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About My Products

BEADS & STONES

The beads and stones I use in my jewelry pieces are created only from high quality glass beads, semi-precious stones and crystals. I do not use plastic. You will find my pieces constructed of one or more of the following materials:

·          Swarovski Crystals

·          Czech Cut Glass

·          Dichroic Glass

·          Venetian Foil Glass

·          Coral/Shells

·   Semi-Precious Stones:

      ~Hematite       ~Jasper

      ~Garnet           ~Unakite

      ~Quartz           ~Pearl

      ~Amethyst      ~Onyx

      ~Goldstone    ~Howlite

      ~Tiger’s Eye   ~Turquoise

      ~Rhodonite    ~Jade

      ~Citirine         ~Peridot

      ~Opal               ~Moonstone

·        Metals

~Non Tarnish-Silver wire

~Sterling Silver

~Silver-Plated

~14K Gold

~Gold-Plated

~Brass

~Copper

NOTE:

All flexible stringing wire used in my pieces are non-tarnishing

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FABRICS

I design and construct handbags and totes that are made from Vintage and Contemporary fabrics making many of my handbags one-of-a-kind originals.

My Vintage fabrics have a history. They hail from many different generations of our time--1960's-70's, 1950's and some dating all the way back to the 1940's! These fabrics are a few of the tangibles left from an era gone by. That is why these fabrics are so very special and unique-Once the fabrics are used up--they are GONE FOREVER...Constructing them into beautiful handbags and sharing them with you, is my way of keeping those generations alive. Be the first-and in some cases the "only one" in the world to own the last bit of a vintage fabric piece thru the purchase of a custom made vintage handbag.

Each vintage handbag is a Limited Edition and comes with a special hangtag containing:

The bag's description
The fabric's year
A serial # to let you know your edition sequence from the total available, i.e. 2 out of 5
My special stamp to provide you proof of Authenticity

You can identify any of my Vintage Bags in my Online Catalog by those items beginning with Item # "VPUR"

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