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Beads & Bits & Bobs

Found my (really) old jewellery box at the back of the cupboard.  At first I thought it was just full of beads from the 80s -


I used to be an Avon lady, so a lot of these will be from Avon.
 

Lots of beige and brown!
 

A bit of a nautical theme going on here!
 

Also found a few odds and ends - two of Mum's brooches.  Mink brooch in the shape of a butterfly - is it pc to wear these now?
 

I remember Mum wearing this little doggie brooch on a white jacket she used to have.
 

A Poetry Society medal from 1968 - and to think they are trying to bring back memorising poetry!  I can't even remember which poem I recited to win this (mind you it I had probably just learned to talk as I was still a baby then ... yeah, right)!!!


Last but not least a five shilling coin (a crown) from 1960.


Funny what ends up in the old jewellery box!  Do you have odd bits and pieces in yours?


Love, Liz
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Vintage Bird Girl said…
Love your childhood jewellery collection. I still have some of mine too. I love the history of jewellery passed down through the family.
12 June 2012 at 10:41
Kandi said…
I've got sixpence in my jewellery box, not sure why! I had 80's beads like yours the blue ones with the swirls took me back to my white flying suit with cerise belt and beads just like those - tasteful! :0) x
12 June 2012 at 11:33
Tangled Sweetpea said…
You've gotta LoVe beads! Thank you for following my blog because now I've found yours!
Victoria xx
12 June 2012 at 11:36
becktovintage said…
Hi dear Liz, I like vintage all the time. And I like expecially 80s. The colorful beads are wonderful. I have some bead necklaces from 80s and I use them sometimes.. And I want to give you the Liebster Blog Award.. Thank you for your friendship..:))
12 June 2012 at 12:00
VintageVicki said…
Just had a quick look in mine - amongst the beads & earrings there are LittleSons first teeth, a 1882 penny and the ankle bands that they put on littleson when he was born!
12 June 2012 at 12:05
Shortbread and Ginger said…
Aw - how sweet! (I've kept my sons' too!)
Liz
12 June 2012 at 12:15
Lakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping] said…
Kiddy teeth in mine too! And random presumed important screws and things, which I now can't throw away.

Not sure I like the mink butterfly, but it's certainly interesting to see!
12 June 2012 at 12:43
thriftwood said…
Hi Liz, I used to be an Avon lady too ... and my Mam had a mink brooch, but it was a swirl with a pearl in the middle. The things you remember, that you thought you had completely forgotten about, looking through everyone's blogs! Love Claire xxx
12 June 2012 at 12:57
Vintage Jane said…
A jewel box says so much about a girl doesn't it? Mine is packed with all sorts including a very cheap and tarnished bracelet given to me by my first boyfriend, aged 15. There are also 7 of my son's teeth ... I persuaded the tooth fairy to let me keep them! M x
12 June 2012 at 13:29
Rachael said…
My mam has my grans old jewellery box which was always a delight to have a poke though - full of silver coins, old pocket watches to my grans nursing badges!
12 June 2012 at 14:02
Anonymous said…
I love your jewellery memories, I have some of my childhood brooches, a sausage dog, and a plastic heart with my name on it (tacky) and some 1970 love beads!
Thea x
12 June 2012 at 15:41
Trashsparkle said…
80's jewellery is almost good, hard, currency at the moment - still got all my earrings, beads and bangles, so I need to raise some cash I'll dig them out;)

I think my mum had a mink something brooch... and I love your mum's little doggy brooch; so sweet!

Love the coins you showed - I have some in a sewing basket, of all places.

As for learning poetry in schools - not a bad thing, but will they start rapping children's knuckles again when they get it wrong?;) xx
12 June 2012 at 15:43
June said…
Those coloured beads reminded me of the 80's! I had a lot of them - I too had all the nautical colours! No idea where any of them went though which is a shame! I used to wear them with my ra-ra skirts!
June
12 June 2012 at 16:03
vintage grey said…
Such lovely jewelry and the memories are great. Love the red, white, and blue, and the butterfly!! xo Heather
12 June 2012 at 17:11
Ann@A Sentimental Life said…
I love digging through the old jewelry boxes I have.
12 June 2012 at 18:23
Mum said…
I seem to remember a mink brooch in my dim distant past - not sure who it belonged to though. I've only got pennies and halfpennies in my drawer - with may be the odd thruppenny bit.
Love from Mum
xx
12 June 2012 at 19:20
Erna said…
I love those old boxes my mum has got one and for years I told her to throw it all away, and now I'm really happy she didn't..
Erna x
12 June 2012 at 20:13
sky-blu-pink said…
Still wear my beads! I have them in all colours. Do you remember the pop-together beads? I seriously coveted some my Nana had!
12 June 2012 at 20:40
sara said…
Interesting collection of bits and bobs there Liz..............I'm quite taken with the butterfly shaped mink brooch........very glamorous. x
12 June 2012 at 21:51
blackenpot said…
What a lovely collection Liz, I remember the poppits (I think thats what they were called?)

Thank you for sharing.
13 June 2012 at 07:13
Bijou Sugar-Socks said…
love your poetry medal! i think its special :)
13 June 2012 at 07:50
Aunt Jane's Attic said…
Had loads of coloured beads a set in every colour I think, my husbands mum gave me a box of what she called her junk jewellery, its lovely to look at, as she had some very pretty brooches in it. Julie xxx
13 June 2012 at 10:41
Used-to-Bees said…
My daughter's milk teeth and lots of pretty much unworn jewellery! I love it but can't wear anything without fiddling with it and either looking like a nervy wreck or breaking it, sending beads and so on spewing all around!
x
13 June 2012 at 10:54
Danielle's Heartfelt Home said…
Hi Liz,
I loved seeing all your vintage jewellery! I have some of my mother's pieces too that I remember from my childhood. I love going through the jewellery box and stirring up memories.

Hope all is well xo

Danielle : )
14 June 2012 at 04:09
serendipity said…
What a wonderful collection! I had a lot of red white and blue beads too, I think it was after the silver jubilee.
14 June 2012 at 06:06
orchid0324 said…
Dearest Liz,
Oh, how lovely to look into these jewelries. I love your story of your mother's brooch like others said. Mymother died year 2,000; I am the only daughter and have hers which makes me in tears sometime, haha.
And I still am keeping the cheap ones I bought when young(^^;)

Love you always from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
14 June 2012 at 08:19
Miss Simmonds Says said…
when my gramdmother died I found so many great things in her jewellery box and the button box too, they're great places to find forgotten treasures. Definitely wear the mink
14 June 2012 at 22:48
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