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Vintage Crusader SPOTLIGHT: Shea Curry, Shameless Jewelry and Project Accessory


shea curry project accessory

Think you’re busy? Me too!

That’s why I’m amazed when I hear stories of gals who are able to pen novels while waiting in line at the grocery store or who can get more done in a single year than a lot of us can achieve in an entire decade.

And Shea Curry is definitely one of these busy bodies who gets things done!

When this talented actress…

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VPOD HI/LO: Vintage Wreath Pins and Presence vs. Presents


vintage 1910 wreath pinwreath pin with bow

The hustle and bustle of the Holiday season was interrupted here in LA yesterday morning with the tragic shooting rampage just blocks from my apartment. Perhaps you saw the video on the news. S-C-A-R-Y.

And since a stop at the FedEx office smack dab in the middle of the crime zone was on my list of errands yesterday, had I not taken a wee bit longer…

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VPOD: Vintage Filigree Art Glass Duster Earrings and Being Cool


vintage art glass filigree duster earrings

We’ve often heard about retailers and brands offering celebrities money to wear their clothes and use their products. In fact, we’ve also heard the scuttlebutt when these same brand ambassadors are caught out in public sipping a rival brand’s beverage or wearing a rival brand’s pair of jeans.

But now, this celebrity branding has taken an interesting new twist.

It seems that the teen chain Abercrombie &…

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VPOD: Vintage Lucite Pendant Necklace and Recycling Plastic


vintage lucite pendant necklace

plastic a toxic love story

I’ve only just begun reading Susan Freinkel’s timely book, Plastic—A Toxic Love Story, and I’m already enthralled.

For instance, did you know we’ve produced as much plastic in the past decade as we did in the ENTIRE twentieth century?

But what’s most disturbing is that unlike metal, glass and paper, which can truly be recycled without adding new materials, plastic can’t.

Melting plastic for recycling damages plastic’s polymer…

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VPOD: Vintage 1950s Taxco Sterling Fish Pendant Necklace


vintaeg 1950s sterling Taxco fish pendant necklace

Today is Chinese New Year and rings in the Year of the Rabbit. And one of the ways that this major holiday is celebrated revolves around food.

For instance, in China it is traditional to serve a whole fish at the end of the today’s evening meal. Note that it’s a whole fish that is served, with the head and tail intact. This fish symbolizes abundance…

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