Here are the basics:

1. Georgian Vintage Jewellery is about the pieces crafted from 1714 to 1830 and may also be considered Georgian if it is made during the period from 1830 to 1837. All this jewelry is handmade. It is luxurious gemstone and gold and will be very expensive. This vintage jewellery style will encompass Rococo, Gothic, Neoclassical and lots of cameos, multi-strand gemstone necklaces, diamond and ruby and emerald rings and extravagant vintage brooches with marcasite and crystal, and in the latter period, the black iron and metal jewelry that was crafted to replicated original items donated to war causes.

2. Early Victorian Vintage Jewellery is considered Romantic when crafted during the period between 1837 and 1855 when Queen Victoria was happy and her family was united and Britain was prosperous. Exotic gemstone jewelry is dominant due to trade with India and the Orient bringing exotic gemstones and metals to Europe. Lockets are big, Scottish motifs, symbolic representations of insects and colorful message jewelry crafted from assorted stones to spell words or ideas to a loved one.

3. Mid Victorian Vintage Jewellery is from 1856 to 1880 and is considered Grand but austere and somewhat chunky, heavy and somber. Mourning jewelry was big after the death of Queen Victoria husband and mother. Simultaneously there appeared some exotic influences like the heavy and highly ornate Etruscan designs in gold.

4. Late Victorian Vintage Jewellery is found from 1885 to about 1900 and is considered an aesthetic style thanks to Danish princess Alexandra who married Edward VII and decided to lighten up heavy Late Victorian jewelry with soft gem tones and feminine designs; pearls and delicate motifs. Also Japanese patterns became a la mode, and archeological discoveries brought micromosaics into fashion as well as what is known as pietra dura, and the use of insects in crystal jewellery, butterfly pins and beetles and botanical motifs thanks to Darwin.

5. Arts and Crafts Vintage Jewellery is from 1894 to about 1923 and is considered a reactionary revolution or movement that returned jewelry to the hand craftsman and artisans instead of the setters of regal gemstones fro the courts. It was about nature and fine crafting of individual pieces and a reaction against the ornate and manufactured items of the Edwardian lavish court.

6. Art Nouveau Vintage Jewellery is from around 1895 to 1915 and overlaps the other periods, however is marked by being complex, for example Lalique and Gustave Klimt and Gaudi fall into this group of artistic complexity, although in terms of jewelry, the focus was design, raw gemstones, design, design, design….not the jeweler but the designer or artists was important.

7. Edwardian Vintage Jewellery again crosses over into a period of several contradictory trends that emerged during the years between 1901 and 1915. But Edwardian itself is considered ornate, heavy, elaborate, laden with gemstones like amethyst, emerald, ruby and a return to diamonds. Edwardian was crafted for the remaining European elite, not the masses who were seeking singular forms of artistic expression versus noble gems.

8. Art Deco Vintage Jewellery is from about 1915 to 1935 and is all about clean and crisp, geometric lines, color, art and simplicity of form. Symmetrical patterns, Asian and other Eastern motifs were popular, ziggurat shapes, Mayan angles and jagged lines, the influences of cubism, neoclassicism, and odd renditions of futurism.

9. The last era in this class is called Retro Vintage Jewellery and is so vast it can include 1940 through to the 1960’s and is best known for glamour and Hollywood glitz. Later it became chunky, synthetic and all things faux. Perhaps what is unusual about this epoch is the American influence and not the European courts or noble lords. It was jewelry from the lower classes that moved up and not from the upper classes that trickled down.

If you’ve not heard of Shattuck-St. Mary’s then one quote from Sports Illustrated sums it up pretty well, “Shattuck-St. Mary’s School is to high school hockey what Harvard is to law schools”. And if we want to name drop, Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Zach Parise and Jack Johnson all doned the maroon and white of this prestigeuos school. Here’s another stat that will shock you, 7 Shattuck students played in the 2010 Winter Olympics and 3 of its students were drafted in 2009. Keep in mind we are not talking about a metropolitan school of thousands of students, the entire student body in a given year is 480 kids.

The school goes way back to 1864 and owes a huge debt of thanks to its early patrons for they are responsible for the grandeur of the beautiful campus buildings. Dr. Gearge Shattuck started Shattuck Hall which evolved into Shattuck school while Henry Whipple started the girls school St. Mary’s. They merged in 1972. The excellent hockey program is a direct result of ex-NHLer Jean-Paul Parise. Always a tough, hard working player he immediately instilled these qualities in his players. He ran the program for ten years and his philosophy towards both athletic and scholarly excellence still permeates the school.

The hockey program is now run by Tom Ward who had this to say about what it takes for a young man to make his program, – A candidate for the program must be a person of good character, have a passion for the game and understand that the environment here is unique…Mr. Ward along with Nick Stoneman, Head of School has built the place to go for an aspiring leader – be it in hockey, the arts of just about any field the youngster has his eye on.

Entire pieces of furniture or even rooms are now being devoted to the hobby of scrapbooking. Entire scrapbooking parties are held by scrapbooking groups who meet regularly to share the newest hints and tricks of the trade. A good bit of the scrapbooking fun is had in sharing ideas and plans with friends. Displaying the finished product is a source of pride and joy for all participants as they showcase their handiwork and make new memories as they scrapbook with others.

Scrapbook albums are available in a wide variety of formats. Serious scrap bookers often make their own albums from plywood and fabric. The finished homemade albums are then decorated with a number of creative substances, including traditional paint and calligraphy, beads, pasts, rocks, sand, glitter and even baby teeth!

Scrapbooks are a fashionable way of displaying and keeping your favorite memories. A good way to start to prepare for constructing your album is to designate a specific place where you will store and arrange your saved memorabilia as well as your supplies. Set that designated location aside and use it for nothing but your scrapbooking treasures. If the surrounding space is large or versatile enough, you can manage the album’s assembly from your special location, which you can then use for both storage of supplies and assembly of the album, thus streamlining your efforts.

Making a scrapbook album full of your favorite memorabilia and keepsakes is an excellent way of preserving your cherished memories. Keeping all of your beloved items in one album which you have decorated makes looking back in time a joyous experience which you can repeat over and over again!

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