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From the first estate sale of the year! My mom and I stumbled upon an estate sale while out on errands late yesterday afternoon. It just so happened that it was full of the most fabulous vintage jewelry.   I could not pull my mom, the gypsy away until she combed through it all! Before I knew it, I was right there with her! But before I ended up there I found myself a lovely vintage shell mirror and 2 wonderful Chinese figurines Made in Japan.   Here are a few close ups of the mirror. What really grabbed me about this mirror was the unexpected pop of the green shells. On to the jewelry... It's rare that I even look at the jewelry, let alone buy it.  I leave that up to my mom. But I couldn't resist the colors of the green Peking Glass necklace and the bejeweled turquoise elephant.  I was so pleased with how they looked in my vintage satin lined emerald green jewelry box!   The piece de resistance though was this amazing vintage rhi...

When my Mom and I are on a treasure hunt we tend to go off in search of what we love, which is why I always find her at the jewelry counter. It can be pretty competitive at some estate sales and I'm usually in a zone scanning for treasures while my Mom sweetly tries to show me things she thinks I'll like. But inevitably she'll make her way to the jewelry where I'll find her camped out at the end of the sale. I asked her to come over and show me, piece by piece, what she scored at the last sale... The cool thing about my Mom is that she really will wear all this stuff, and she looks amazing in whatever she puts on! Like a true gypsy... she can pile it on! She tells me she feels naked without it. Even though we are alike in so many ways... I'm a "plain Jane" when it comes to jewelry, which is probably why I, along with so many others, admire the way my Mom adorns herself with her "treasures". I've encouraged her to s...

I've always called my Mom a gypsy... because she loves jewelry. She's known to pile it on. It's who she is, it fits her personality! She's got great style and has amassed quite a collection over the years. She bought this amazing vintage mannequin years ago for an attic room she converted into a closet. But it wasn't until this weekend that she got the idea to use her to display all of her wonderful pins & brooches!   I think she quite enjoys her new bejeweled friend.