Costume Jewellery

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 and charm bracelets from the fifties. 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:

Charms bracelets
Monet charms
Travel shield charms
Other bracelets
  Confetti Lucite
Mustard Seeds

Pop Beads
(all 50's jewellery)
Earrings
  Necklaces
Sets
Rings
Brooches
Hair Combs
  Easter
Halloween
Christmas jewellery

Various
 
  Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

 

Necklaces

Four pink necklaces in a row.
Pink heart shaped necklace from The Crystal Violin.
And a sweet necklace with small pink glass hearts from Eclectica.
A three row pink pearl necklace from eBay.
 
Two pink rhinestone Stanhope crosses.
A very nice lilac Coro necklace, both from Ruby Lane.
A beautiful green necklace from eBay that matches most of my new green cardigans in my wardrobe.
Sweet handmade necklace with a tiny book, from Etsy.
Two crystal necklaces, the right one with aurora..
A quartz necklace with leather string, very chic in the beginning of the nineties.
A quartz necklace from the Isle of Bornholm. The smoke quartz is of course from Bornholm.
Three very nice pearl necklaces: the first one imitation, but nice, and with a nice glitzy heart from Cabouchon.
The second one, which looks like pebbermint pastils, has Tim made for me in his kindergarten. I really LOVE it.
The third is a lovely old pearl necklace, which has been my grandma's. The pearls are carved from conches, therefore some of them are pink stribed.
Necklace is pink pearls on oxidized silver wire.
Pink ball of flowers on a chain, from Danish Red Cross.
A real tusk I found in my parent's garden. My father's dentist has made it a pendant.
And a silver snake necklace, my own design. Very eighties.
A nice plum coloured necklace.
And a great blue necklace - both are great for party use.
Both from Oriflame.
A colourful necklace that almost lights up in different colours, from Sweet Romance.

Sets


I suffer from SCS (Set Completion Syndrome)!

Do you remember Titanic? Here is the perfect necklace, looking exactly like the one from the movie. With matching ring and earrings. From eBay.
At the last photo you see Rose from the movie Titanic wearing the famous necklace.

Necklace and earrings are from The Crystal Violin.
Bracelet and another pair of earrings are from
Eternal Jewels.
Gorgeous Autumn set with acorns and leaves, from eBay.
A nice set from Arts & Craft, which I think is Norwegian.
Agate bracelet and earclips, from eBay.
Matching necklace from Eclectica.
 
A real summer set with shells signed Capri, from The Crystal Violin.
A lovely pink feather-light rose set from the fifties, from Eclectica.
Set with pink cupcakes, earrings, bracelet and necklace, from eBay.
The candy set is made by a woman from  the US, who embeds candy and other small things in lucite and sells it on eBay.
Jewellery made of vintage typewriters.
The bracelet spells "Kiss and Tell" - don't! ;)
The earrings have question marks and the ring has an "S".
All from eBay.
Red Valentine day's jewellery with lots of hearts.
I don't like Valentine's day in Denmark, but I do like all the heart shaped jewellery. All from eBay.
  I have collected a another real summer set here.
Ladybugs both as bracelet, earrings, anklet and a toering. All from Eclectica.
A ladybug pin from eBay.
In addition to that I also have some tiny ladybug pins from Cabouchon. Se under Brooches.
Another Winter set - silvery snowflakes with rhinestones, a pin and earrings, from eBay.
Lovely, pink Sarah Coventry set. Necklace, bracelet and earrings, from eBay.
A great, pastel pink set from the fifties with necklace and bracelet, from Eclectica.
A summer set from the fifties with pale pink and yellow pearls of different structures, from Eclectica.
 
Pink rhinestone seet with two different bracelet - I could not decide.
And a matching pink necklace.
All from eBay.
A lovely and festive rhinestone set with necklace and bracelet from All Vintage. Perfect for New Years Eve.
Lucite set with carved orchids, brooch and earrings, from eBay.
 
Hame made necklace and bracelet. I have made them of small silver rings, demands a lot patience!
 
A silver bracelet with small turtles and matching earrings, from eBay. I love turtles! :)
Purple necklace and earrings from Oriflame

Rings

Nice red ring from The Crystal Violin.
A nice red heart shaped ring from eBay.
And a lovely cocktail ring with pearls and "diamonds" from Eclectica.
Lovely multi coloured ring from eBay.
Hollycraft ring from Eclectica which matches my Sweet Romance Petit Point bracelet.
  A nice vintage enamelled roser ring from Smoking Raven, eBay.
And a lovely vintage green rind from Eclectica.
Lovely handmade winter ring with a choo-choo and snowflake, from Etsy.
A great lucite ring with a real crab from Eclectica.
A lucite ring with a real bug from Necromance.
The candy ring is made by a woman from the US who embeds candy and other small things in lucite and sells it at eBay.
  Two stribed rings.
A rainbow coloured and a pink candy stribed.
And a black plastic ring with clear rhinestones. All from eBay.
A great black Dali inspired plastic mouth.
An old clear plastic favourite ring with a "diamond".
 
A lovely silver ring my 4 year old nephew bought for me at a market in Turkey. He went over to it and said that aunt Sanne should have this!
The ugliest ring in the world, nothing less.
A lovely silver ring my brother has made for me from a costume ring I could not tolerate.
This is home made on a evening course, not easy, but I succeeded.
Another home made ring. It is a synthetic aquamarine. I have designed the coarse mountings so that it would not become too ladylike.
Gorgeous silver ring with a huge "diamond" (zirkonia).
And a socalled "Eternity" ring, both from Chanti.dk

Brooches

Tortoise parade:
A gorgeous blue turtle brooch.
A very nice pearly tortoise from Ruby Lane.
A nice pink tortoise, from Etsy.
A green turtle pin.
A lovely scarecrow brooch, signed Sarah Coventry.
A pink shrimp, I love seafood! :)
Two gorgeous, old snowflakes.
Alle fra Eclectica.
Four leaves in a row:
Two different golden leaves from eBay. The first is signed Avon and has contained solid perfume.

Two nice Autumn leaves from Eclectica.
Three pink brooches:
A wonderful pink brooch from the fifties.
A pink, usigned Coro pin from the fifties. Both from Eclectica.
And a red and pink brooch from Ruby Lane.

 
Two brooches from Eclectica.
An old cameo needle and a newer one in light blue plastic.
 
3 lovely brooches from The Crystal Violin.
The first is signed Avon.
The two others are unsigned, but lovely vintage pins.
 
A pink breast cancer bow from Ruby Lane.
A Sex and the City pin I had to own before the première of The Movie.
Small star shaped pin, from Danish Red Cross.
A lovely dragonfly pin in aqua-green shades from Eclectica.
And a red chili - a favourite during Winter, from eBay.
And a purple heart pin from Ruby Lane.
Sweet brooch with perfume bottle from Sweet Romance. It matches the perfume bracelet I also have.
And a garden brooch that also matches a bracelet, from eBay.
Two very cute trains, the first is from Cabouchon.
The other is from eBay.
A nice little squirrel with a pearl acorn, signed Avon.
A colourful little bee, both from eBay.
 
A nice little ladybug with rhinestone spots.
And a colourful enamelled snail I use on my coat, both from eBay.
But of course - I simply have to own an Opel GT pin!!!
½ A sweet pink lucite pig with "diamonds".
And a lovely old brooch with embedded sea horse, starfish and a tiny conch.
And a huge and lovely butterfly pin, all from eBay.
A sweet little frog on a green leaf, both from eBay.
Nice daisy with a little ladybug, from Etsy.
A set of two sea critters, a lobster and a crab with a shell body, great for summer wear. From Pumpkin and Peacock Feathers, Tias.
A collection of summer brooches and pins, most of them from Cabouchon.
Great lizards in different sizes, also from Cabouchon.
Four mice, two of them from Cabouchon.
A lovely polar bear and a huge fish with matching earrings.
A huge rose brooch (with matching earrings), which also can be used as a pendant.
And a lovely golden bow with pearls in the ends.
All from Cabouchon.
I love dragon flies, so therefore I had to have this brooch. Unfortunately, it is very huge.
The filigree butterfly brooch is my beloved grandma's engagement jewellery.
A disgusting spider and three nice turtles.
Two large rose coloured brooches, vintage style, great on e.g. a sweater.
And two vintage rhinestone brooches.
Two dragons fighting, the good against the bad.
And a vintage looking brooch, which I almost have worn out.

Hair Combs

If you are crazy about jewelry, why not wear it in your hair!

My most beautiful hair combs, from eBay.
Vintage and stuffed with rhinestones.
The last with a single row of large rhinestones.

Two pink hair combs, from eBay.
The first with tiny butterflies among flowers.
The other with bigger flowers.
Pink hair comb, from eBay.
Blue hair comb, from eBay.
A blue and a green hair comb, from eBay.
  Continue to page 4: Easter, Halloween, Christmas and Various


2012-06-24