Erstwhile Jewelry

I found this gem (pun intended) of a online jewelry store through a Cup of Jo giveaway, and I visit often to sigh over the beautiful vintage finds.

Here are some of my favorites:

We don’t have a lot of jewelry passed down as heirlooms in my family, but we all have the same love of antiques with their history and character. I’ve received many pieces of vintage jewelry discovered in dusty old antique stores (does such a thing exist anymore since America was exposed to the Antiques Road Show?), and I cherish them far more than anything that comes in a little blue box. (Though I wouldn’t turn down the robin’s egg blue! I mean – I’m not crazy or anything…)