Vintage Guru Reveals Her Glamour Secrets
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intage can be intimidating. It's certainly not as simple as going to the mall, finding your size, and buying a mass-produced outfit. You have to dig through racks and racks of wildly diverse items, with mysterious sizing, looking for…
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More necklaces. The first picture has all my favorites in it. The white one in the left hand corner is my #1 it screams art deco to me. Its signed W.Germany and even though its not even close to the most valuable item I own if I could only keep one it would be that necklace.But saying that is like saying you like one of your kids more then the other. I feel bad now LOL!
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Costume Jewelry NecklacesThe word “bling” wasn't added to the Merriam Webster dictionary until 2006,…
Very nice collection... brings back memories of when I was a little girl playing in my grandmother's jewelry box!
Completely want to come over and play dress up. Awesome!
I play dress up all the time! No one around here will play with me:( All my vintage gals are welcome to come over and play any time:)
I'm in! :)
Great collection!!!