I am crazy about costume jewellery, because I prefer to have many cheap things to choose from than a few fine jewellery.
Within the last few years I have fell totally in love with vintage costume jewellery and it has become a kind of hobby. I am especially crazy about lucite jewellery from the fifties and charm bracelets. The fifties has always been my favourite era. But I am crazy about everything old, because it has soul - new things never have. I love everything special and hate everything ordinary. As my mother in law says: she has an odd taste. But as my brother says: bad taste is also taste! :)
Here you can see my collection (click the thumbnails for larger photo). Jump directly to the categories:
Confetti Lucite from the Fifties |
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A gorgeous summer set from the
fifties. Lucite confetti with real conches from
Eclectica. I have wanted it for long before I bought it and I'm happy just looking at it. Another set almost alike but with orange and yellow flowers embedded, from eBay. |
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Another wonderful confetti lucite set from the fifties with small pink conches embedded, from eBay. | |
A great coloured lucite set from eBay. Suitable for summer use as well as for Christmas with all the lovely colours. |
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Silver confetti bangle and earrings from eBay. |
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A lovely Summer bracelet with embedded starfish and
tiny seahorses, from the fifties. I was lucky to find matching earrings. Both from eBay. |
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Two lovely old sweater clips from the fifties, the first from
Smoking Raven, eBay. The second from
eBay. And a lovely old brooch with embedded sea horse, starfish and a tiny conch, from eBay. |
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A pair with pale blue and white confetti from the
fifties, from eBay. And a pair of aqua coloured with moon shaped glitter. Both from Eclectica. |
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I LOVE lucite confetty earrings
from the fifties! Here is a pair with pink and silver confetti. And a pair with small golden stars. Both from Eclectica. |
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A pair with pink confetti and small pink seashells
from the fifties. And a pair with pink lace and tiny pearls. Both from eBay. |
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Neon pink confetti earrings. Pale pink confetti earrings. Both from eBay. |
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Two pairs of pink confetti earrings. The first pair is from Eclectica. The other pair is from eBay. |
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A black pair with multi-coloured glitter, from
Smoking Raven, eBay. A pair with red and silver confetti, from eBay. |
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Here is a pair with real sea
horses. They match the crab ring below very well. A pair vintage rose coloured confetti earring from the fifties with small starfish, shells and conches embedded. Both from Eclectica. |
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A gorgeous lucite confetti necklace from Lilac Vintage, Ruby Lane. Matches my small pink earrings below perfectly. | |
Three small pairs with confetti from the fifties: a pink, a white and a green pair. All still on their original card, showing the price - 29 cent! The price had risen a bit since. :) All three pairs from Ruby Lane. | |
Confetti earrings with small polished conches embedded. Heart shaped confetti earrings with silver confetti. Both from eBay. |
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Large opal confetti earrings surrounded by pearls, very nice. Huge clear lucite earrings with different coloured stones. Both from eBay. |
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Confetti earrings in Christmas colours from
Glitter
Gals. Green glittering Christmas trees from eBay. |
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Another pair of Christmas coloured
confetti earrings, from
eBay. And a pair of Halloween confetti earrings fromeBay. |
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Lovely lilac coloured confetti earrings from
Ruby Lane. And a pair of black and white confetti earrings from eBay. And a pair with dark green confetti from eBay. |
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Sarah Coventry confetti ring and earrings from eBay. Another Sarah Coventry confetti set, ring and earrings, from eBay. |
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I have been lucky to win some lucite earring lots at eBay. This way you get a lot of earrings at a reasonable price, not all of them are pretty, but these lots are nice. | |
Not jewellery, but anyway! A gorgeous powder box and a matching pillbox from the fifties. They made a lot of different things in confetti lucite. From eBay. |
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Mustard Seed Jewellery from the Fifties |
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What is it with that mustard seed? I asked my very good jewellery friend,
Laurel, from Florida. It is a verse from the Bibel that became pop culture
in the fifties. On the reverse side of this tiny heart the Mattheus verse is
written: "If ye has faith as a grain of mustard seed nothing shall be
impossible to you". I think it is a very sweet idea. From eBay |
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I suffer from "SCS" - Set Completion Syndrome. I simply have to collect complete sets. :) So I have collected a mustard seed set here. The bracelet is from Eclectica, the rest is from eBay. |
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These earrings are alike some Marilyn Monroe had which I saw for sale on eBay for 2.6 mio US dollars! Mine were much cheaper. :) |
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Flat heart
earrings in which the mustard seed moves. Modern mustard seed bracelet, both from eBay. |
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Pop beads |
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Pop Beads are genious pearls from the fifties, which can be connected to make bracelets and necklaces in all length. They are so smart I simply don't understand why they stopped producing them. Here you see how the system works. | |
Some of my most beautiful pop beads. They are light blue and shimmer in almost any colour, signed Coro and from eBay. | |
Almost the
same pop beads, but in pink. Pearl white and beautiful pop beads, both from Eclectica. The last chain is very long so there are really lots of possibilities in the investment. :) |
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Clear and
facetted pop beads with earrings. The same facetted pop beads in pink. And the same ones in black, all from eBay. |
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I was very lucky to win this fantastic pop bead lot at eBay. There is a lot of beautiful pearls in almost every colour, now I'm ready for almost every occasion. | |
More pics of the same lot. | |
What earrings match the pop beads? How about "pop earrings"! Here is a set of clips with four different coloured pops. From eBay. |
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Earrings |
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Two lovely
pairs of lucite flowers earrings from the fifties. Baby blue and baby pink flowers with a rhinestone in the middle of each flower, from eBay. Very fifties! |
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Pink candelabrum, it cannot be
more festive! And a pair of great sea star earrings. Both from The Crystal Violin. |
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Two pairs of lovely pearl ear clips from the
fifties. And genious magnetic ear clips with different coloured changable glass cabouchons. All from Smoking Raven, eBay. |
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A pair with large dangling pearls and pink rhinestones
at the clips, from Smoking Raven, eBay. Two pairs of pearl earrings from Sweet Romance. A tiny pair with lots of white rhinestones and an elegant pair with peachy rose pearls. A lovely pair of cupcakes from Betty Johnson, from eBay. |
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Pearl earrings signed Tara. And a pair of glitzy party earrings. Both from The Crystal Violin. Sweet, old pastel coloured earrings from Ruby Lane. |
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Nice rose earrings made of clay. The silver earrings have been my grandpa's cufflinks. My parents have had them remade to earrings. |
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Ladybug earrings that matches my ladybug bracelet perfectly.
A pair of faboulous lucite flower earrings from the fifties, from Eclectica. And a clear lucite pair with embedded daisies, a gift from Eclectica.
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Elegant earrings that match my Sweet Romance Petit Point bracelet. Huge "flying saucer" earrings. Both from Eclectica. |
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Two lovely
pairs of earrings from
Pumpkin and
Peacock Feathers, Tias.
A pair of clear pink lucite and a pair with lots of different beads from the
fifties. A pair of pink tulip earrings, perfect for spring, from eBay. Pink flower earrings from Danish Red Cross. |
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Two pairs with
lots of pink rhinestones from
eBay. |
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Two pairs of clear lucite earrings with rhinestones, they match my clear lucite purses and shoes perfectly. Both are from eBay. | |
Two pairs of Winter earrings from
Glitter
Gals. A pair with small lucite lanterns with candles in. And a pair of small enamelled snowmen. The third pair is a really nice pair of glittery snowflakes, from eBay. |
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A pair of rhinestone snowflake earrings,
from
Smoking Raven, eBay. And a pair of snowmen made of round pearls, from eBay. I wish it would snow a little more often in Denmark, then I could use my snow jewellery more often! :) |
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Great Autumn earrings: a funny pair with a mouse and a mouse trap from
Eclectica. A pair with lots of different coloured rhinestones, they match almost anything. And a pair with lots of small turquoise coloured glass pearls, both from eBay. |
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Two
pairs of small earrings from
Smoking Raven, eBay. The first pair is with Mickey Mouse seen from the front and back. The other pair is multi-coloured bows. The third pair is made by a lady in the US who sells her jewellery on eBay. She embed candy and other tiny things in lucite. |
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A pair of fine dark red hearts with roses,
Clever Sarah Coventry earclips. They have pearls on one side and rhinestones on the other, both from Smoking Raven, eBay. |
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Small pastel
coloured roses on a golden base. And two bulged golden hearts, both from Smoking Raven, eBay. |
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A pair of funny skunk earclips from
Eclectica. Small golden Minnie Mouse earrings with a pink pearl, signed Avon, from eBay. |
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My huge earring collection from the eighties and the beginning of the nineties. I mostly keep them of nostalgic reasons, but they are also great for costume parties. | |
Continue to page 3: Necklaces, rings and hair jewellery |
2011-06-24