Recreating Georgian Jewelry

I wore my "this old thing" 1839 dress to a Victorian Christmas Tea hosted by the delightful Modern Mantua Maker (https://themodernmantuamaker.wordpress.com/ ) in her beautiful Christmas-y home! ...

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I love Autumn!  It's my favorite time of the year.  Growing up in the South it meant there was finally a break in the heat, college football was back, and I was always excited to go back to sch...

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Another slow couple of weeks of listing new items in the Etsy shop, but I've got some really lovely new pieces I wanted to show you!  Click on the picture and it will take you right to the listi...

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I can be somewhat haphazard about how often I post new reproduction jewelry in my Etsy shop .  Some weeks I list like crazy, and other weeks I barely post anything.  It is generally related to ...

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One of the holy grails of Georgian Jewelry has always been the Topaz cross pendants owned by Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra.  They were given these as gifts in 1801 by their brother, and t...

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Recently I was lucky enough to attend my first ever Costume College, which is an annual gathering of costumers from around the world.  We spend three glorious days in lovely Southern CA talking ...

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I recently had a customer purchase one of my harlequin collet necklaces, and she wrote me a note to tell me that she was inspired to purchase because of the jewelry in the newest Ralph Lauren�...

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(All of the collet necklaces pictured in this post are available in my Etsy Shop at Dames a la Mode ) Ever since I started making necklaces, I've struggled with the fact that with the basic pr...

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When I first started researching Georgian jewelry, I couldn't help but notice how frequently cross pendants were featured.  They show up on originals, but also are regular guests in fashion plat...

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There are a lot of different sizes of vintage rhinetones that I use to make my collet necklaces, everything from diminuitive little 8x10mm sparkles to giant 20mm statement stones.  It can be rea...

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A few weeks ago, I did a photoshoot with a friend of mine so I could have some professional pictures of my collet necklaces to use in my Etsy shop.  I decided at the end to throw a few on at onc...

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Last night I went to the Birthnight Ball at Gatsby's Tavern in Alexandria, VA.  This is a ball set in 1793 and is celebrated to honor George Washington's birthday.  It's a really unusual year, ...

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I went to a Regency 12th Night party this weekend, and it was spectacular.  One of the best things about it is that there were 7 people there wearing my jewelry, so I got a chance to see how it ...

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When I started testing out the designs for my reproduction girandole earrings, I was a little worried that they were too large.  Here's a crappy picture of me wearing the largest I offer, so you...

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A Girandole is a type of earring that was common in the Georgian era, particularly in the 18th Century.  You may be more familiar with the term as it is used with candlesticks, candelabras, scon...

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One of the best things about selling on Etsy is that it has a robust analytics system built into the seller tools.  I am able to see what terms people search for and what items they look at.  ...

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Would you like to know when I have listed new collet necklaces or Georgian paste earrings? I post everything on my pinterest page! Reproduction Collet Necklaces and Historical Paste Glass Earr...

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Welcome to my blog!  I created this space to talk about the lovely Georgian-style collet necklaces that I create for my Etsy shop . I've posted about them several times on my costuming blog ...

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