Treasure Hunting in New York: CSJ Sale

Long story short: After finding out there was such a place like CJS Sale I could't help thinking of going there one day. Waiting at Tallinn Airport with Annika and Jane I still couldn't believe it was going to happen. I didn't believe it in New York either until I stumbled on some boxes full of beads while I was stepping out from elevator on the second floor...

It is unbelievable! It's a treasure vault full of sparkly stuff! Boxes after boxes after boxes... All full of beads, rhinestones, pearls, metal components, plastics and finished accessories. We were digging through it all as much as possible, lifting boxes and climbing on top of them. Can you imagine it?! Climbing on top of boxes full of glass beads? I mean, wow.

I was very practical, revising my box every now and then, lifting some of it out and leaving only the ones that were very precious in some reason or were in my search list for a long time. Rhinestones, rhinestones, sparkly colorful rhinestones... Vintage glass pearls, some glass beads and Prosser beads in a gorgeous color of purple that doesn't look grayish in artificial light. Those who use purple beads know what I'm talking about. Showing my finds in another post. Follow CJS Sale via web, Facebook or Instagram. Luckily Annika didn't forget to take some photos:

Üritan hästi lühidalt pika jutu kokku võtta: Pärast seda, kui sain teada kohast nimega CJS Sale, tekkis soov seda kunagi külastada. Oodates Tallinna Lennujaamas koos Annika ja Janega, ei suutnud seda aga mitte kuidagi uskuda. See ei jõudnud kohale ka siis, kui saabusime New Yorki, kuniks astusin liftist välja ja koperdasin helmeid täis karpide otsa...

See on lihtsalt uskumatu! Tõeline varakamber täidetud läikivate vidinatega! Karp karbis kinni... Kõik sisaldamas helmeid, ehtekive, pärleid, metallist osi, plastikut ja valmis aksessuaare. Me kaevasime end sellest kõigest läbi nii põhjalikult, kui võimalik, tõstes karpe ühest kohast teise ja ronides nende otsas. Suudad sa seda ette kujutada?! Et sa ronid karpide otsas, mis ääreni täis klaashelmeid? Tõsiselt, vau.

Ma olin väga praktiline, vaatasin oma karbi aegajalt läbi, tõstsin osa asju välja jättes ainult need, mis olid minu jaoks tõeliselt väärtuslikud või seisid mu soovinimekirjas jubs ammu. Ehtekivid, ehtekivid, sillerdavad värvilised ehtekivid... Vintage klaaspärlid, mõned klaashelmed ning Prosser helmed imeilusas sirelilillas toonis, mis tehisvalguses hallikana ei paista. Need, kes on kasutanud lillat värvi helmeid teavad, millest räägin. Oma saaki näitan eraldi blogipostituses. Jälgi CJS Sale tegemisi veebis, Facebookis või Instagramis.

Last revision of the beads, after 4-5 hours digging we started to feel tired. Photo by Jane.

Vintage Style Statement Necklace: Blue Princess

This is a tribute necklace for princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark. Rhinestones are handset into prong settings and all components wired together.
Materials used:
*vintage Czech glass cabochons imitating lapis lazuli
*vintage Swarovski crystal rhinestones
*antique hollow glass beads with silver lining
*vintage small handmade glass beads imitating lapis lazuli
*vintage big French handmade glass beads imitating lapis lazuli
*new metal components and wire

Truly royal-looking necklace in vintage style!

This was the first finished version with a hidden box clasp.

This is the version that was final, with spring clasp and extender
chain that allows to change the lenght of the necklace.

My fingertips still remember the pain from setting all these rhinestones!

Valmis sai kaelakee, mille eeskujuks on Kreeka ja Taani printsess Eugenie kaelakee safiiride ja teemanditega. Ehtekivid on ükshaaval kinnitatud "pesadesse" ning kinnitatud traadiga.

Materjalid:
*vintage Tšehhi klaaskivid lasuriiti imiteeriva mustriga

*vintage Swarovski kristallklaasist ehtekivid

*antiiksed õõnsad klaashelmed hõbetatud sisuga

*vintage väikesed käsitsi valmistatud klaashelmed lasuriiti imiteeriva mustriga

*vintage suured käsitsi valmistatud klaashelmed lasuriidi imitatsiooniga Prantsusmaalt

*uued metallist komponendid

Vintage Style Necklace In Making

Here are photos of the vintage style necklace coming together. I searched high and low for the right bow. Found one but it was only in one size. I needed two sizes to use with big and medium motif. So, I cut two bows in pieces and joined them together to create a bigger one :)

The big motif became a center pendant with extra rhinestones
and the bow I created from two bows.

It's quite huge don't you think?

Here are all the components coming together.
Here you can see the difference of the bows.

Siin on pilte vintage stiilis kaelakee protsessist. Seda õiget metallist lipsu-komponenti otsisin õige mitmest kohast. Kui leidsin, siis oli seda saada ainult ühes suuruses. Aga mul oli vaja kahes suuruses, et kasutada suure ja keskmise motiivi juures. Niisiis võtsin kaks lipsu, lõikasin katki ja ühendasin üheks suuremaks :)