Monday, November 22, 2010

Blog Post: Vintage = Memories = Stories = Imagination

Have you ever held a piece of vintage jewelry? Have you ever wondered where was it made? Who was the artist? How many miles did this piece have to travel to have the opportunity to greet you? What history did it witness?

The Iridescent Hummingbird will be soon introducing a few vintage jewelry pieces. Photographing and documenting these pieces has become time consuming, not due to technical difficulties but from allowing our imaginations to quickly throw sand down the preverbial hourglass. 
Vintage silver cuff bracelet with ornate detailing. 
© The Iridescent Hummingbird 
Some pieces we have are from an era that witnessed the assassination of JFK. Some may have been adorned by someone watching an I Love Lucy television show's original live telecast, neat-o commercial jingles and all.

All come from a period of time that seems so foreign to us today: smoking was permitted just about everywhere, women were primarily domestic and subservient, men arrived home from work each evening with a cocktail waiting, and -- there was no Internet.

Each vintage jewelry piece has a story but not all stories can be told. Some pieces are extremely valuable while others are valued only in sentiment.  What makes something vintage valuable to you? 

Let your inner beauty shine. Be kind. Be selfless. Be well.

Blog Post: New Horizon

©The Iridescent Hummingbird
The Iridescent Hummingbird is interested in many different artisan crafts. To reflect this, new features will be created and integrated into TIHB repertoire.

  • Handcrafted unique soaps
  • Handcrafted knitted apparel
  • Homemade lip balms and glosses
  • Homemade exfoliating and moisturizing salt scrubs
  • Homemade lotion balms
  • Gift baskets
  • Art prints
THIB will be introducing a small collection of vintage jewelry and accessories, many of which are from the 1950's and 1960's.

We will continue to design more one-of-a-kind artisan jewelry as well. 

Let your inner beauty shine. Be kind. Be selfless. Be well.

Latest Design: November 21, 2010

Latest Design:
The Crystal Facets Collection's 'Luminosity' Bracelet
Elegant, modern: the quiet show stopper. Dazzling fire polished multi-faceted Czech glass surrounded by floral bead caps. Swarovski crystals, abstract flora tubes and silver toggle clasp finishes the piece.

Studio Sneak Peek: November 21, 2010

Studio Sneak Peek:

  Vintage multi strand necklace in look-at-me fire engine red. Will be hard to let this one go.
   This piece will be up for sale after our cleaning and inspection procedure has been conducted.

Website News: November 21, 2010

News: Gearing Up For the Next Charity

   Non-profit charity organization Ashlyne's Angels will be hosting it's first annual basket bingo charity event on December 10, 2010 in central Maryland to benefit pediatric cancer research.  Click here for more info.
  The IHB is honored to participate in this event.