSE?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">A cabin in the bush...that I own...I am an Aussie after all, and I live in a beach side town</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">27. HAIR COLOR?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Dark brown very long</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">28. EYE COLOR? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">No....but I do wear funny vintage glasses </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">30. FAVORITE HEIRLOOM?</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Surely you jest !!....have you seen my blog..... 2 or 3 hundred pieces...I love them all </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I am not into either really I like film noir, or foreign movies most...and they all have unhappy endings</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Sisterhood of the Ya Ya's or something like that, yesterday night </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">33. FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Again I collect... maybe....my Ya Ya Jeans or my hand painted Joie jeans both from the USA I buy mostly vintage and own so many clothes. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">34. SUMMER OR WINTER? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Winter I hate the heat in Australia</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">35. HUGS OR KISSES?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">36. FAVORITE DESSERT?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">37. STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Walking and Yoga. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">38. COMPUTER OR TELEVISION? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">WOW....I am a fiend for reading.... I have about 5 going at one time...at this moment I am out of books and re reading </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Christopher</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> Isherwood Diaries, I mostly read </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">biographic books.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Nothing...a cheap plain red one... yuk !</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">42. FAVORITE SOUND? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">No contest ...The Stones...been a big fan for years</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">E type Jag </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I have a talent for learning new things, language, design, and making different and unique types of jewelery</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">London England but to Aussie </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">parents, this gives me dual nationality </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">47. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">48. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Loosing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> my Parents or my Partner Mr Stell </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">49. WHAT BRINGS YOU THE MOST JOY?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">My life, who I am now and my family, including my cat </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">50. WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUR YOUNG SELF?</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 678px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">None...You live and learn, you can not put an old head on young shoulders...I would not have listened anyway </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">So there it is...have you learned anything new about me ? I think not...sorry to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">disappoint...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span></div><div class="post-footer" style="border-top-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><div class="post-share-buttons" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0.5em !important; margin-right: 0.5em !important; margin-top: 0px !important; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-email" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=4708340104727960052&postID=2980699394876688028&target=email" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 0px 0px !important; color: #df4f4f; display: inline-block; height: 20px; margin-left: -1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 20px;" target="_blank" title="Email This"><span class="share-button-link-text" style="display: block; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: -9999px;">Email This</span></a><span class="share-button-link-text" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: -20px 0px !important; color: #df4f4f; display: block; height: 20px; margin-left: -1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=4708340104727960052&postID=2980699394876688028&target=blog" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: -20px 0px !important; color: #df4f4f; display: inline-block; height: 20px; margin-left: -1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 20px;" target="_blank" title="BlogThis!">Blo</a><a class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-buzz" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=4708340104727960052&postID=2980699394876688028&target=buzz" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: -100px 0px !important; color: #df4f4f; display: inline-block; height: 20px; margin-left: -1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 20px;" target="_blank" title="Share to Google Buzz">Share to Google Buzz</a></span></span></div></div></div>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-32858711186251757752011-05-24T16:59:00.002+10:002011-05-24T18:03:07.180+10:004 PIECESSo I have been out spending up big time...Not !!<br />
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Not really, I am under strict instructions not to spend, but those that know me.......Well...know that I don't listen.<br />
I did spend around $40.00 when I went to the "Big Smoke" last week<br />
The excuse was...same as always...I can make money on those ha ha<br />
Wrong...because again as always, I fall in love with things and can't live without them.<br />
Curious yet ?<br />
Well you should be....<br />
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<u><b>FIRST ITEM</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1950s Mother of Pearl or Paua Shell Sterling Necklace</td></tr>
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Here we have a circa 1950's possibly from New Zealand MOP that's mother of pearl or [paua shell in NZ] necklace...cost $10.00...good deal.<br />
Seeing that I collect MOP I will keep this, its a little long it should sit just on the base of the neck for full effect....I will remove 2 links and make earring out of the links... see below for results...two birds one stone.<br />
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<u><b>ITEM 2 </b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1950s Lariet necklace</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is another most likely 1950s find<br />
A duck egg blue glass and brass Lariet style necklace.<br />
Lariet is a type of necklace that just ties around the neck instead of having clasps.<br />
I am very fond of this style, esp. with the tassels on the ends, it looks quite elegant on...quite a find I think, also $10.00<br />
I have thought of keeping this...but seeing that I wear mostly silver, and i don't own much other jewelry of this color I will sell it ...it's not going to be easy though...I have thoughts... [I am trying to suppress] of a whole set in this color....<br />
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<u><b>ITEM 3</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1950s Czech glass and brass necklace</td></tr>
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Another distinctively Czechoslovakian glass and AB crystals necklace made with brass or brass gilded gold findings.<br />
This was a good find....the crystals aretopaz color Auora Boralis Czech fired crystals done with a thin film of multi color glaze.<br />
This necklace is slightly "old lady" for me but the beads are amazing, so are the findings and the condition is perfect... for the age it is.<br />
I can see myself taking this apart and using the components or findings for some of my projects...my mind tells me I can make something nicer and more contemporary with it...I love the long cream glass beads.<br />
A steal at $5.00<br />
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<u><b>ITEM 4</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 1940s Brooch or Pin ?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This find is a bit of a mystery, first I have not cleaned it, so I apologize for the dirt you can see, I tried to get the color right by taking a photo in a natural light see above...but it wont show true color which is more like a piece of washed up sea glass.<br />
What is it?<br />
Well at the moment it is a pin or brooch someone has crudely soldered a safety pin on the back.<br />
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That's the back in the pic above<br />
By the look of it I would date it to mid 1940s war years a drop pin was popular then.<br />
But it has had another life by the looks of it, Art Deco necklace would be my guess... or could just be Czech glass buttons, during the war re-invention and recycling was the go....so the plan is to try to revert it back into a necklace.<br />
It's big and made of glass gilt and brass, it would look stunning as a necklace<br />
Sigh* another project...another day.<br />
Also a steal at $5.00<br />
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Another photo of pin:<br />
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OK so how did I go making my earrings mentioned above...<br />
What do you think ? I am pleased....<br />
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So that's them with the necklace<br />
Now the necklace sits well in the nape of my neck and the earring match quite well...the bottom part of the earrings.... the disc's and beads I already had.<br />
They are light but, long and decadent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of my Victorian Sterling Blister Pearl Collection</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>My circa 1900 or before blister pearl collection is another favorite I wear the lot !! all my MOP necklaces and all these rings I can't even find my better ones.....excuse the poor photos my flash did not work.<br />
I will go into Blister pearls another time suffice to say they were a cheap way to buy pearls in the 1800s...real round pearls were rare<br />
They are made from the "blisters" found in abalone shells.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my MOP necklaces</td></tr>
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You can see from the above photo why I wanted to keep the necklace I bought it matches others I own.<br />
I wear all of these together as well as the drop earrings I made today, or another pair of blister pearl earrings I have...yes the lot...I know..believe me I know ...people do wonder, but I do at least wear my jewelery unlike my shoe collection.<br />
But that once again is another post for another day.......StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-34569319042521948442011-05-21T21:40:00.004+10:002011-05-31T12:15:44.086+10:00MEMORIES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I am so sorry to have taken so long to do a new post, it has been a busy time for me of late.<br />
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I was thinking about what to do for a new post....<br />
Of course I have enough jewelry for thousands of posts...<br />
But I thought I should try something different...<br />
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Soon I will be doing a post about another jewelery artist that I just discovered I think she is very good and will be truly famous one of these days, I am just waiting to interview her...I think dear viewers you are in for a visual treat.<br />
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Meanwhile back at the ranch, I have been wanting to show you all some photos of my travels in life ...but I don't really have any, the custodian of our photo's is my Mother and she is not close by...so I will pull out a few random things a write a little.<br />
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<u><b>TIM BUCKLEY</b></u><br />
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For some reason Tim Buckley the musician and Father of Jeff Buckley has been a big influence in my life, why? I don't really know... a lot of good times in my life have happened while listening to his music.<br />
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From Wikipeadea:<br />
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<b>Timothy Charles Buckley III</b> (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalist" title="Vocalist">vocalist</a>, and musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first album (1966) was mostly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a> oriented, but over time his music incorporated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelia" title="Psychedelia">psychedelia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant-garde</a> and an evolving "voice as instrument," sound. He died at age 28, leaving his son <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a> from his marriage to Mary Guibert.<br />
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It's his voice that dose it for me...100% better than Jeff I think, of course he died young of an overdose of drugs so God only know what he would have become, most of the recording he did are not the best, in terms of quality, but one CD I love is called LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR I think the venue still exists in LA<br />
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The raunchiness of the CD astounded me, a bit like Tom Waits only with a much better voice.<br />
As I heard it in a Dress Shop in the middle of Sydney AU I asked the name and promptly went out and bought a copy.<br />
It very quickly became a firm favorite in my collection of Albums.<br />
Next I bought the "Live at the Troubadour" CD...which I thought even better in some ways because you could discernibly feel the pain of life in his voice...it was during some tough times in my life that I listened to Tim Buckley songs, and even now, listening to him brightens my day.<br />
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And this one<br />
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And from "Live at the Troubadour"my favorite listen to that voice sublime !!<br />
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<b><u><i>MY MOTHER</i></u></b><br />
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Last week was Mothers Day, and I wanted to do a post about my Mother but was too busy, so here it is.... better late than never.<br />
I will have to apologize for the quality of my photos, seeing that I have no old photos on the laptop, plus the fact that I have hardly any pics at all at my disposal...these come from old photos that I have re taken with a digital camera <br />
There is so much I can say about my Mother, but I wont blabber on ...first I love her very very much.<br />
Second she was/is very beautiful in my eyes and in the eyes of others as well, maybe not in a traditional way but in an extremely striking way.<br />
She is flirtatious vivacious, funny loving and temperamental often all at once.<br />
She has had a hard life in some ways, but seemed to my child like eyes to conquer most things life threw at her.<br />
Born a middle child she has Greek and English ancestry and spent a lot of happy times with her Greek Grandfather, I think she loved him and his funny Greek ways dearly.<br />
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She met my Father fell in love because he looked like a young Errol Flynn, and at the age of 24 married.<br />
She had trouble falling pregnant and in those days there was not much you could do, but my brother and I came along eventually after quite a few years of marriage.<br />
Soon after we became toddlers my Fathers career with the Australian Government took him overseas as a diplomat.<br />
My Mother and us Kids followed.<br />
One of his fist postings was in Greece for three years...this was the place my Mother wanted to be, it felt like home to her, you know once a Greek...she was the happiest I can remember her ever being.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the beach in Greece..poor quality photo but what a figure</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Eventually my Fathers career took him to more and more places, it was very hard for my Mother as she was still a house wife and Mother, but in strange lands, where she couldn't speak the language, we were always packing and going to new schools, it was my Mum that kept the family unit going as my Father was rarely seen, us kids were usually in bed before he got home, it was a hard life for a woman and a lonely one.<br />
I know how much my Mum suffered mentally, I was there there and old enough to understand, and I was the one she talked to, she had no family or friends for support the Internet did not exist...it was letter days.<br />
Of course we would return to Aussie at times, my Grandmother died while we were overseas.<br />
We did live the good life though in many ways....it was fun for kids, and my Dad I think... but not for Mothers.<br />
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</tbody></table>In those days we traveled by ship or boat a lot, and I think some of my Mum's most fun times were had on the big liners of the day, often my Dad went on ahead and we would be traveling for 6 to 8 weeks.<br />
My Mother was always the belle of the ball, and had men and officers fighting for her attention, she has always been elegant but some of her evening dresses were amazing a different one every night, quite the glamor puss !!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Please forgive the poor quality photos, my Mother Father and Brother in Germany circa 1980's</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>So by the time my Dad retired we had been everywhere man !!<br />
And after settling back in Australia, I think my Mother was a lot happier.<br />
Always a stylish women she has since traveling around the world, bought and sold various homes and units, each one decorated in her unique style.<br />
Both my Brother and I inherited her love of beautiful things, me jewelery of course, and my brother went on to become a very good and renowned Interior Designer.<br />
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</tbody></table>So there it is a brief story about the main female in my life...<br />
Happy Mothers Day Mum...I will love you forever<br />
And you do make the best Pavlova ever !! <br />
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<u><b>YOUNG ME, INNOCENCE PERSONIFIED ?</b></u><br />
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There was a time when I was young and innocent !! hard to believe...I know<br />
Once again I apologize for the quality of the photos they are old and I have re photoed them for this post.<br />
Once I lived a sheltered life...I had few friends as we traveled so often and I went to so many schools that I didn't know much.<br />
The only way I could be called worldly, is because I lived all over the world !!<br />
I did see fantastic places art and wonders, I was well read but green as grass.<br />
When I got back to Australia every so often.... I suffered badly at school ...I was bullied and tormented for being different, the way I spoke the way I looked.<br />
Torture I tell you....but I survived.<br />
Below is proof of my innocence, and I am skiting a bit I was a pretty young thing:<br />
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</tbody></table>And so here ends the story of how I lost my innocence I think I can safely say it was in Germany, well that is the start...the rest is another tale...hopefully with better pics next time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"></div><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Tim Buckley - chase the blues away - live at troubadour"> </span></h1>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-4369438830228140482011-05-18T19:48:00.000+10:002011-05-18T19:48:03.343+10:00What's With? A Series ...: The DEATH of SILENCE<a href="http://psychobabblingbasher2.blogspot.com/2011/05/death-of-silence.html">What's With? A Series ...: The DEATH of SILENCE</a>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-52272757836793852492011-04-18T00:21:00.004+10:002011-04-23T14:12:08.761+10:00CZECH MOLDED GLASS JEWELERYBack to the History of Jewelery !!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art Deco circa 1927 molded or pressed glass Czech necklace</td></tr>
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<u>History of Czech or Bohemian Molded Glass Jewelery</u><br />
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Once again there is not much information on the internet about Czech molded glass.<br />
There are some absolutely stunning wearable pieces of art around....and I have to admit.... a lot of it is owned by me !<br />
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A cottage industry began in the Bohemian cities of Jablonec, Stanovsko and Bedrichov in the 1500s. These glassmakers made beads for larger jewelry factories.<br />
To expand the market for beads, Bohemian "sample men" canvassed Europe and returned with new design ideas. By the 1860s, the Czech bead industry had surpassed its rival, Venice. About the same time, manufacturers developed special molds and machines to produce pressed-glass.<br />
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Pressed or molded beads are associated with lower labour costs. These are made in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_republic" title="Czech republic">Czech republic</a>. Thick rods are heated to molten and fed into a complex apparatus that stamps the glass, including a needle that pierces a hole. The beads again are rolled in hot sand to remove flashing and soften seam lines. By making canes (the glass rods fed into the machine) striped or otherwise patterned, the resulting beads can be more elaborately colored than seed beads. One `feed' of a hot rod might result in 10–20 beads, and a single operator can make thousands in a day.<br />
The Bohemian glass industry was known for its ability to copy more expensive beads, and produced molded glass "lion's teeth", "coral", and "shells", which were popular in the 19th and early 20th century Africa trade.<br />
Czech bead-making suffered setbacks because of two world wars, the Great Depression and Communist rule. Today, the industry has been revived, and Czech bead makers are again among the world leaders in bead manufacturing and exports.<br />
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Czech molded glass pieces of jewelery came to the fore around 1900</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Travel had become very popular to those with money, a tour of Europe was not uncommon at all... for the rich.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">People traveled often by boat [think Titanic] and night after night it was De Rigueur to wear different outfits and jewelery, and so started costume jewelery, a lot was made in Czechoslovakia....but often Czech beads were imported and made into jewelery in London, Paris, New York.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Art Nouveau or Arts and Craft's style was very popular and fancy pressed glass suited the style well.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The above photo is a set of mine in faux Jade molded glass, I said a few posts back that even though I own real jade, I am just as happy or even happier to own fake jade.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The pieces above vary in era some have been made or at least been modified by me, but they are around the 1915 circa.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These earrings I wear with the above set [flash makes the color look different] are fake or a copy. New made in Paris and most likely Czech molded glass made to look Art Deco....not many people years ago had pieced ears [except for some European country's] and earrings were usually screw back.<br />
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</tbody></table>Then came the machine age or Art Deco...the typical "Flapper" girl loved to wear jewelery shapes were becoming more square less rounded and flowing my first photo... the blue molded glass necklace circa 1927 shows this style to perfection.</div>Of course the long flapper length necklace or lariat was extremely popular too and many of the beads used were molded or pressed glass.<br />
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</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The above two photos should have been all together but I forgot one ! and I am missing one earring too.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">All these necklaces [yes I wear the lot together] are Czech molded glass,and are original... so are the earrings although I modified them for my pieced ears they are transitional half Deco half Nouveau circa 1920.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Made in brass but silver plated you can see some wear but I think it adds to the beauty.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">You will find that a lot of Czech pieces were not signed, and if you do have a piece signed usually Bohemia or Slovakia or Czechoslovakia, it will be worth a lot more.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The above two sets that I own, are similar in color but there are subtle differences.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Green was a very popular color in molded glass, but another popular color was coral a particular favorite of mine......but then again.... I love molded glass so much I don't really care what color they are...all the colors were very vibrant...I think that's one of the reasons they are so beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFkJ14JlXGgTMK-PrKACz_kUsGNPVpBhIzk0BN9nTy0rLaEItKRmrGWhgaRi_HDH321Xih7jwXJIRWaAngcJuQovxzeP2v5GraQ6yRvBVr_EKwHM5LsadndiGUIIHRDNGWOsaQICcVP4Z/s1600/11+a+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFkJ14JlXGgTMK-PrKACz_kUsGNPVpBhIzk0BN9nTy0rLaEItKRmrGWhgaRi_HDH321Xih7jwXJIRWaAngcJuQovxzeP2v5GraQ6yRvBVr_EKwHM5LsadndiGUIIHRDNGWOsaQICcVP4Z/s640/11+a+3.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">So here is part of my coral set.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The necklace on the right with the marcasite is Czech original circa 1930 to 35 the other necklace I made [because I needed something to go with it]... out of vintage old stock Japanese pressed glass !.... so it is very similar in style.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The drop earrings I also made myself from molded glass beads most likely Czech...I tried to make them to match or blend with both necklaces.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Of course molded or pressed glass was used for all types of jewelery, rings, earrings, necklaces and brooches and pins [I took no photos of brooches today will do a future post on them]</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Above are two interesting necklace....both are pressed glass done to look like the stone carnelian...the long one done in the Chinese style that was popular in the 1920's [think opium dens] the shorter one made by me from a brooch, is done in the "Egyptian Revival" style also in vogue in the 20's because of finding King Tuts tomb...but both are Czech.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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The top two are circa 1930.<br />
The bottom two are Art Nouveau circa 1010<br />
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So The Czechs continued to make pressed glass during the late 1940's after recovering from the revenges of World War 2.<br />
Items made during the 1950's and 1960's were good... but the early era' of 1900 to the late 1930's were never surpassed it was the heyday of vintage Czech molded glass.<br />
Molded glass is still made to this day, and imported all over the world for jewelery makers...a lot of "old stock" is also floating around along with vintage findings from the day...so it is not so hard to make your very own molded glass heirloom,<br />
I buy as much as I can.... and stash it away, for that time in my life when I will have enough energy to make things again.<br />
What is the value of vintage Czech glass pieces ? It really is hard to say....it has taken me years of buying and study to even know when a piece is Czech let alone the era, the fact that a lot of it is not signed, some things were made for the tourist market other's not...but the price for a good quality piece is right up there....a really good necklace in great condition could fetch a $700.00 more or less.<br />
Below is an example of a necklace that I sold... the Women who bought it is paying it off...it sold for $500.00 which is a bit cheap really as it includes earrings [I could not find them for the pic]<br />
It is transitional circa 1920 signed Slovakia on the clasp and made partly with molded Uranite glass !! or vasaline glass so it should have been more.... she got a deal.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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</div>As I said there is not a great deal of info about Czech molded glass...but I hope you have leaned a bit...maybe you will recognize something in Grandmothers box of treasures.<br />
I am sorry if all the photos are annoying... but I have had to a bit... let my pic's of my collection do the talking at least to a certain extent.<br />
All photos are my own unless stated other wise.<br />
I would like to thank Wikipedia for parts of this post<br />
And I would like to especially thank Jane Haley Clark owner of *Morning Glory Antiques & Jewelery* <a href="http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/collectCzech.html">Here</a> for use of the next lot of photos so you can see some beautiful examples of Vintage Czech molded glass remember to see is to learn !!<br />
Til next time enjoy<br />
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</div>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-82251447863684186412011-04-15T21:33:00.002+10:002011-04-16T12:33:27.799+10:00TIP OF THE WEEK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQ2LoSqUxyDC0ULCFIZOsSMy6uGcVdcBK8U2-jek2O2PnxA2gD0SLwQ0LjQz5yeopYQ7PXLaeecvdzGcVX-1f61GNC-bjbpoG3rmLP_Q8CiSxrwpwIbW3CvvdeN75kEsOfDL0Z3x9FhzB/s1600/1+a+ok+117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQ2LoSqUxyDC0ULCFIZOsSMy6uGcVdcBK8U2-jek2O2PnxA2gD0SLwQ0LjQz5yeopYQ7PXLaeecvdzGcVX-1f61GNC-bjbpoG3rmLP_Q8CiSxrwpwIbW3CvvdeN75kEsOfDL0Z3x9FhzB/s640/1+a+ok+117.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
Do I have any right to give out tips ?<br />
Who knows.... I have learned a few things in my life<br />
Are they useful ?... again who knows ?<br />
My brain is just full of random ideas <br />
Do I like to tell people what to do...hell yes I love it !!<br />
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So my tip of the week is:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Taking care of your face in a hot climate</u></span><br />
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See the above photo.....<br />
Well I live where that photo was taken, all year round we have sun, the sunlight is strong ...even in winter..it is Australia.<br />
About 20 years ago I started to notice my face had brown splotches on it, and I had a V neck.... a brown blob where my neck and chest was exposed to the elements.<br />
The rest of me was OK.... as I have olive sallow skin.<br />
Now 20 years ago.... were the days when we did not wear sunscreen as an everyday thing, nor hats...It was well before.... slip slop slap...that means slip on a top, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat..or something similar.<br />
What to do?<br />
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Use a good sunscreen....<br />
I have used them all....the above is the currant favorite it has won some world awards as being best or most popular sunscreen...no wonder...not greasy, light,.... you would not know you are wearing it.<br />
If I need some colour.... I will use "Invisible Zinc Tinted Sunscreen" you know the one Jerry Hall and Georgia Jagger tout <br />
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I wear it everyday.. never forget.... Summer and Winter.<br />
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*Shout's* It works I tell you !!<br />
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Hats.....<br />
Now as you can imagine I collect hats....<br />
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I can't be bothered doing a photo of all my hats but the one above is a vintage sun bonnet... perfect to protect your face from nasty sun rays.<br />
Not any old hat is good enough...it should protect the sides of your face and neck...needless to say, when I wear this old dear bonnet/hat, Mr Stella wont go out with me !! ...... but I don't care it works !! [when I can see where I am going].... I did warn you I am slightly eccentric....I am well known for my hats in certain circles !<br />
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Wear a scarf....<br />
Around your neck... to protect your neck and chest area from sun damage.<br />
Once again... [this is getting quite boring I agree]...I collect vintage scarf's.......silk and crepe de chine being particular favorites, the above photo is just a few I pulled out of the wash......obviously ! because of the creases in them ..[I have trouble with hand washing..I never have enough time]<br />
No matter how much botox, or face lifts a women can have...the dead give away to age...... is the chest and hands...so one should protect both.<br />
A beautiful scarf and SPF 30 hand cream, is the way to go.<br />
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Exfoliate...<br />
In a hot climate it is very important to wash away all the salty sweat from wearing a hat and sunscreen.<br />
Any grainy scrub will do..... I use the one above at the moment.<br />
But sometimes I use crushed aspirin [yes the headache sort] mixed with water or cleanser as it contains salic acid, the same stuff they use in professional face peels.<br />
I also use plain yogurt and honey ...yum...leave while in the bath then rinse with a facecloth.<br />
Or I rub my face with paw paw or papaya a great natural exfoliator<br />
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Replenish...<br />
In other words, use a serum or cream or some sort of treatment to re moisturize your face.<br />
I use this Avon face brightening serum at the moment combined with the same Skin Brightening hand cream, that has a factor 15+ sunscreen.... then apply whatever I can find that's thick and gooey..... some random cream... [I own lots]<br />
This stuff also clears the face...strips it in fact .... using AHA's that take a layer of skin off the face to brighten, and get rid of any discoloration.<br />
Then I use a cream..... a good one ....I am using Olay Regeneriste Night Cream at the moment, but I also use oils, say Trilogy Rose Hip oil..... pure and renowned, Vit E capsules [just prick a tablet and use on face] or anything that works to saturate the face with goodness.<br />
Good skin care doesn't need to cost the earth ....regularity of product use is the key.<br />
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I also use a good eye cream, and Sun Glasses at all times while outdoors<br />
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The End.......I hope I have saved one face from the revenge's of sun so therefore of age<br />
Note: I am definitely not being paid to promote above creams yet !! lets hope eh...one dayStellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-28321002892073271252011-04-14T21:00:00.000+10:002011-04-14T21:00:39.270+10:00THOUGHT OF THE DAYWhat are my musings today......<br />
I have been thinking [it is my day off work] that I really enjoy reading some of the fantastic blogs I have discovered, while browsing others blogs to learn... about blogging in general.<br />
In the course of the last few weeks... some how I have aimlessly stumbled across some fabulous sites.<br />
Of course I have read blogs from time to time, but until I started my own, I never really followed one.<br />
Now I do... and I can hardly wait to read more.<br />
Ahh for the luxury of time <br />
So Thank You !! to all out there who do blogging because you have given me a lot of visual and mental stimulation this week.......<br />
And I have needed it.<br />
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On another note, I went to *The Big Smoke* today [a bigger Town] and as this is a visual blog about collecting... I will show you what I wore, it's no big deal...but I felt I looked OK<br />
I had to chop off my head because to take your own photo is not easy... and my head looked terrible..sorry about that !! but believe me when I say you are better off by a mile not seeing it !!<br />
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I collect vintage Chongsams, this one is silk, hand made, and a little too big so I used a soft leather belt tied a bit higher up than normal to show the lines a bit better, and so as to not cut me in half,,,I am small.<br />
The Handbag is wool...made by a crafter in my area.<br />
I cut my shoes out but they are very cute kitten heels with a front bow in the same colour as the bag.<br />
The only jewellery I wore was a pair of enamel drop Art Deco earrings, that you can just see if you look hard and my signature silver and ivory bracelets [also cut out by cropping]<br />
I felt and cool/comfotable as it was a beautiful day, but the looks I got from the old folks at the harware shop certainly did nil for my self esteem.<br />
What is a strange big Town girl doing in a small town ? I have to ask myself...but that my dears is a question for another day.StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-3968714827967898672011-04-12T14:09:00.001+10:002011-04-16T12:48:02.952+10:00CAMPHOR GLASS JEWELERY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large Camphor Glass Necklace circa 1920..Rhodium plate.</td></tr>
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It has been quite hard work because there is not much information on the Internet regarding camphor glass jewelery... plus I had to take quite a few photos...unfortunately some of my necklaces are so tangled at the moment that I could not photo some of my better one's...but will do so in another post..maybe Edwardian Jewelery, because they are that too.<br />
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Most Camphor glass... is cloudy white glass, that is either blown or pressed, but it can come in other stunning colours but that did not happen so much until the early 1930's<br />
Characterized by the star-burst pattern carved into the glass usually on the reverse of the piece with more than likely either a small diamond, piece of marcasite or a symbol of some kind as a center stone.<br />
Pieces can be round, square, oval, or rectangle..rectangle seems to be the most popular.<br />
Camphor Glass pieces started to be made first around 1890 mostly as mourning necklaces or brooches, and were made right up to the early 1940,s.... becoming perhaps most popular in the late 1920's to mid 1930's.<br />
Reproduction pieces have been made in the last 20 or 30 years and it is really not easy for the lay man to tell the difference, it's just a little thing here or there a clasp perhaps...take for instance there were no safety clasps on pins back before 1930 they used C clasps.<br />
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Take the above photo for example... Camphor glass piece on the left is circa 1910 it is made of pot metal that was most likely Rhodium plated but has now worn away...but the tiny bit of rose gold leaves and paste stones remain, same with the necklace on the right.....not camphor glass just paste, but rhodium plate remains as does the gold or gilt high lights.<br />
How do I know the era of these 2 pieces ? ..well style is Art Nouveau all swirls, paper link or crinkle cut chain, which was popular at that time and the clasp that is original to the pendant on the right.<br />
I own these two... and the one on the right is most likely Czech made although unmarked.<br />
I also own the necklace in the first photo, I would think that to be 1920's in era because the shape is more Art Deco it would have been a cheap molded piece back in the day.<br />
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The two rings above are mine also.... the one on the right being my all time favorite ring, it cost me a fortune...It is Art Nouveau so turn of the century and Sterling...see the pretty light green enamel in the center.<br />
The ring on the left is cheaper and just rhodium plate circa 1930.<br />
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Camphor Glass is extremely rare and good pieces cost the earth, I have been collecting it for over 10 years, I hate to let better pieces go but sometimes I do sell it...either to buy something else,to up grade my collection or because I need the money.<br />
The last piece I sold was a 1900 mourning necklace in all original condition... I was paid close to $700.00 AU so that gives you a bit of an idea of what it is worth.<br />
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It is quite rare to get a *set* of camphor glass like the one seen above... that once again I own... but is for sale in my shop.<br />
Age of this one ? I cant say for sure....it could be a reproduction, I removed 2 extra dangles from the original necklace to make myself a pair of earrings...so the above has been corrupted by my own little hands !! tis what happen often over time.<br />
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This one is all original except for the chain it is Sterling, and once again around 1900 era... center is marcasite.<br />
I have to admit I have never seen camphor glass jewelery made in gold or yellow gold, it all seems to be sterling, pot metal, rhodium plate or white gold.<br />
It seems that it was often made as pieces of jewelery for "groups" during the 1930's like Stone Masons or Scouts or Women's Associations even for Sorority pins and rings.<br />
Most camphor glass comes from USA or Czechoslovakia it is impossible [almost] to find in Australia, I have had to import all but one of my pieces.<br />
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Above is another old one Art Nouveau, base metal is silver tone it was probably once rhodium plate, center is a small purple paste stone...and yes I own this too !! another favorite.<br />
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The above pendant is reproduction, this is just to try and show you the difference....I inserted the coral flower center and intend to make a matching chain at some stage.<br />
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I am afraid this is as far as I can go re my knowledge of camphor glass jewelery... if you have questions please feel free to contact me...as I said there is not much info out there...I just hope that some of my photos have explained what I can't in words... about the rarity and beauty that is antique camphor glass.<br />
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I leave you with some more photos of colored Camphor Glass pieces....no I do not own them...but I wish I did....<br />
I credit on line seller: <u><b>Aged and Opulent Jewelery</b></u> for use of the photos... here is a link to her store<br />
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<a href="http://www.agedandopulentjewelry.com/category_524/Camphor-Glass-Jewelry.htm">Where to Buy</a><br />
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Beautiful aren't they ? .....I just wish...<br />
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Can also be found on eBay... but be careful to buy true vintage and not reproductions.StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-62395986641495183502011-04-11T15:23:00.001+10:002011-04-11T22:09:03.367+10:00INTERESTING PERSON OF THE WEEK<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ANITA PALLENBERG</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Anita Pallenberg....what a Gal !!<br />
I have been fascinated by this women for as long as I can remember....<br />
What is she ? Who is she ?<br />
Legend in her own life, the epitome of Rock Chic, Muse to many, famous for just being who she is.<br />
My life long love of "The Rolling Stones" was started by my parents, who actually saw them perform live at the height of their fame in 1972.<br />
But my obsession with Anita started after I had seen the 1970 film "Performance" in which she stared with Mick Jagger and James Fox, of course it was a bit before my time but it was playing in an Art House cinema when I was about 17.<br />
I was awe struck.... by the opulence of the film, the decor, the clothing, the times and the androgynous relationship between Anita and Mick.<br />
I fell in love with both !!<br />
To this day I think my taste is influenced by that movie.<br />
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I am going to try and wing it here, without copying someone else's write up so if I get dates and other things wrong... don't sue me !! I am no good writer...<br />
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Anita was born in Rome during the 2nd World War in 1944... her Father was Italian and her Mother German or visa versa.<br />
She became a model and actress quite early, and traveled the world, she could speak quite fluently in 3 or 4 languages.<br />
She first met "The Stones" around 1966 when backstage after a show, she offered them some hash.<br />
Soon after Brian Jones... one of the founding members of the group took a fancy to her and they got together, at that stage she had already found her fashion footing, and she influenced the whole band in dress style, especially after they traveled together to exotic places like Morocco.<br />
Brian was a bit of a handful... and at times abused her verbally and physically.<br />
So Keith Richards...good ole "Kif" comes to the rescue on more than one occasion.<br />
And then he fell for her hook line.... <br />
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</tbody></table>Around 1970 The Stone's went to France as tax exiles, because of the amount of money they were loosing to British tax at that time.<br />
Brian Jones was by then dead...he drowned in his swimming pool after being sacked by the band....more than likely it was drug related.<br />
They choose the South of France as a base and decided to make an album there...that album was to become the much acclaimed "Exile on Main Street"<br />
Keith and Anita rented The Villa Nellcote near Nice as their home away from home.<br />
Villa Nellcote was where a lot of the album was recorded, in the basement of the house.... that during the war was a Nazi Headquarters.<br />
It was a very famous... opulent and debouched time in the legend and history of the band.<br />
As well as most of the band living there while recording was going on, there were a lot of visitors, John Lennon, Gram Parsons and Spanish Tony the resident drug dealer... among others.<br />
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</div>The frictions between band members at that time are legendary.... most of it having to do with Keith and Mick, did Mick and Anita get it on ? I say yes without a doubt, there are rumors that the sex scenes in Performance were real ...and there was some debate as to who was the Father of Keith and Anita's next child...called Dandelion..but now known as Angela.<br />
The couple struggled on after the long awaited final release of the double album, traveling the world, using drugs and at some stage loosing another child [Tara] to cot death or phenomena at 6 weeks , their turbulent drug fueled life together came to an end around 1980 after Keith was arrested in Canada in possession of Heroin.<br />
After a bit of hard work Keith cleaned up his act to a degree, and became at least not quite so dependent on Heroin, but unfortunately Anita didn't.<br />
Kieth's lawyer told him Anita was not a good influence apparently... and that was the end of that...they never married.<br />
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Kieth went on to marry and have more kids, Anita continued her lifestyle for quite a while, until she too got clean.<br />
She lives... I think.. in London and Paris today, she has a good relationship with Kieth her kids and Grand kids she is still a fascinating women, and muse to many, including that other iconic women Kate Moss.... and is still good mates with Mick's ex Marianne Faithfull another legend in her own time.<br />
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</tbody></table>Publishers are begging for her to write a tell all book...but her mystic is still intact, she has refused so far... unlike Keith Richards.StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-38088444872629933142011-04-10T13:04:00.002+10:002011-04-10T13:20:52.418+10:00FIVE THINGS I LOVEI got to thinking... being that this is a blog about collecting...well mostly....whats the the things I love most.<br />
I love lists of things. <br />
But problem !!...there are so many that I think I will have to make, say a monthly post of 5 things at a time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No1}</b><b> My Cat "Hector"</b></span> I love my cat he is my little big man, here he is getting ready for Christmas ...lucky it was my Dad's plate he was sitting on.....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No2}</b> <b>Books</b></span>...I love reading, mostly obscure random autobiography's here is 3 I have been reading this month.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No3}</b> <b>Vintage Perfume</b></span>...Of course I collect vintage perfume why? because I don't like the new synthetic perfumes much.... this is just a small selection of what I own...my favorite is "Coeur Joie" by Nina Ricci it is just sublime... very rare and very expensive, I bought some when I did have money.. it stopped being made in the 1960's although sometimes they bring out special editions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No4}</b> <b>Australian Pottery</b></span>...I have been collecting these Vases and pots since I was a teen, I just love the colors and dripping glazes...photo was taken in my Cafe where I use them as decoration not for sale...ever...painting at the back is another of my brother's the artist, it is for sale !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No5}</b> <b>Antique Art Deco and Art Nouveau Rings</b></span>....I own a hundred or more.. sets in different colors one for each finger, most likely one of the best collections I have ever seen [she says modestly] this is just a few I could be bothered to find today, stunning I think..<br />
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OK now that's done...What are your first 5 favorite things ?StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-31432641174879061132011-04-09T09:28:00.004+10:002011-04-09T09:59:59.850+10:00MY CREATIONS<div style="font-family: inherit;">I made a moonstone necklace yesterday and thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about moonstone</div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The moonstone is characterized by an enchanting play of light. Indeed it owes its name to that mysterious shimmer which always looks different when the stone is moved and is known in the trade as 'adularescence'. In earlier times, people believed they could recognize in it the crescent and waning phases of the moon.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">In their uncut state moonstones are rather unprepossessing and afford little idea of what it is that actually constitutes their charm: that mysterious shimmer of light. For that shimmer is not really shown to advantage until the art of the cutter has been brought to bear. Classical moonstones are always cut as cabochons, the most important thing being the correct height of the stone. The cutter must also align the axes of the crystal precisely into the zenith of the stone, for that is the only way in which he will bring about the desired light effect.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">This gemstone is surrounded by a good deal of mystique and magic. In many cultures, for example in India, it is regarded as a holy, magical gemstone. In India, moonstones are also regarded as 'dream stones' which bring the wearer beautiful visions at night. In Arabic countries, women often wear moonstones sewn out of sight into their garments, for in their cultures the moonstone is a symbol of fertility.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The moonstone symbolizes our being in its entirety. With its soft shimmer, it strengthens our emotional and subconscious aspects. The associations connected with that make it a "lovers' stone", evoking tender feelings and safeguarding the true joys of love. It is also said that wearing a moonstone strengthens our intuition and our capacity to understand.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you to the ICA website for use of information about moonstone.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Stone of "Love" I like that...</span></i></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">But my favorite era of jewelery is Art Nouveau so if I make myself something, it is usually in that style or at least a style that blends with Nouveau.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I even find with commissions or if I make an item for my shop it ends up looking Art Deco or Art Nouveau....just part of my style I suppose.</span></i></div><br />
Art Nouveau facts state, the word, 'Art Nouveau' was named after an avant-garde Paris shop, 'La Maison de l'Art Nouveau' in 1900, and was known by that name in France, Belgium, Holland, England, and the United States.<br />
Just a quick note about Moonstone jewelry and Art Nouveau jewelry....<br />
<a href="http://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/invest-in-moonstone.html" target="_new">Moonstone</a> along with chalcedony, horn and glass were popular materials used in jewelry during the Art Nouveau period. <br />
<b><span style="color: #544f40;">Non-precious gemstones and materials were chosen for desirability as a motif and Not for their expensiveness. </span></b><br />
I can see it now. <a href="http://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/chanel-costume-jewelry.html" target="_new">Coco Chanel</a> in typical Chanelian style, wryly smiling at the above statement, drawing deeply on her cigarette, while fingering those long ropes of pearls. <br />
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Reference:Pearsall, R., 1999, <i>A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Jewellery,</i> Todtri Publishers, New York.<br />
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There is also <b>"moonstone glass"</b> again quite beautiful it is made everywhere now, but was once mainly made in Czechoslovakia from the turn of the century until the second world war started.<br />
I love the glass just as much as the real thing probably more if I think about it,... it can be pored into interesting shapes and then carved or made into intaglios, interesting shaped beads and cabs.<br />
I use vintage components, findings, and beads when I can, I also use broken jewelery and sometimes antique brooches so that my creations look "real" or I should say are real just recreated by me.<br />
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</tbody></table>The long necklace in the front is the one I just made, the moonstone beads are real and as you can see hard to take a photo of.. because of the luminosity...the 2 necklaces behind I made as well with vintage findings....both as well as the drop earrings are made from moonstone glass mixed with etched crystal.<br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a photo of some of my moonstone rings, and yes I wear all of them at once !! as I wear all my necklaces at the one time, and I do own more than the above photo, they are just the ones I made</i>.</span></div><br />
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Although fully trained in all aspects of drawing and painting with a Diploma in Arts, his great love is abstract.<br />
He is gaining a following in Australia with his large colorful thick oils canvas.<br />
His latest works are inspired by Global Warming, I wish I could remember the names he has given the ones below ....but I will add that when I can.<br />
What do you think?<br />
Anyone interested in buying a painting please contact me.<br />
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</tbody></table>I love this photo of Natasha Rambova, from the early 1920's ...she was famous for being married to Rudolph Valentino The great movie star matinee idol of early non speaking movies.<br />
But she was much more than that and led a very interesting life:<br />
A BIT ABOUT HER:<br />
Primarily famous as the wife of screen idol <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884388/">Rudolph Valentino</a>, Natacha Rambova was also a talented dancer and an innovative set designer, bringing the Art Deco style to Hollywood for the first time. At the age of 17 she became a protégé and lover of Russian ballet Svengali <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467185/">Theodore Kosloff</a>, a brilliant but manipulative dancer who shot her in the leg when she finally escaped from his dance company. She was engaged as an art director by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623417/">Alla Nazimova</a>, the exotic, histrionic bisexual actress. Rumours abounded that Rambova herself was sexually involved with Nazimova, but none have ever been proven, and Rambova professed to dislike the lesbian subculture.<br />
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Rambova's set designs and costumes were enormously innovative, influenced by Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Legendary French artist <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062223/">Erté</a> professed himself a fan of her work. Her dramatic set and costume designs for Nazimova's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013571/">Salome</a> (1923/I) were based on Aubrey Beardsley's famous illustrations for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928492/">Oscar Wilde</a>'s play.<br />
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She met <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884388/">Rudolph Valentino</a> when he was working with Nazimova on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012027/">Camille</a> (1921/I). At the time he was relatively unknown, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012190/">The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</a> (1921) (made the same year) being the hit that propelled him into the stratosphere. Soon, the shy Valentino began wooing the exotic former ballerina, and they eloped in May 22nd 1922. This event was to produce a scandal, as it was revealed that Valentino was not legally divorced from his former wife <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009931/">Jean Acker</a>. After being charged and fined for bigamy, the couple quietly re-married the following year.<br />
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Valentino's association with Rambova was to prove both his greatest pleasure and his greatest pain. She immediately took over the management of his career, rejecting his usual stereotypical roles as a grunting Italian Stallion in favor of highbrow pictures such as the disastrous <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015145/">Monsieur Beaucaire</a> (1924), a powdered-wig drama which did nothing to allay rumors that theirs was a 'lavender marriage' - a union of convenience between two homosexuals. Despite Natacha's admirable aim to free her husband from the constraints of the studio and eventually begin a production company of their own, his career was in tatters. Anxious to get his career back on track, he signed contracts with producers, who expressly forbad Rambova to come to his film sets.<br />
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The painful end to their marriage in 1926 came though, because Valentino wanted to have children, while Rambova didn't. His career was back on track, but little more than six months later, he was hospitalized. On his death bed, he asked for Rambova wanting her by his side, but she was in Europe. When she heard of his dire condition, she too reached out to him, and she and Valentino exchanged loving telegrams. She believed that a reconciliation had taken place. But his condition worsened and he soon died of a ruptured stomach ulcer. Rambova was reportedly devastated. Natacha left America for Spain after her marriage to Alvaro de Urzaiz in the 1930s. Reporters remarked that her second husband physically resembled Valentino, suggesting that Rambova never got over her first husband. She lived through the Spanish Civil War with him, but her second marriage ended in divorce, for the same reason that her first marriage ended, because her husbands wanted children, while she didn't. Her interest in mysticism evolved into scholarly study of ancient cultures and Jungian psychology. Her collection of Far Eastern and Egyptian art was of museum quality.<br />
Thank you to IMBb for the write up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Rudi what a beautiful couple !!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Just a quick thought before I have to go the funeral of another Grand Dame.<br />
She was eccentric she was colorful, she spoke her mind, and her laugh always made my day.<br />
She was not famous but she was like an eccentric old Aunt to me....<br />
She came into our shop sometimes twice a week, she was our greatest supporter, and a wonderful asset to our town.<br />
I will miss you Tess.....StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-32796412214768518512011-03-22T10:25:00.002+11:002011-03-22T12:20:53.240+11:00DRAGONS BREATH JEWELERYDragon's Breath stone Jewelery is my very favorite stone in Jewelery Making and Collecting, its very rare quite expensive especially items that are Art Nouveau or around 1900 to 1915.<br />
I have quite a big collection, but have been looking and buying for it for over 10 years, it's treated glass, not a gem stone.<br />
First made in Czechoslovakia ....I think although you can get Mexican pieces, not that much is known about it, I do have some stones I intend to make things with, but they are vintage I don't think it is made anymore but if I am wrong please feel free to correct me.<br />
Here is a little blurb from an article written by another collector I hope she wont mind I don't know her name but she goes by the name of wwflygirl on eBay so thank you to that source.<br />
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{ Dragon's Breath is the name given to a rare and highly collected man-made glass stone that was used in jewelry making around the early 1900's. Most of the settings you find are 925 sterling, but you will find the stones in other vintage costume settings as many jewelry makers used the stone later in what we know as the vintage jewelry era.<br />
Dragon's Breath is the name given to a rare and highly collected man-made glass stone that was used in jewelry making around the early 1900's. Dragons breath was made by adding metal to the molten glass. This is what gives it the electric blue and purple flashes or ripples inside the stone. The stone is usually seen in an oval or round cabochon shape (rounded and smooth top), but you will see other shapes. The stone is un foiled and transparent. The colors have a mixture of orange, red, yellow, and sometimes even a rose tint. Then depending on the angle that you view it, there is an inner fire of beautiful streaks of electric blues and purples that seem to just levitate inside the glass. At some angles you can see more of the blues and purples. Other angles you may see only small amounts and again at other angles you may see none. This blue and purple "breath" inside the red orange glass is what gave the stone it's name and has captivated many into becoming collectors of this mystical stone.....end of quote }<br />
I have not had time to take photos of my own personal collection, which includes 6 or 7 rings, earrings and necklace's but here are a few examples that I googled until I get my own things photographed.<br />
Last photo's are of me a while ago wearing some of my set, a little hard to see in detail and I had to crop my head because believe me I look terrible face wise, I think I need a nice young model .....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Necklace is Art Nouveau not sure if earrings are of the same era note paper link chain on necklace the stunning color can not be seen well in this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon's Breath is so hard to photo because of the reflection of the various colors, another Nouveau Set</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A better view of the colors Beautiful </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to see but I am wearing several around my neck along with a long drop vintage beads necklace that I made just to mix it up a bit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hand close up not all these rings are Dragon's Breath some are Jelly Opal and Faux Foiled Opal [I own more since this pic was taken]</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EuAbtJIOzfNofDoxh1BbXUjFhThi78TjXePOIO3D58UB8QogkFO7fmQFgzZAXs6UmYZDRv6D9deXG_cu8wF5yNlXHm5N4UvgYUzx3kE2MfQf3RGQQ0KL2GuT5XLQbrARVfqxlIo9uRvw/s1600/1+a+ok+30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EuAbtJIOzfNofDoxh1BbXUjFhThi78TjXePOIO3D58UB8QogkFO7fmQFgzZAXs6UmYZDRv6D9deXG_cu8wF5yNlXHm5N4UvgYUzx3kE2MfQf3RGQQ0KL2GuT5XLQbrARVfqxlIo9uRvw/s640/1+a+ok+30.jpg" width="388" /></a></div>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-41345710925996206982011-03-19T09:19:00.000+11:002011-03-19T09:19:29.180+11:00THOUGHT OF THE DAYOK so considering the state of the world at the moment I am feeling a touch frivolous talking about all the things I possess so it just maybe time to come clean a little bit.<br />
My life as I know it now... is as boring as hell, I work hard and have very little free time, I had a good [very] income a few years back, but don't now.... you do not make money selling coffee and that is a fact..., not in a small town at least.<br />
I do this blog because sometimes I long for more stimulation in my life, I am <u>NOT</u> a small town girl, this is very new to me.<br />
There is a disease in small town that I call small town Syndrome it exists in City's but is magnified 10 fold within small spaces.<br />
Every morning I read the newspapers with my cup of coffee, it's got to the point that I just don't want to read anymore crap that journalists sensationalize, just to sell newspapers...... are they trying to depress the world? Things are bad sure but how about one positive story no wonder I read books I can barely turn on the news on TV.StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-3991040160066996212011-03-18T16:04:00.000+11:002011-03-18T16:04:10.661+11:00ITEM'S OF THE DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydDANpAFLpBxIYfI37Wtd-WK6GBRh9yZSo8IQnXAol_FVhQ39JX5omDESPBL8MRfe85dP5URQjxKd19oAfdyH0Ne5O1818KLBIOokWL8putzqlZ5dlgt61w9d9yOgVq84ejaM7FNoFmbp/s1600/1+a+ok+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydDANpAFLpBxIYfI37Wtd-WK6GBRh9yZSo8IQnXAol_FVhQ39JX5omDESPBL8MRfe85dP5URQjxKd19oAfdyH0Ne5O1818KLBIOokWL8putzqlZ5dlgt61w9d9yOgVq84ejaM7FNoFmbp/s640/1+a+ok+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9GnIs0uZHZFZ0bOdshzXL_eQ-NkGKl2337LsyNzL-KrKJhJQXmR79F9TAjbtcFVSVKZ6u1PolZunDUPjAhW6bCS8pNI9HEibzOyDnSXMkEYApsIJThviK45OwSAuS9Vghfb6XxhxdTgP/s1600/1+a+ok+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9GnIs0uZHZFZ0bOdshzXL_eQ-NkGKl2337LsyNzL-KrKJhJQXmR79F9TAjbtcFVSVKZ6u1PolZunDUPjAhW6bCS8pNI9HEibzOyDnSXMkEYApsIJThviK45OwSAuS9Vghfb6XxhxdTgP/s640/1+a+ok+6.jpg" width="448" /></a></div>I picked both the shoes and the plastic bobble 1950's bag up from my local Op/Thrift Shop I wear them all the time I hate red on my self in clothing but these look great when I wear all white I keep my jewelery simple for me !! I wear a set of Aluminum necklaces [6 necklaces in varying lengths] with clear Czech Crystals and earrings from West Germany early 1960's, my rings are all large plain silver doubled up and of course my "signature" bracelets that never come off.StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-29938176862458702322011-03-18T15:49:00.000+11:002011-03-18T15:49:14.631+11:00MY CREATIONSA quick look at what I made a week ago.<br />
I never have much time, but last week I was sick and I happened to look around my lounge room as I was sitting suffering, and saw that amongst the usual chaos of beads and findings that surround me... that there were quite a few single original big beads, I need pairs or more to make earrings or anything else really.<br />
So I was inspired to make a necklace of all my one off beads to match a necklace that I made 6 months ago. I needed another to go with it as I don't do things by half's I wear sometimes 10 necklaces at once and a ring on every finger the more the better for me.<br />
I made something to wear when you can't find a colored piece of jewelery that is the "right" color I mean how can you go wrong when you are wearing every color right? I made earrings to match too [well sort of] but they will do for the time being.<br />
Necklace is very long past my waist but I can wear it doubled, the chunky natural gemstone one I made 6 months ago goes to just above my bust.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK so I made this 6 moths ago, and I start by wearing this first</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what I made it is long and joined by silver tone chain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the beads are very old Art Nouveau and Czech Glass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was hard to take a decent pic of earrings</td></tr>
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I got a cute bag and a pair of 1980s shoes [in my size] that I feel the need to keep, some clothes that should wash up well [I need those like a hole in the head but it was an all you can take in a plastic bag for $2.00 sale] Oh and a studded belt for like $1.00 I will have to keep that too, and a brooch that looks to be a Miracle Scottish Celtic brooch also for a $1.00 but I haven't checked for a signature yet I didn't have my loop with me.<br />
But the worst tragedy was that while I was at the counter an elderly lady came up to buy a gold bracelet my eye had missed somehow, [I can only blame this on the heat and my failing eyesight] and bought for $2.00 what looked from my trained eye to be a solid gold gate link bracelet around an inch wide it was so quick....she knew..... I could see it by her expression, I was so shocked I said to the assistant"did you check for a stamping on that bracelet?" eh no what do you mean she replied......<br />
I did not have the heart to tell her she just lost a sale of up to $500.00 even if I had grabbed it I don't know if I could have done that to a Church Charity Shop although Hubby who was with me said I must be nuts to think that way, as we need the money and that is true, lesson of the day don't go opping with your partner it puts you off your game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1980's pumps need a little cleaning plus an innersole but not bad for 50 cents !!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooch not signed now that I have had a good look but cute</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute Batik Bag that I think I will have to keep and a studded belt both as brand new not bad for a buck each</td></tr>
</tbody></table>StellaCollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249641870121800259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845451852917591622.post-51788386067132716752011-03-17T21:56:00.000+11:002011-03-17T21:56:51.995+11:00JEWELERY AND "THE" CATAs I said I collect vintage jewelery and I have a hugh collection in my home, but I sell my excess at my Cafe/Shop this is part of it...... I have a lot !!! I would think I would be the biggest collector of Antique Vintage Jewellery in Australia.<br />
The below photos are of a few shelves only I have hundreds if not a thousand pieces ranging in eras from 1880 to recent times a lot signed.<br />
My own personal collection is more discerning and consists of mostly Art Nouveau, I can hardly ever find "matching" sets and besides I like to wear different styles and eras together it is more interesting and less contrived, so I make say earrings or a necklace that co ordinate with various sets or colours.<br />
If I had time and did not have to work 7 days a week at the Coffee Shop and cook all our cakes I would make a lot of things as I also collect vintage glass beads and findings, it is my great love and passion and quite a few people love my creations ........I just hope the day will come...sooner rather than later.<br />
Will post photos of my own stuff when I can be bothered getting the camera out,,,also some of my latest hand made necklace .....I am quite pleased with that, at the moment I am using preexisting pics far too hot here in Aussie to be bothered doing anything much can't wait for the cold to come.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another great love in my life "Hector" the King cat he is suffering in this heat...if I had my way I would collect cats too !!</td></tr>
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