Comments on: Vintage Costume Jewelry from My Grandmother’s Collection

By: Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 04:58:31 +0000

I love the bling of the silver crystal necklace and brooch though I doubt I would wear them myself on a daily basis. I did however have an antique necklace similar to the one in the picture for my wedding day and this blog put me in mind of it so I went searching and found it in the bottom of a dusty drawer! Needless to say I am wearing it now with another choker style necklace and have had a few compliments about my sense of style today!

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:07 +0000

In reply to Cassi j. Cassi, thanks so much for this! I'm going to change now ;-) <--- woops!

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:12:52 +0000

In reply to coeurvintage.

Hi love! I’m so appreciative of what you wrote. Wow. I am always so grateful for new teachers … and it’s crazy what you learn, and then forget, and then learn again! Well us modern gypsies with our pierced ears … LOL. Anyway, yes my birthday was last week and thank you so much for the love! Not sure if we chat on Facebook but your name looks super familiar so hope we have/will in future XO

By: Cassi j

Cassi j — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:13:48 +0000

I could be wrong, but I believe it should be spelled brooch, not broach.

By: coeurvintage

coeurvintage — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:43:39 +0000

Ha! Just realized, this was posted last year! Well at least I got the day right! lol

By: coeurvintage

coeurvintage — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:39:15 +0000

I was just searching for ideas and inspiration to use up some broken old costume jewelry and I stumbled upon your blog. As soon as I saw the title I had to know what was in grandmas jewelry box since I’m a total vintage jewelry nut. Then to my utter amazement I saw that you and I have the same birthday! For I too just turned 25 on the 16th! :) Your grandma had some awesome finds in there. To me that is true treasure! I’ll continue to follow your blog since it looks like the exact type of stuff I love. :D In the early 1900’s when earrings became strongly popular pierced ears were often associated with “loose” women, gypsies and so on. So it took awhile for fashion to overcome that stigma. Also many of those old earrings were quite heavy! (Think of those huge rhinestone chandelier drops. Ouch!). So clip-ons probably seemed the safer choice anyway! Thanks for sharing! Happy birthday and happy treasure hunting!!!

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:34 +0000

Back then, pierced ears=trashy girl or immigrants. As my mother, born 1921, said, “If God wanted holes in your ears, He would have put them there already.”

Respectable women did not pierce their ears. Period.

Also, clipons were great when you were talking on the phone.

I inherited my mother’s haul, most from the ’40s when she lived in Greenwich Village and was a career girl.

My daughters are too young to appreciate it… yet.

By: michelle elaine

michelle elaine — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:31:25 +0000

SAMMY! YOUR GRAMS JEWELRY IS MAJOR DROOL WORTHY! yes i said that all in caps, cause im dead serious! do you think you or your grams would mind if i borrow a few of those super sparkly pieces?! hehe <3

KeepItFvncy,
M.E.

By: Engagement ring styles

Engagement ring styles — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:47:34 +0000

I love the crystal broach and necklace.My grandmother has a collection of earrings & I love to wear them when I get bored from my own collection.

By: hila

hila — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:15:11 +0000

I love raiding my grandmothers jewellery, glad to see I’m not the only one :)