One of my great joys as a jewelry designer is finding and using unusual vintage beads and components! I just listed these
Absinthe Crystal Chandelier Earrings in my
Gothic Jewelry section. They feature some of my favorite vintage beads -- those teardrops are hollow blown glass! How cool is that? I can't even remember where and when I got them, because I buy vintage beads from so many places.
However, I do remember where I got the vintage cabochon, teardrops, and bicones in
Ghost Portal. They all came from this weird shop in NY that was tucked away in a warehouse-y/industrial-y district on Long Island. It was one of the must-stop-shops whenever my mother-in-law and I would go bead shopping. Sadly, the store has since been closed down and torn down, so there are no more fun afternoons of wandering around picking out weird vintage beads, but I do still have a pretty impressive stash from the few years that I did shop there.
In a totally unrelated comment, did you ever get some of those Absinthe rivolis that Betcey had for awhile?
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I'm not sure if I did. I hesitate to buy any of the special color rivolis because something in my skin chemistry causes some of the after-market coatings to get all gross and cloudy.
ReplyDeleteWell that bites! Maybe you could bead while wearing white cotton gloves?
ReplyDeleteI've considered that! But I've never beaded with gloves on.
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