Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore....

We have managed to add in some of the long awaited Oz charms...we didn't list lots of each, but many were snapped up within hours of them going for sale in the "New Arrivals" section and we've been fending off eager customers looking for the ones they missed out on..unfortunately, we won't be able to restock these until the New Year, so the ones who got there first are the lucky few!

Some pieces are still available - only one or two of some of the cab charms as I type, but perhaps this would be enough to make a Christmas gift for a friend if you can grab it while it's still there....

Some of our favourites are :

Ruby Slippers round pendant £4.50 each

"Dorothy" name connector charm £1.50 each

Ruby Slippers metal pendant £3.50 each

Glinda the Good Witch gold plated locket £4.95 each

All available from www.myvintagecharms.com

Be Prepared!

Last year we actually received a complaint from a UK customer because we didn't wrap and post and order placed on Christmas Day! Apart from stating the obvious, that Royal Mail don't work on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, we did want to spend some time with our new baby, our family and relax a little after a really hectic year.

This year has been even busier and we've decided to have a proper Christmas break to calm down after the mayhem that was 2009 and enjoy a short holiday, think over our plans for My Vintage Charms in 2010 and come back fully prepared and refreshed for a whole new year.

We will close December 16th until January 7th. Any orders placed during this time will be processed when we re-open, in the order we received them.

This time of year is crazy for everyone - we know you want your charms fast, but the volume of orders received means we need several days to wrap and send. Please order at least 7 days in advance of when you might need your charms.



We hope everyone has a fabulous time with Christmas markets, fairs and increased sales in their shops and websites...we will continue to add in gorgeous new pieces until we close for our much needed rest!

Zazie!

If you haven't already seen Louis Malle's 1960 film "Zazie dans le Metro" it's definitely worthy of a look. Twelve year old Zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in Paris, so that her mother can spend some time with her lover. However Zazie escapes her uncle's custody and sets out to explore Paris on her own. It's a merry farce taking a satirical view of French society.

We now have these vintage plastic orange Eiffel Tower pendants and when we saw them we thought they were decidedly "Zazie".

Put this Eiffel Tower pendant on a chain and just like Zazie, wear with some cheek & chic. Polyester turtle neck optional.



VIntage 60's Eiffel Tower pendant : 75p each at My Vintage Charms

The Wonderful Alice pendant

One of our most popular items is the Silver Plated domed Alice pendant. We never seem to be able to keep it in stock, but we've now got quite a few, so get them while you can!

We can't offer any specific images as they are all pre-wrapped, but rest assured they are all very gorgeous! 6 of the available images are shown, but we choose from a wider selection and yours may not be in the photo...

Domed Alice in Wonderland pendant : £4.95 at My Vintage Charms

too many charms........

It's a bit crazy here - all of the new charms deliveries are arriving at once! We can't keep up! Too many charms, too little space...we're over-run with brass and silver and plastic and glass. But we love it! It's really quite exciting to have hundreds and hundreds, possibly thousands! of bags to open and marvel over.

The website is being updated completely - it's going to be a very busy month! Will post pics asap xx

Fortune favours the audacious

This is how most items arrive at MVC, by luck, good fortune and fate. Some things are familiar and in no short supply, other things are rare & unknown; we burst open a dusty box and hope we chance upon something special and unusual, always worth an adventitious shot in the dark, good or bad.

Recently we received a beautiful box of disappointment - we discovered within, stunning 1930's porcelain flowers, so indicative of that era but every one of them broken, just like our vintage hearts.

Sometimes we discover something that has turned full circle on the style axis, no longer looking like the past but instead the future,and that is where fortune has been kind to us, chancing a sizeable bag of these brilliant cut diamond silhouettes our/your way. Fortunately, they don't cost a fortune, only 90p for two, so don't fear of using them in quantity.

I can think of many things to do with them - hand sew them around the neck of your favourite t-shirt, link them with jump-rings to make an unconventional diamond necklace, glue one on a ring or earring backs...ok, that's only four but I don't want to bore you. Instead of listing ideas I decided to produce something for your eyes to feast on.

For those of you wondering how to produce such a dazzling array of gems; I lightly covered the back of each diamond with glue and placed them on to a lurex tulle to dry. When dry, I cut around them and placed a jump-ring through the tulle and around the diamond (the tulle holds the jump-ring in the centre) and attached it into the link of an 18" necklace. Voila! Your very own, diamond, ruby, emerald, amethyst and sapphire necklace. It's enough to make even Liz Taylor green with envy.

Cut-out diamond charms : 90p for 2 @ My Vintage Charms

Gold Plated 18" necklace - 75p @ My Vintage Charms


I love these so much that I think they deserve their own soundtrack....and what could be more joyful than a long-time favourite band of the MVC workroom, Little Dragon, with their song "Fortune." Look out for little diamond silhouettes all throughout the video.



Mountain of pearls to soothe the soul
Gold and silver and silk to cover the old
Clocks and rubies crushing these hard bones
I'm going blind from too many shiny stones

lost findings

The "findings" section is having a makeover! Ahead of the proper makeover for the whole website (P has created some beautiful imagery for the new look!) we need to address the mess that is the section for chains, earrings, jumprings etc.

We've sold out of almost everything in that section, and the heaviest, biggest box of supplies is winging its way to us now, so we're having a good look through all the necklaces, rings, pin backs, earring hooks and everything else to make it a much nicer section to go to.

We have such interesting bits to help you create your own jewellery, we really must get it all on show!

Sacre Coeur

We love religious icons mixed with Day of the Dead kitsch. We're putting together quite special Day of the Dead boxes soon, just in time for the November celebrations, but we do have some beautful Virgin Mary pendants available now - glossy Sacred Heart cabochon in a large brass setting. Mix this with the red and yellow lucite rose vintage large hearts for something very special!

We have a plethera of religious charms to upload and will be photographing them for upload very soon.

Sacred Heart Virgin Mary pendant : £4.50 & Lucite Rose Hearts £1.50 and £1.65 - all at http://www.myvintagecharms.com/

Kiss me Quick

Summer may already have come and gone (already?) but we've hardly had a day off here, let alone two weeks relaxing in the sun...must be why, although autumn has creeped in, our photos of the 1960's Kissing Swallow pendants show them on the map of Corsica and the south of France.

They come drilled with a hole through their crossed tails - or without. Vibrant and fun, these are ideal for making into a necklace or gluing a pin on the back for a big brooch.

Long, cool drinks and the warm breeze tickling our toes will have to remain a dream until next year now, so brighten up your jewellery with these kitsch characters in sunny yellow and hot red. £1.70 each at My Vintage Charms

new arrivals!

It's been a while - but there are a few new arrivals now on the website, in the "New" section first before they go into their respective categories.

An awful lot of stuff has sold out, and we're working on restocking those items - thanks to all of you who have been so patient while we work through the mammoth task of re-coding and doing stock control and changing workspace etc. which we've had to do while carrying on with selling and packaging and everything else. It would have been easier to close completely while we did this, but we didn't want to disappoint anyone who needed something. We have had the odd irate email along the lines of "how dare you sell out of something I wanted to buy!" but we've learned to take those in our stride...it's a full moon coming after all, and we now expect some people will be irrational and let their inner werewolf come out to play.

One of our favourite new arrivals is little Bambi. One of Disney's most brutal films! Hang this little fella from a necklace...perhaps add a locket with a photo of Thumper inside? Too cute and guaranteed not to last long int the shop! (Cue angry emails....)

Bambi pendant £2 from http://www.myvintagecharms.com/