Would you just look at all the treasures! |
You can't see all the pearl earings and pins that are clipped behind the neclaces. |
Pins are pinned all around the edges and earings are laying on the trays (the top shelf is knobs). |
Some of the sparkly stuff...can't really tell from the picture. |
Wonderful retro neclaces (some a little tooooo retro for my taste). |
I got a phone call from a friend who said his son had been helping his girlfriend's family do some spring cleaning and painting. As they were cleaning out the attic, they came across a bag of old costume jewelry and wanted to know if I wanted it. He warned me that it was probably Goodwill stuff, but I said I would love to look at it. My friend and his wife came over for dinner later that week and brought a shopping bag full of manila envelopes and warned that they had looked in a few and it looked pretty bad. We went out for dinner and I left the bag of goodies on the counter. When I got home, Tracy and I watched the DVR of last weeks Glee and I did not even crack the bag open until midnight. WELL...at 1:30am I was still opening envelopes and squealing like a little girl. Wonderful old pearl necklaces, beautiful vintage pins and fantastic 50's earrings. I finally went to bed, but got up the next morning and quickly resumed my treasure hunt. I got them all organized and tried to put them in some sort of order in my "Antique Booth Waiting Room". I love them all! Mom came over and got some that she wanted to keep before I got pictures...we think some of the earrings are Bakelite (which she loves). We did find a pendant that looks like a real diamond. Going to stop by a jeweler and check it out....if it is, we will give it back. Just had to share...not sure the pictures do them all justice.