Lots of experience in many fields.
I am Virginia “Gia” Stephens. I am retired now but have been in the Jewelry Business, Antique Business and the Rustic Furniture manufacturing business. With a wide variety of experience in a lot of varied fields I hope to offer a selection of products that appeal to a wide variety of people. The handcrafted jewelry I offer will feature gemstone beads strung on 49 strand stainless steel wire thread for added strength and durability with a split ring instead of a jump ring and lobster claw clasps. This will add security to wearing my gemstone Necklaces and Bracelets. You may ask why the concern for strong wires on necklaces and bracelets? One of my early childhood memories is that of my Mothers bead necklaces breaking and everyone scrambling to find all of the beads. So I decided to stop that repeating problem and do as much as possible to make them stronger. All the earrings that I assemble with feature hypo allergenic stainless steel ear wires for quality and safety assurance. I want all my products to offer a greater value than what is available through import lines. The vintage jewelry that I am offering has been in storage for 40 years so even though it is New Old Stock we will examine it carefully for excess patina or nonworking clasps I will change the chain with the same age chain or new one if necessary, whatever makes it right. Remember this jewelry is over 50 years old and the normal clasp they came with was a spring ring. They do not operate as smoothly as a lobster claw but I will not send one out that does not work properly. If you special request by message I can change them to lobster claw at no additional cost just let me know at the time of the order. In the event that you want a special order please contact me and on the items that I make I will see what I can do. So far the requests have been reasonable and I do not charge extra for minor changes since I am making the item to order anyway. I want every customer to receive products that exceed their expectation with 100% satisfaction with their purchase. If something isn’t right, I will make it right personally. The collectible and vintage items I offer are things that I have personally collected and accumulated over many years and only now have decided to liquidate. As a dealer in vintage jewelry with many vintage items that were manufactured many years ago do not assume any item to be lead free or that it complies with any such regulation unless it is specifically stated in the item description. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has enacted Federal US regulations that require testing children's jewelry for lead content. All cast products offered for sale are not intended to be used or handled by children under the age of 15. I think the wide variety shows my varied interest and hopefully new people can enjoy these items as much as I enjoyed gathering them. My goal is to make next day shipping a priority and response to inquiries within 2 hours my standard. I am shipping orders placed in the morning the same day. Orders placed on Saturday by 10:00AM Central time are shipped by Noon that same Saturday in most cases. I have many more items that I will be adding as we progress.
GIFTS - I would be happy to send your gift orders for any of the jewelry items and they will be gift boxed with a bow at no additional cost beyond postage fees but only one gift box per order per shipping address and must be ordered as GIFT shipped to a different address and person other than purchaser. This is so a gift can be sent directly from my shop to save shipping it twice. This is a free service intended to save you money. Please do not abuse it by wanting all your purchases gift box as that is not feasible for anyone and I will be forced to stop the free service.
I will be adding new items every week. I hope to hear from as many people as possible. Thank you for your interest
Gia