Monthly Archives: January 2009

Nationalism and Jewelry

vintage 1980’s flag with stars puffy heart charm – warning – this has been repro’d often.
My enthusiasm for politics died along with the young president I watched buried when I was five – the safe world I had taken for granted changed forever. I marched and sat in for civil rights and peace through [...]

Charm World In Mourning – Joan Munkacsi – December 24 2008

On December 24th our beloved vintage charm queen Joan Munkacsi lost her heroic battle with the cancers that have ravaged her for the past year. With her we have lost a wealth of knowledge unsurpassed in the jewelry community. She was always happy to share what she knew with anyone interested, and she knew it [...]