Jolie
@joliekitsune
I do not auto follow back! Mostly lurking. Photographer, lover of books. Profile pic: a weeping angel statue from New Orleans, banner pic: wild fall cyclamen in bloom, surrounded by fallen cedar fronds
@gateau.bsky.social This weekend’s cleanup jobs. Of the stones, I do suspect the flower mandala to be glass, but that blue dangle fluoresces just enough to make me think possible topaz. The purse took SO much cleaning, and there’s still a little more to do. But not a dent in sight!
@hillarymonahan.bsky.social Question (possible favor): are you open to help rehome a 925 marked poison ring? Found this poor baby in my late husband’s stuff. Band has been flattened rather than properly resized. No idea of age, suspect it came to him from an antique shop. About 11g.
@gateau.bsky.social My “I’ll know it when I see it” find. Moonstone and marcasite. Absolutely NOTHING like anything I’ve ever looked for, ever thought I’d wear. But when I came across it, could not stop going back to it!
@gateau.bsky.social OK, earring twin, here are the mates for our long lost earrings. Will DM with details Later, but wanted you to see them!
I‘ve mostly stopped bottom feeding ebay auctions, but this one came in the mail today and I’m very pleased. Baltic amber in sterling settings, after first round of cleaning. Polishing the silver on the earrings is proving challenging, the cloth doesn’t fit well in all those crevices!
Newest favorite rock is a piece of turritella agate with one polished side. Fossils inside are Elimia tenera, a freshwater snail. It was in a shop with a lot of more expensive specimens, but this small chunk kept drawing me back. It’s even more fascinating under a magnifying glass!
Um…no judgment here… 🤣 Left is Wedgwood & clips onto your lipstick, right is old enough that it has its own refillable(?)tube, which…no, I haven’t used.
These two were a thrift find, at around $20 each. Both are marked; they were nearly black with tarnish when I bought them, but obviously they cleaned up pretty well. Purple appears to be charoite, blue is a little odd in that it’s dyed golden rutile quartz. At the price, I couldn’t resist!
Oh my galaxies… @peculiarityshop.bsky.social Impossible to catch the colors or fire of these aurora opals in just one pic, so here are four. @beckymew.bsky.social was right, no need to worry about the pendant matching! PURE JOY!!! The whistle was honestly a bright spot too on a crappy morning. 💕
Every time you say there’s more mail, I’m seeing this… “Thank you, Thing!” 😆
Well, shit, those look familiar. *rummages through beads* Someone better save me quick!
LOL I already have earrings from a QueerVC last month that I paired with a necklace I’ve had forever…and it’s a good thing they go with black, because I still haven’t found anything purple to wear them with!
This is what I saw in my feed over on Mastodon (using Ivory for iOS, in case that previews differently somehow). No idea if that’s the right image, since when I clicked through to your site, it gave me a ? where the image should be. Isn’t technology fun? 🙄