GlucksteinHome Holiday: Christmas for People Who Don’t Love Christmas
I’m not a big fan of Christmas. It all goes back to when I was a kid and I had a fear of Santa. When holiday things start to appear in stores, I… Continue reading
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Midweek Modness: Brass Rafael Canada Pendant and Unsigned Brutalist Ring
At the Junction Flea, the dealers walk around checking our each other’s tables and buying stuff. I found this unsettling at first because I felt that they wanted to buy something from me… Continue reading
Beauty in the Ruins: Victorian Rolled Gold Earrings
I spent way too much money on these broken Victorian rolled gold earrings. Both have varying degrees of wear, breakage and signs of earlier repairs. But I had to have them because the… Continue reading
Colourful Stationery From Ordning & Reda and Jonathan Adler
Was invited to The Bay’s Christmas Street Event last week. I’ll get to the Holiday stuff tomorrow, but first I need to share my excitement of the stationery. I am a stationery geek… Continue reading
Mirror in the Bathroom: My COPA Award Look
Covet Garden was nominated for a Canadian Online Publishing Award. The ceremony was last Monday night. It wasn’t a red carpet-type thing, but I still felt the need to get a little gussied… Continue reading
Art Deco Coro Duette
I have read a lot about Coro Duettes for a long time. Introduced in the 1930s, these practical pieces of costume jewellery were designed to be convertible so you could stretch your bijoux… Continue reading
Vintage 1988 Makeup Ads
The festive season is fast approaching and if you want to go for an over-the-top look, you can try using these 1988 makeups ads for inspiration. Take this YSL as for example:, what… Continue reading
Recent Accquistions
Sometimes when I get a bag of broken jewellery from the Value Village, there’s actually loads of good pieces — both in good repair and condition. For example, the two elephant brooches, silver… Continue reading
Halloween Countdown: Spooky Scary Werewolf and Witch Masks
When I was a kid, store bought costumes we highly flammable numbers composed of a plastic garment that tied up in the back and some sort of flimsy plastic mask that obstructed one’s… Continue reading
Fixies
Finally had a chance to do some jewellery repairs. I like to give old jewels new life. The top bracelet is a Damascene Toledoware mother of pearl panel bracelet from Spain. It was… Continue reading