Good moring!  I've been selling primarily retired James Avery Jewelry pieces, but have picked up a new artist and am selling her things now in my store.  She is a fabulous artist whose pieces have been at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Houston Muiseum of Natural Science. 

If anyone has any suggestions - positive or negative - I would really appreciate them.  I got to Power Seller quickly and am working getting to the next level.  And the last time I asked for suggestions (from the childrens clothing people), I put everything into action and boy did it improve my sales!

I'm also happy to help anyone else out - it's not just me getting help from you all.  I worked for Avery for 10 years about 20 years ago, so I have a pretty good knowledge about older pieces, if anyone ever has some questions.

Best,

Molly

Little Texas Charmer

I just bought another bracelet and this has three charms on it all engraved on the back "To Diane from Jim."  All in the same year of 1963. So what happened?  Did they break up?  Did Diane die?  Did she lose interest in her bracelet and never wear it and Jim stopeed buying charms?  Why didn't anyone in her family get it? 

I'm driving my daugther to school and I'm thinking these things.  If the charm says "I'll never stop loving you," well then, where is the rest of the story?  I couldn't help buying it, and adding more charms to it, to fill out the story. 

I guess this is what drives my passion of charm bracelet collecting.  It's more than jewelry, it's an entire history of your life, your brief affair (like Diane and Jim), your family or any other passion you want to commemorate.  It's wonderful to wear something so personal on your wrist that can give anyone such insight into your life.

I have one charm I recently purchased that is a retired James Avery tricycle.  My husband had a red tric when he was little that is still talked about amongst his relatives today.  I'm not sure what I am going to do with it yet, but I know I could never part with it.

Would someone else share a story about their collection?