Jewelry Talk from The Discerning Blonde

 Welcome Everyone! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Michael and I have many nicknames, including Mykey, Blondmyk, and Blondmykey.  I own and operate a newer store on Etsy called "The Discerning Blonde VCJ Shoppe", with VCJ standing for "Vintage Costume Jewelry".   The Discerning Blonde VCJ is a labor of love for me.  I began collecting, researching, and selling vintage jewelry back in 2006 when a friend of mine put out some jewelry sets at a garage sale in Des Moines, Iowa that I was helping her set up.  They were beautiful sets and I couldn't believe that she was selling them for $12.50 each.  They were all signed pieces, with names like Napier, Christian Dior, Hattie Carnegie, Vendome, etc-- maybe five or six sets total.  I asked her about them and she allowed me to take them home to research them.  That following week, an addiction was born.  One page of research led to another and took me on a journey that I still enjoy to this very day.  M