Archive for December, 2008

More Holiday Candy . Ultimate Rocky Road

Ultimate Rocky Road
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Serving Size : 20 Preparation Time :0:00
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2 Cups Milk Chocolate Chips
2 1/4 Cups Miniature Marshmallow
1/2 Cup Coarsely Chopped Nuts
1/4 Cup Sunflower Seeds
Melt over hot (not boiling water) ,milk chocolate morsels; stir until
smooth. Remove from heat.
Stir in Marshmallows, nuts and sunflower seeds.
Spread in foil [...]

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Vintage christmas cookie recipes _ Bourban Balls

Chocolate Bourbons Balls
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1 1/2 Cups Fine Vanilla Wafer Crumbs
1/3 Cup Bourbon
1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
2 Tablespoons Butter Or Margarine
1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Pecans
1 1/4 Cups Powdered Sugar , Divided
In a small bowl mix cookie crumbs and bourbon. Set aside.
Place [...]

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Vintage Plastic Lucite Clip Earrings Jewelry

Transparent Vintage Lucite Earrings filled with golden confetti Shreds.
Just perfect for New Years or any occasion you want to sparkle
Soft pink Clip earrings with strands of gold. Elegant with a bit of sass
Don’t like to wear clip earrings, but love the beauty of the Vintage Earrings. Look at my last post on Earring buddy.
7, Vintage, [...]

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Great Gift for any woman or man -handy dandy Earring Converter- Clip/screw to Pierced

This is the most amazing item.
A Woman I know through the Ebay Boards invented this last year.
And it’s Great !
From the Website
If you love your vintage clip and screwback earrings
but can’t take one more minute of …the Ouch!  Pinch!  Pain!
you need…”
You can now quickly and easily convert clip [...]

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Vintage collectible World War II pins

I came across three United States World War II pins.
They are on their original cards.

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Figural Jewelry , The Fun and Funky of Vintage Jewelry

The definition of Figural is
Of, consisting of, or forming a pictorial composition of human or animal figures.
The designs can be fantasy  interpretation, or any  adaption the Jewelry artist sees  fit. So, you have dogs with blue belly’s, green stomach owls and flamingos done in rhinestones.
Vintage FAB Silver Figural Hand Pin Signed Artel
US $9.99 (1 Bid) [...]

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Pfeffer Kuchen German Christmas Cookies

In  Honor of Lili (nee Held ) Rausen
The Held family recipe.
4-5 Cups of Sifted Flour
2 1/4 Cups Of Honey
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Almonds, Roughly grounded
1Teaspoon Baking Soda
1  tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ginger
1/2 tsp Ground cloves
1/2 tsp Cardemon
Heat honey to boiling, stir in sugar and let cool.
Stir in flour, almonds & Spices.
Refrigerate ( few hrs to a [...]

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You be the Judge, Is this a BSK pin and earrings Set ?

BSK is a jewelry manufacturer  that was in business from 1948- 1983.
The Initials B.S.K> stood for B. Steinberg Kaslo
Their Mark was B.S.K. & B.S.K. My fair Lady.
Last week while I was out looking for the best in Vintage Jewelry, I found these goldtone & green stone earrings. They are not signed.
I liked them because of [...]

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Some Random Jewelry Terms to unconfuse or confuse you.

D & E : is jewelry manufactured  by De Lizza & Elster Company. They made Jewelry for  many well known companies  such as Weiss, Hobe, Kramer  from 1947 to 1990.  Around 1967, they came out with their own line  named Julianna. To add to all the confusion about D &E and Juliana- they never marked [...]

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My First D & E (Juliana) Set and it’s a Book Piece.

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