Meet the Collectors Archive

Attending a CJCI Convention: A First-Timer’s Perspective
by Kathryn Drury Wagner – Exclusively for CJCI An inside view of the year’s

A Mother’s Legacy Lives On by Linda Lombardo
Back in 1988, I was married with a 7 year-old son making my way

Jewelry as Art: The Hollycraft Christmas Brooch Collection
Many times the artist’s renderings of costume jewelry are just as lovely as the

Jewelry as Art Selections from The Thomas Portzline Collection Photography by Carolyn Louise Newhouse

Best Friends Forever or BFF If You’re Into Texting Linda Lombardo
BFF. That’s what Miranda writes as she and her mother, Jo, sit at the

Great Lakes Mini-Convention Report
The Great Lakes Glitzy Girl Friends held its Vintage Fashion Jewelry Convention in St.