Strange title for a blog post about jewelry, eh? Maybe not…

My name is Colleen. I am a vintage jewelry addict. Okay, make that just plain ol’ jewelry addict. Vintage is best, but – I love it all!

When I was on eBay, I went nuts. Sell a few pieces, buy a hundred more. Lord, those “huge lots” would get me going! And I won’t even go into my shopping frenzies at the antique malls and thrift stores. Oh my.

I had a jewelry store on eCrater for a while, but moved it to Etsy (see the mini in the side bar). It’s called JewelryObsessed, of course. Haven’t done too well with either location. The problem is, I pick out pieces to list but, when it comes down to it, I. just. can’t.

Well… I’ve been snowed in the last couple of days – always a good time to get out the jools and play. This time reality hit.

Here I sit with thousands of jewelry pieces – none of which I wear. Ever. Whaaaat??!

Time to purge. Seriously. It’s all going, and no looking back.

Soooo… a random selection of 43 pieces plus two demi parures are sitting here ready for a photo shoot. Among them are Trifari, Coro, Vendome, Sarah Coventry, Goldette, Roman, along with some lovely old unsigned and some newer. eek. This is really happening.

Stay tuned. I’ll post photos along with my thoughts, babblings, and possible rantings as the purge progresses.

This is going to be an ordeal.

I get the Abraham Hicks Daily Quote in my inbox every day. This is the one that came for today:

“Complaining about anything, holds you in the place of refusing to receive the things you’ve been asking for. Justifying about anything holds you in the place of refusing to let in the very things that you’ve been asking for. Blaming someone, holds you in the place of refusing to let in the things that you’ve been asking for. Feeling guilty, feeling angry, it doesn’t matter what you call it, it is a refusal, not a conscious one. You’re asking; you can’t help but ask. The Universe is yielding; it must yield. It’s a big question, folks: why aren’t you letting it in?

— Abraham”

Now I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but I do set goals each year. One of my goals this year is to banish negativity from my life. Pretty hefty goal, but I’m of the belief that it’s better to aim high.

This quote couldn’t have come at a better time :-) I’ve printed it and it’s now by my bed (where I’ll see it before I go to sleep and first thing when I wake up), front and center on the hutch on this computer desk, and on the fridge.

It’ll serve as a reminder to quit wasting precious time and energy on non-productive attitude and instead rev up the positive.