Ever since I was a little girl I have been fascinated by vintage costume jewelry. I began collecting interesting and, often broken pieces, not quite sure what I would ultimately do with them. I have always been creative and somehow knew that they would eventually inspire me.

After graduating from college as an apparel design major with courses in theater costuming, I began working in the garment industry as a retail buyer, designer, merchandiser, and division head. My crazy, busy, career sent me traveling the world creating clothing for retail chains and garment manufacturers.

I really did love my job but, after almost eighteen years of this very demanding lifestyle, I wanted to spend more time at home with my family. I decided to simplify my life and started a small business from home. Having always loved my theater costuming experiences, I gravitated towards the wedding business. After all, weddings truly are theatrical events!

Since 1992 I have worked with hundreds of brides in the New York metropolitan area creating customized handcrafted headpieces and accessories.

I rather quickly outgrew my home office so, in 1995, I opened The Sequin Garden, a wedding specialty boutique in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was a lovely little shop that specialized in ready-made and custom-designed headpieces and flowers, as well as a huge array of accessories, invitations, and favors. I began incorporating my vintage jewelry pieces into OOAK bridal headpieces and jewelry creations. I suppose I was designing assemblage jewelry before it was even called that!

“Marcia carefully selects
vintage brooches, buttons, pendants and beads
and gives them new life
in her beautifully crafted wedding jewelry designs.”
NJ Bride Magazine

Through both advertising and a vast word-of-mouth network, we quickly became recognized and sought after for our custom designs and for our personalized service.

To my dismay, I again found myself with obligations that kept me away from my family. In 2000 I decided to close the shop and move my business online so that I could once again work from home.

My wedding website is Headpiece Heaven.com. I later added VintageBridalJewelry.com to offer my customized wedding jewelry designs as well as vintage and OOAK wedding assemblage jewelry pieces.

My Etsy shop, Headpiece Heaven Salon was added to my business in 2014.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadpieceHeavenSalon?ref=hdr_shop_menu
And though I have had this Sequin Garden Etsy shop since 2010, I have just recently started selling my assemblage jewelry here.

I love designing these unique pieces. I hope you find something you love as much as I enjoyed creating it. Please let me know if you have any questions or special requests, and thanks so much for visiting my shop!