Ebay Alert!

I just found this super-amazing Bakelite (or maybe Lucite) bangle on eBay (OK well, actually, I found it surfing eBay on my phone in the middle of the night). I've never seen one quite like it so I thought you lovely readers might like a peek:

a-mah-zing vintage eye candy

To go to the auction on eBay click here

I love vintage jewelry with a bug theme! I think these little cicadas look like gummy bears. I kinda want to eat 'em. I sure don't want to eat the real kind :-)
The ebay seller doesn't say specifically  that this is Bakelite, but judging by the looks of it, I think it could be...I don't really care, I love it anyway. Unfortunately with the dollar conversion and the shipping from England it's a little rich for my blood right now, but maybe one of you gals will snap it up!

UPDATE:   This cool bangle ended up selling for $81.57. I think that's less than it's worth, if it is in fact Bakelite. What do you guys think?

A Fun Trip to Wertz Bros. Antiques

A while back I stumbled upon a gem of a place, in Santa Monica (pretty close to where I live) called Wertz Bros. Antique Mart. You know how sometimes you drive by a place a million times, and every time you say to yourself "I've gotta go in there someday!"  Well, I guess it was someday! Mostly it was because I spied an open parking spot right by the door...I loves me some "Doris Day" parking :-)

Wertz Bros. looks unassuming from the outside, but the inside!!! I literally gasped when I walked through the door. It's enormous and filled to the rafters with every kind of vintage amazingness.
Here are my favorite finds of the day:

my favorite color

this chair NEEDs to be in my living room

the most exotic perfume bottle ever

yummy Bakelite...you can never have enough

Wertz Brothers Antique Mart in Santa Monica, CA

Here's a link to their website:Wertz Bros.Website


What a fun place! If you're ever in L.A. it's worth a look!