GalleriaLinda Showcase

Anyone who loves to research the histories of vintage jewelry, collects, and/or sells pieces, has at one time or other made surprising discoveries in "lots" of jewelry purchased or given. A frien...

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Every where I turn, I see the frantic, urgent  push for Black Friday, Grey Thursday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, Handmade Tuesday, and now….Cyber Week, of all things. Everywhere...

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Do jewelry designers buy from other jewelry designers? Why, yes, I believe they do! Jewelry makers appreciate all types of design aesthetics that are not their own and often have favorite "other"...

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At this time of year, most retailers have sales. This helps finalized the year's sales figures and also reduces inventory that would need to be counted for tax purposes. GalleriaLinda Contemporar...

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GalleriaLinda was featured in Magpie Gemstones Client Art Blog. What a great idea to feature jewelry work done from these gorgeous stones sold by Magpie Gemstones. I must say that these stones ar...

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Sharing my third vintage nativity scene, this one has a vibe all of its own. Made from terracotta and painted in lively trim colors, this was one that I personally purchased in the early 1980s. I...

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This is the second of my four vintage nativity scenes. Previously, I posted my goofy but fun 1970s handmade bread dough nativity scene. Above, is a more polished hand carved nativity scene from 1...

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Each year, as I unpack our Christmas goodies, I always love to see what we have. For some reason, there are always fun surprises. I figured out this Christmas that we have four vintage nativity s...

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It is always fun to be included in an Etsy Treasury. This is the second treasury feature for me since I reopened my shop at Etsy in late October. A lovely Winter Green color theme brings in deep ...

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You have no idea how many blog post ideas I get - at 11:00 p.m. after I go to bed. Some, I even write out in my head. They never get written down on a list, or written! It's terrible, I know. Nur...

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  I have been looking for an assortment of pottery shard pendants for ages. I finally found a reasonable source and ordered quite a few.  When I opened up the package, inspiration just ...

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The Earth itself offers up amazing gifts of color and patterns in stones. The stones in this necklace are so unique that they are like snowflakes and finger prints - each is its own individual pi...

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Here is a sneak peek at what I have been working on recently. A couple of these are listed already in GalleriaLinda's Handmade Jewelry's shop. My design aesthetic is varied depending upon the mat...

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If you know my design perspective, you know that I love chunky, even when chunky is not the trend. Thankfully, now is the time to bask in fabulous chunky jewelry from GalleriaLinda made with vint...

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Ooh, how my blogs suffer so!! LOL. I am just now turning over a new leaf. I'm a late bloomer, I know. My New Year's resolutions are finally being addressed. I told myself that I would blog twice ...

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I just had to share. These Lucite beads are so gorgeous. They have a matte finish and such a rich deep tobacco brown color with marbled variegation. I have them in 25 mm teardrop and 18 mm squash...

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Everyone is in love with Pinterest.com. It has quickly blossomed into an addictive national pastime! Aside from the fun of surfing photos of favorite things, I have been using it as market resear...

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The early 70s were a time of hippieness, earth mothers, earth shoes, dreads, peasant blouses, and even bell bottoms left over from the late 60s. For those who needed to be in the workplace, this ...

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When I found these vintage acrylic black and ocher disc beads, I got them but had no idea what I would do with them. I put a few in GalleriaLinda's Bead Shop on Zibbet but then as always, I wante...

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I just got back from a trip to Indiana. What great weather we had with warm sun and cool breezes. I loved it! Quite a welcomed change from our hot, sticky, humid Florida weather. When I travel, I...

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I was determined to make one more post before the year ended and I have barely made it. So here I am on the very last day of 2011! Gosh, the year got away from me and all my blogs have been silen...

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There are several previous posts on the 2011 jewelry and color trends that you might enjoy: Pantone's 2011 Color Trends Interpreted in Beads Beaded Jewelry Design Trends for 2011 The fashion colo...

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A gentleman I know was polite enough to go to GalleriaLinda's Contemporary Beaded Jewelry Zibbet.com shop at my teasing request to "check it out," but he then told me he was so impressed with my ...

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Pantone is the driving force with color trends for all things, such as home furnishings, fashion, paint colors, and even ink colors for printing! Because fashion follows this trend, it makes sens...

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