Tips for buying fashion antique jewelry and budget friendly bling bling.

Are you obsessed with a little old time sparkle? Want to add a few pieces of vintage costume jewelry into your existing collection of baubles?

For the past few shopping seasons, big and bejeweled statement jewelry hung around the necks and dangled on the ears of globetrotting style stars and local jewel-loving socialites.

While costume jewelry aficionados hunt religiously at vintage boutiques, auctions and European flea markets for unique antique jewelry, you too can score a sweet piece of antique or vintage costume jewelry (or even a girls bracelet for your daughter) using these 6 smart jewel-sleuthing strategies. Read the rest of this entry »