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| Image 1: Trifari Pin in Spring colors |
I haven't shared any bling and jewels on my blog recently. If you are familiar with my blog, you probably know I collect china. I have collected china for a couple of years, but I have collected costume jewelry for a couple of decades, long before I collected china. So today I thought I would share a trio of colorful pins (brooches) I own.
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| Image 2: Trifari Pin in Summer colors |
These three pins are the same pin design, executed in different metal finishes and 'colorways' of rhinestones. (Colorways are arrangements of colors.) Each pin is over 3 inches (8 cm) long end to end.
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| Image 3: Trifari Pin in Fall colors |
I especially like the three colorways of this pattern that I own. I look at them and see a spring, summer and fall execution of this design.
I have occasionally bid on a "winter" version of this design - an all white rhinestone colorway, but I haven't managed to win the bid on Ebay; and truthfully, I have been avoiding Ebay, because it is too easy to spend too much money there, and too fast. I spend less at rummage sales, and there are no shipping fees. Trifari booches, at one pin for $10-$30 (or more), are not nearly as affordable as china plates for $1-$5 each. Hence my newer hobby is collecting china. :)
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| Image 4: These pins are large! Showing the scale |
These booches were manufactured by the Trifari jewelry company, probably in the 1950's. When I first was collecting costume jewelry I probably wouldn't have selected these pins, because they are so bright and flashy that they in no way pretend to be "real". Now, though, I love them for the totally intense sparkle they give off.
I always find myself wishing the pictures could show you what I see when I look at them. I work to get the colors right, but somehow the real pieces of jewelry are much more stunning then the pictures show. Each pin is very dimensional - the two flowers are mounted over the foliage. Maybe I will take some more photos to document them, but for now I think I will just send off this post.
Click on any image to see it larger - the details sparkle!
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