How To Date A Watch
This is my most recent super score — a cool retro-style 14k white gold 1940s cocktail watch. How do I know it’s from the 1940s? It has a screwed balance wheel, which makes… Continue reading
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Coral Is The New Jade
Seriously, coral (the shade) is a huge spring beauty trend. And Spring is so near, I can smell it in the air. Another portent that coral times are close at hand: I found… Continue reading
Find of the Month: Eveta Puku Finland Dress
When you think Finnish fashion, you probably think Marimekko, which got its start when a young couple started a textile concern, and hired local artists to create prints for their fabrics. To show… Continue reading
Best Things In Life: Rose Gold Greek Key Earrings
I was in K-W, helping my parents move. We went to the Value Village to drop off some fabric scraps and linens. Of course, I asked if I could go in and take… Continue reading
Best Things In Life: Amber Necklace
Because I am broke, I actually did try to sell this necklace to an antique dealer. I kept it because didn’t offer me as much as I wanted, but as we discussed how… Continue reading
Best Things In Life: My Volcano Ring
I found this ring at a now defunct antique store. I found lots of crazy modernist jewellery there. But this is the only piece that ever prompted someone to grab my hand and… Continue reading
I Found An Art: Judgmental Bear
This bear is all seeing, all judging. So you better mind your posture! Still, he is making me happy. It is signed B. Mead, but I don’t know who that is and Googling… Continue reading
Do Over: Sterling and Opal Ring
One of the skills I learned when I took a silversmithing course at Organic Metal Gallery was how to bezel set stones. I have reverse engineered this skill a couple of times to… Continue reading
Find Of The Month: Modernist Malachite Ring
I like big rings and I cannot lie. I also love green stones like malachite. Oh, and I love crazy studio jewellery (aka, jewellry that is made by independant silversmiths and artisans). This… Continue reading
Do Over: Framing Ephemera
I like a nice art. I do like to go to the galleries and take in all the beauty I can. When you go to galleries, artists often leave behind postcards and posters… Continue reading