What's Working Wednesday: Twitter Lists

As I understand it, Twitter Lists aren't available to all, yet. Somehow, we made it into the small, select group of Twitter accounts that can create public or private lists.

We made one for vintage jewelry that include the members of the Vintage Jewelry Sellers on Etsy team. You can find the list here https://twitter.com/vaguerecollectn/vintagejewelry

Vintage Jewelry Sellers on Etsy has a bunch of locations - Check out our website, our blog, and our Etsy page. You can also find us on Facebook, Flickr, and Twibes.

You can always search Etsy for VJSE; we all include that in our tags for easy vintage searching!

Tuesday Travels: Camera Update

Beginning to recover from the trip to Bolivia. My new Panasonic camera arrived late last week, and her name is Iris. Get it? :D

I immediately began to use her to get new pieces up in the store. Check 'em out:




We really thinking the paper cut outs are precious and the cross the perfect gift! We have a few more paper cut outs to post in the coming days, but we think you'll agree these are precious and Iris did a good job with the photographs. It was, after all, her first day on the job.

Heading back upstate for more goodies this weekend. Look out for Thursday Treasures and Friday Finds.

What's Working Wednesday: Etsy Promotion!

We'll be participating in Etsy's FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING weekend that spans Black Friday to Cyber Monday. That means, shop our Etsy shop that weekend, and all orders over 50 USD will receive free shipping worldwide.

Simply include FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING in the Notes to Seller section, and we'll refund all shipping charges via PayPal.

Tuesday's Treasures

Aww, what the heck! We need a pick me up, and here it is - we love this ornate Sterling Silver cross pendant and chain.


Isn't she lovely? Perfect for the Christian in your life. Merry Christmas.

Tuesday Travels: Upstate New York

My mother and I have always had a fond spot for vintage items, preservation, and reunification. We have long loved the hunt for "buried treasures" in different types of stores. But two years ago this past August, my mother's aunt passed away. And we realized that even between the two of us, we simply couldn't ingest all that Aunt Kate had in her home.

So, we embarked upon our first series of sales on eBay under the name Mom and Misha. You can still find us there. While we don't have an eBay store; we do have a few auctions going at almost all times. The more we sold on eBay, though, the more we realized we wanted a full-time store of the really precious items, which is how A Vague reCollection came to be.

This past weekend, we went back up to my mom's aunt's. We have lots of 'new' vintage items to list, and we'll be doing so in the coming weeks! We have lots of jewelry and some Christmas decorations to list before the holidays; and we will be listing Lenox figurines and Fiestaware after the holidays most likely. Oh, and do we have anything you could need in terms of vintage buttons and seashells! All coming soon...

We'll try to get some pictures up tonight to whet your appetite!

Thursday Thoughts: CRAFTGAWKER.COM

YAY! We're so excited...and we just can't hide it! I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it!

Wow...lots of singing going on around here this week. First Huey Lewis & the News and now The Pointer Sisters. But, really, we ARE so excited! It's not our first submission to Craftgawker

Our little Danish appetizer forks were on the front page for a little while...now I'm sure they're buried somewhere on the site, but for awhile they had a shining moment!

Mini Brooch (as promised)

Here it is! Here's the mini mosaic brooch we promised! It's listed, now. We're working on our Friday Finds post. Isn't it precious? Yeah, we thought so.

Monday Musings: Workin for a livin, livin and workin

Sing it with me folks:

Workin for a livin (workin)

Workin for a livin (workin)

Workin for a livin, livin and workin

Im taking what they giving cause Im working for a livin.

Yeah...Huey knew what he was talking about! If you have checked out A Vague reCollection recently, you know we've been working. Okay, so we haven't been working on the blog as much, but, man, have we got some great stuff listed, now!

Check this out, a petoskey pendant and earring set from Bijou Terner:

When I was a child, we would go to my grandparents' on Lake Michigan and look for petoskey stones. I guess that's why this set is so special to us: reminds us of summers on the lake with our family. We hope you love it, too.

I know I've been promising a Friday Finds on Mini Mosaics, but I'm finally ready to follow through. We've got our mini mosaic bracelet listed, the first mini mosaic brooch we listed has sold, but I've got another that's even more precious (if you can believe that)! You can click through here to the mini mosaic bracelet. I've photographed the latest brooch, and will get that image up tonight!

Speaking of charming! Have we got the cocktail forks for you ;-) Honest, though...take a look. They are sterling silver, from Denmark, and have the most gorgeous royal blue enamel handles. And the crowns! I just love the crowns, don't you?

Well, I hope this tease of our new listings encourages you to visit our Etsy shop! We'll be back shortly with more pictures to share, and this week we will have a Friday Finds.

Oh, and the best part is we're going treasure hunting this weekend, which means more goodies to share with you in the coming weeks!! Let us know if you are looking for something in particular, and we'll keep our eyes open for you!

What's Working Wednesday: October is BOGO Month!

That's right, all month long we're offering BOGO 1/2 off all beaded necklaces.

Buy any beaded necklace and get the second (of equal or lesser value) 1/2 off! Stock up!! This sale ends October 31st.

[To take advantage, enter code "BOGOBN" in the "Note to Seller" section of checkout. We'll refund half the value of the lesser beaded necklace via PayPal.]

Now...to whet your whistle...here are some of our favorite beaded necklaces:

Up and Coming Pieces - Should Be Listed by Week's End

Here are some items we have been working to get listed. The first one hasn't been listed mostly because we aren't sure what it is ;-) Do you have any ideas? We'd love to hear them.
We are in heart of this sewing etui from Austria. We'll be sorry to see it go, but we're sure it's going to find a good and loving home! Maybe yours?!
Slowly getting into the world of supplies, we found this vintage, hammered metal buckle and button set still in its original packaging! Check it out!
Had no idea how difficult it would be to photograph black rhinestones, but it is even trickier than other pieces and forms of jewelry. But we're trying! Here we have a lovely tulip shaped pin in a black metal/black rhinestone fashion. Two of the rhinestones are missing, which we're trying to capture in the other/detail pictures. It's still precious, and happily due to the black metal background the lost rhinestones aren't terribly noticeable!

The tulip brooch is now listed!!

What's What Wednesday: Latest Listings & Upcoming Friday Finds

Hoorah! Beaded necklaces and Christmas goodies are getting listed. You must find something you like, now. Being a vintage shop, most of what we have is one of a kind. Which means once it's gone...it's gone. So we're recommend that if you see something you like, to buy it right away! There aren't more where these came from ;-)

Oh, and we're working on Christmas shipping schedules, gift wrap options, and so on. We'd love to hear what you do, what you'd like, etc.

Finally, we've been wanting to do this for awhile, but haven't seemed to be able to motivate ourselves and find the time: this Friday's Finds will be on Micro Mosaic pieces from Italy. We have a lovely one just waiting for you!

What's What Wednesday: Latest Listings or soon to be listed...

As I mentioned in yesterday's posts, we have new things to photograph, describe, and list! Here I'm going to highlight a few things we got up last night and those things we hope to get up today!

Here with the lovely Audrey Hepburn is our clear rhinestone, bow-tie brooch:

And lovely button covers perfect for adding a touch of elegance to any outfit!

And a couple of necklaces we will work to list tonight:

They're up! They're up! Plus an extra necklace!

• Find the gray, black, white, and copper necklace here.
• Find the autumnal, segmented necklace here.
• And for good measure a pearl and gold toned necklace here!

Thursday Thoughts: Etsy Mini Showcase

We're so excited! We miraculously were able to secure a space on the DZ Fantasy Blog! The blog is all about fiber, fantasy, and sculpture; which makes our inclusion so much more amazing. It's a great opportunity for new people to find us. People who may not otherwise be aware of the glory that is vintage will have our Etsy mini to enjoy right there.

If you get a chance, check it out!

What's What Wednesday: absoVINTAGElutely

It finally happened! My first ETSY treasury is up!!! For those of you who don't know the labor of love a treasury is, trust me...it can be an all-consuming experience. For those who know, isn't it exciting???

Honestly, I've been waiting weeks to see the number get even close to the magic number of 333. Last night when I couldn't sleep, I thought, "Hmmm...It's the middle of the night; I bet that's when the majority of treasuries expire. Let's see what happens."

SCORE! 333 Treasuries with one expiring in an hour or two. So, I waited.

Yup, I waited almost two hours for the treasury to expire so I could put mine together.REPRESENT VJSE!

Since I can't seem to post a treasury mini, I will post some of the items I picked for the treasury: