I HAVE A FACE!

How do you like my new avatar?  Instead of a blue box with a white bust I now have a face.  It is a real picture of me from some thirty, er, twenty (mumble, mumble) years ago.  Do you like it?

On to something more fun.  All the APQ Bloggers know I am an avid flea market/thrift store shopper, so I thought perhaps you would like to see some of my finds.  Earrings are a passion of mine and really the only jewelry I wear.  Having a large collection, I don't buy them very often anymore, but sometimes they are too hard to resist.   Here are some that I found over the summer.  Starting at the top left and going down: 

      First Row:  Hearts, pearls, silver & mother of pearl, red & green enamel; the last pair are silver & mother of pearl cufflinks (every girl needs one good set of cufflinks, right).

      Second Row:  Opals, needlepoint roses (yes, real needlepoint) , gold drops, enamel flowers with removable drops

     Third Row:  Black marquisites, silver birds (my husband made these from a damaged belt)

  

 Fourth Row:  Gold filigree drops (no, I don't think they are real), the last piece is a pin (I don't usually look at pins, but this one caught my eye)

Aren't they lovely? Aside from the fact that the earrings are really different (which I love), most of them only cost a dollar (the gold drops in the second row cost fifty cents). The most expensive pair are the lavendar enamel flowers for a whopping (wait for it) 8 dollars. OK, so I am bragging a little. Forgive me?


Liri