Showing posts with label portrait brooch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portrait brooch. Show all posts

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Very Special Pieces

 
In anticipation of the holidays, I've been playing with some very special pieces this week... pendants I'd been collecting for a few years and have finally wanted to share this season.
 
 
I found this antique St. Vincent de Paul relic at a Paris flea market... I'll never forget haggling with the old woman who sold it to me.  She wouldn't budge on the price - ha, ha!
 
 
I created this next pendant by assembling a vintage Sacred Heart scapular inside a rhinestone frame, then backing it with an old tintype of a bearded man.
 
 
This carved bone piece, formerly a brooch, is really gorgeous and unique!  Perfect for anyone who loves nature!
 
 
Victorian love knots carry glass cameos in these one-of-a-kind beauties...
 
 
And finally, this necklace features a hand-painted portrait brooch of the Virgin Mary, set in a silver and turquoise filigree frame.  I hung her from layers of gemstones, mother of pearl rosary beads and crystal bezel chain.
 
 
Thank you for stopping by, mes amis!  I'll be back soon with more holiday gift ideas!  :)
 

Monday, August 12, 2013

Girls and Pearls

 
Years ago, when I fancied myself quite the 'mod' fashionista, I fell in love with a Mademoiselle magazine feature entitled, 'Girls and Pearls', and had cut all the photos out and taped them inside my closet to inspire me when putting outfits together!
 
 
I've since had a soft spot for the creamy white spheres, whether long and lean, like the flapper styles Coco Chanel popularized, or chunky and baroque.  Here I offer you my version of 'girls and pearls', including an old glass portrait...
 
 
garnets and cherubs...
 
 
sterling silver swans on a 'pond' of aquamarines...
 
 
a very special 19th century meerschaum...
 
 
and beautiful shell cameo...
 
 
I'm pretty sure pearls are a girls' second best friend!  ;)
 
 
Thank you for stopping by!  <3 Robyn