Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home hosts the “Show and Tell Friday,” asking “Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there’s a story behind your special something, that’s even better! If you would like to join in, all you have to do is post your “Show and Tell” on your blog, copy the post link, come over here and add it to Mr. Linky.“
I don’t wear a lot of jewelry — I like it, but I just don’t always think to put it on, or the clothes I bought a particular piece for wore out long ago. Plus I guess I am pretty particular in my jewelry selections.
I wear mostly necklaces and pins (brooches — I don’t know why, but I hate that word.) I was just going to show the three cameos, but as I looked around in my jewelry box, I saw other favorites I wanted to share as well.
The two small pins on the right plus the cameo stick pin were given to me by my mom, so that makes them special, besides the fact that I love the way they look. My husband gave me the cameo with the blue background and the 1928 oval one with pink roses in the center. I love both pieces — the 1928 one is probably my favorite of all — but they are also special to me because he gave them to me. He may have given me the gold cameo also — I can’t remember. The one in the upper left with the little flowers I bought at a craft show when we lived in GA. I don’t know what it is made of, but I thought it was cute (the craft shows there are one of the few things I miss about living there! They don’t seem to have many around here). The one on the lower left with the dangling pearl is also one I bought, but I don’t remember where. I liked that it looked antique even though it’s not. I used to have an old-fashioned looking dress with a lace collar that that pin went really well with. Too bad dresses don’t last as long as jewelry does. 🙂
The gold cameo isn’t actually a pin: it’s a scarf clasp. There was a time — oh, maybe about 20 years ago? — when ladies used to wear scarves a lot, and one way to hold them together was with a scarf clasp like so:
I wish scarves would come back in style — I loved the way they looked and the way they added a bit of color or pattern.
I loved this cameo like that, but once I saw a friend wear a scarf clasp clipped over the top of a crew-neck sweater which she wore over a blouse with a collar. I thought it looked very sweet and feminine. I had a couple of dresses with a high rounded neck and a lace collar that this cameo looked nice with — it looked like a brooch pinned at the center of the collar where the two sides curved up toward the center.
As you can tell, I like jewelry that is smallish, feminine, and old-fashioned, even vintage looking. I do have some pieces in different styles, though — I’ll have to save those for another day.
I don’t like expensive jewelry, though, and I don’t think any of this is. A friend asked me once what I would do if someone gave me $2,000. I think I said I’d pay off some bills, give some to the church, get something for the house, etc. She said she’d buy jewelry. One $2,000 piece of jewelry. I’d be a nervous wreck if I ever wore anything like that!!! And — not to criticize her choices, because we’d all have different ideals of what to do if we had money to “blow” — but I just couldn’t stand the thought of sinking a lot of money into jewelry. And thankfully for me, it’s easy enough to find things I love without doing that. I’m sure my husband appreciates that, too. 🙂
Stray Thoughts 
Very lovely pieces of jewelry you have. I have a collection of cameos (they now live at my daughters house lol) I housed them in a narrow shadow box ontop of satin fabric. This way they can be enjoyed all the time.
How lovely they are. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend.
~Lyndy~
Very nice. I have a few myself that I may remember to share someday. I am partial to pears – so I love the pearl one, but they are all quite lovely.
They are beautiful. I love cameos, but don’t own any.
Very pretty I’ve always been drawn to cameos.
Hi Barbara,
Your cameos remind me of my mom’s collection. My grandmother also loved smallish, feminine styled jewelry, and your photos take me back to thoughts of her. Thanks you for sharing.
Best wishes, Karen
I’m drawn to the ones your mother gave you. Beautiful. I have a hard time remembering to put any jewelery on except for my wedding ring…
I love the 2 that your mom gave you. My mom has one like the blue cameo that was my grandmothers. I remember the scarf phase although I was maybe early teens :), I remember my mom having all kinds of scarfs and pretty clasps. I’m the same way as you with jewelry, the only jewelry I own that is worth anything are my engagement/wedding rings and an anniversary ring — other than that, I tell my husband not to buy me anything like earrings or necklaces because I would surely lose them or something. 🙂
Your pin are beautiful. I love Cameos and have several. I too remember back when dresses with lace collars were in style and I had several. I wish they would come back. I’m like you, there is no way I would pay $2000.00 for a piece of jewely. Imagine all the stuff you could get at a thrift store for that! LOL!!!
What a beautiful collection!
~ Christina
They are beautiful! I love the vintage look to them!
Lovely pieces. I especially like the two cameo’s.
Susan
Those are absolutely beautiful! I love cameos. Have nothing to wear with them, but love them anyway!
They’re lovely, Barbara! The one affixed to the scarf is really pretty. Thanks for sharing them with us! 😀
You have some very lovely pieces. When I was a teenager I loved looking at the 1928 designs at the department store. I wonder if they still make them.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh, these are very beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing them.
What pretty pins. I, too, like very feminine jewelry–I only own a few pieces that aren’t. I especially love the one around the scarf. Maybe wearing scarves will come back ‘in’ soon.
I very much like your jewelry, it looks very pecious!
And thank you so much for looking at my show and tell! ;-))
Happy week-end to you and best wishes from Germany,
Anita
The cameos are lovely as well as every thing else. I like scarves but seldom wear them..I have a friend who wears them almost every day…her trade mark…..Betty
Such wonderful pins! My gran used to have a lot of cameo pins and I remember in the 70’s she gave me one that attached to a black velvet choker…I loved it and wish I still had it!!
I love these!!! They are lovely and so feminine!!! Takes me back to a simpler time. 🙂
Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend!
Tiany
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Tiany
I do love vintage jewelry. What beautiful pieces you are blessed to have and enjoy.
lovely
Oh, such lovely pins, Barbara!! I just LOVE cameos and you have a wonderful collection! Hopefully scarves will come back into style again soon! I couldn’t wear a $2000 piece of jewelry either…I would worry myself sick that I would lose it! LOL
Have a great weekend!
Kelli