Kim Hanauer

Buried Treasure........

Last week my beautiful friend Brenda asked me if I would like to look at her broken rhinestone jewelry she had buried somewhere in a tub. After I picked my jaw up off the ground I said yes!

I went to the Howard Rawlings Antique Mall in Mt. Juliet,Tn. where she has several cases of gorgeous rhinestone jewelry.

I was speechless when I saw all the colors of rhinestones that were in that tub. As I searched through that buried treasure, I found some great beauties for sure. The price was right so I went home with a box full.

If you have a minute, here are some photos of the colors and bling only vintage rhinestones have.....

I found this vintage jewelry box for now to keep this beautiful treasure of clear rhinestones. I`m on the lookout for a pink jewelry box. These make me so happy............

A beautiful Victorian box holds the blue baubles and broaches..........

Another vintage soap box works great to store the black and clear rhinestones.......

A vintage powder box is perfect for my favorite color PINK rhinestones...........

A vintage hinged top french labeled can is perfect for the rubies and emeralds. (red and green rhinestones in the real world).........

A vintage french pharmacy box is perfect for bits and baubles. I love ballerina pins..........

I saved this vintage blue tin for the darker rhinestones of orange and yellow.......

A girl has to have a sweet Victorian chatelaine purse for her diamonds and pearls!.........

I enjoyed sharing my treasures with you. I`ll be putting some necklaces and bracelets in my etsy shop soon.

What a blessing to have a friend like Brenda.

One (wo)man`s junk is another (wo)man`s treasure....Now, I`m off to hunt for more buried treasure~