My husband and I are dedicated vagabonds and having been staying in various flats through out Italy & Paris for 3 weeks a year..I especially love shopping in the amazing European flea markets for special vintage pieces I can repurpose into one of a kind jewelry pieces.
We haunt places like the Marche au Pace, and wonderful street vendors in the Florence where they STILL make the most amazing glass beads...then there little back roads of Rome...little shops with old and new Rosaries & medals...Saints I never even heard of..way too much fun! My joy is finding these things and then creating pieces that spread the spirituality!
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Souvenir is a French work meaning remember and Paris is impossible to forget!
I hope you enjoy wearing these one of a kind pieces, giving them new life as much as I did creating them!
Special note: I use alot of vintage Holy card images on old brass bezel frames,preserved under glass. It's best that these not be immersed in water since though they are protected, water can still seep in and make an image bleed.
Merci!!!
Linda Valentino Michel has been an award winning sculptor of original porcelain collectible dolls and won numerous awards for her jewelry designs for over 30 years and has sold thousands of production pieces on Home Shopping. Here on Etsy, all her pieces are exclusive, original, and handmade in her Florida studio.
Traveling to Italy and France,collecting vintage medals and other wonderful bits and pieces of the past allows us to enjoy these treasures once again and bringing them new life is a reward in itself.
Please stop by her family favorite studio:
www.giftcreationsbykim.etsy.com
to see the most gorgeous mother & child designs with lots of BLING!! We all need some Swarovski enhanced tops to go with our jewelry!!!
Also check out my other "stuff" at http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/linndolls
Check Etsy favorites at
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=47548 and
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=49843
Weeki Wachee, Florida,
