Time for a Change
There are a few of things I like that are old or at least that look older, my cheeses, my guys, and my jewelry. I have a handle on the cheese thing, and not surprisingly, I like guys that are at the very least a few years older than I am. However, buying older jewelry is quite difficult on a budget.
Most of the vintage pieces I want to buy are actually good quality because apparently they didn’t have Forever 21 back in the day. Good quality jewelry plus a little age means high prices. So, a while ago, I dusted off those wheels in my head and went through my cerebral rolodex of old looking objects I could string around my neck to give the allusion of “vintage”, but without breaking the bank.
A lot of the things I came up with were too kitschy and/or had already been brought back to the mainstream of late, meaning I could actually go to my local cheap-chic store and get a replica without the hassle of being crafty. Then, my great grandfather’s pocket watch came to mind.
As it is, the pocket watch, is lost in a dusty attic somewhere in my great grandmother’s house in Michigan, only to be found under the most unfortunate circumstances, then, given to my brother, even though I’d put it to better use…OBVIOUSLY!
I let this idea fall to the wayside, bringing it up every now and then, until I saw a piece in the August issue of Lucky about timepiece necklaces, leaving me to scream “I told you so” to the walls of an empty house.
The article was the kick in the but I needed to head to eBay, bid on two different cheapo pocket watches from Hong Kong, and win those auctions— being the only one to actually bid on them. I know they aren’t über-vintage, like my great grandfather’s pocket watch, or even slightly used for that matter, but the insinuation is all the same, and I only spent $30 for both.
Next on the list of things to work into my wardrobe, head jewels like those depicted in this painting. Maybe not…
