A Bounty of Brooches // Collections Management
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- I may have picked up a few brooches over the last year and a half...so today I thought I'd show you the new additions! I figure some of you like seeing vintage costume jewelry as much as I do after all. And don't worry, I will still have another video for you this Thursday sewing something fun...
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First, a disclaimer: So many of you have kindly offered to send me things, including vintage items you may have inherited, and I am so honored you would think of me and of course I do adore vintage treasures, however, unfortunately I only have so much storage space currently! So there is a chance that if something just wont work for me, or doesn't fit me etc, that I may not be able to keep all of your lovely things. Please only send things if you are okay with the possibility that I may donate items I just cannot keep. If you would prefer I put things that I can't keep into the TCH Etsy shop to help raise funds for me and the channel, please specify this in a note or letter in your parcel. Thank you so much!
Bianca Esposito
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Highlands Ranch, CO 80163
Thank you for watching! - Jak na to + styl
I would like to thank you for informing me of the *clutterbitch* aesthetic
I think I was born a card carrying member of the clutterbitch society 😅
those smol "B" and "E" pins scream collar pins to me!
"Blow people away with how ridiculous it is" 🤣🤣🤣
My motto Exactly!🙌
My friends and I always called it "retail therapy", and at one time I spoke to that kind of counsellor frequently.
My name means “raven” and I dearly love the shiny things... and when my mom would lament about my addiction to sparkles I would tell her it was her fault for naming me for a bird that likes the sparkles
Sparkles add a lovely brightness to everything, so keep in enjoying them! Every one always compliments me on my sparkly "stuff". Jewelry, ball caps, clothes, and the more sequins the better! Tell your mom she did a good thing! 🌹
@@cherylmacvane8791 Thank you!
@@coreygilles847 You're most welcome!
It’s appropriate that today I’m drinking my coffee from a novelty mug I got at Target last year: “It’s an Add to Cart Kind of Day”
Oh my those are beautiful; your taste is exquisite!
By the way...I've loved your taste in arthropod-related fashion ever since you were making that magnificent Cicada gown, and you were right the first time; those two golden insect pins are True Bugs of the order Hemiptera (specifically of the shield/stink bug shape....I worked for a while at the Royal Ontario Museum but dealt more in Zoology than Costume, which I mildly regret). They are not beetles, which are of the order Coleoptera. It's an easy mistake to make though, as beetle species are so common that *one in every four animals is a beetle!*
By by the way...on that subject, I am reminded of the opening of a British wildlife documentary I saw as a child in the 80s:
"I asked the professor what, after a lifetime study of the creation, he had to say about the mind of the Creator. He replied, *'An inordinate fondness for beetles.'* "
Thank you! I know very little of bugs and beetles, but that is for my own sanity as they are too creepy when alive 😂
Beetles and beetle-ish-not-beetles are awesome. :)
All that biology tells us about the nature of God is that he has “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”
- J.B.S. Haldane
As stated in George Evelyn Hutchison, 'Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?', The American Naturalist (1959), 93, 145-159.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/282070?mobileUi=0& (paywall; try your library)
Not to mention, humans are rewarded by their brains with dopamine for searching. My dopamine hunt usually involves ebay and rhinestone pins. Excellent therapy.
Etsy is dangerous. I recently bought three vintage hats and I kind a only meant to get one. So this was very relatable.
It is an exceedingly dangerous site 😅
love that first broach - reminds me very much of the terran empire badges from star trek :)
Thank you! I love a space age looking brooch!
It’s so that one movie that Hitler liked so much. What’s the name?? Fritz Lang directed it. This brooch just screams that film. METROPOLIS!!!! A must see!!!!
Us Canadians really appreciate the maple leaf brooches!
In the 60's, 70's we wore wool plaid wrap skirts with a big safety pin holding the split shut.
I love the leaf pins. I've always wanted to be a tree. They're somehow both glamorous and bohemian all at once.
I think it would be great for fastening a cloak!
I have absolutely no interest in broaches whatsoever but the CZcams algorithm said I should watch your video so I did and was not disappointed. I think I could listen to you talk about a lot of things I'm not interested in and still enjoy it. Love the background music.
Thank you!
Brooches are massively under appreciated as an outfit booster. That big silver leaf could sit well on anything from a dress to a beret, the little jewelled initials used as an alternative to the more usual collar points, the possibilities are endless. I'm partial to a brooch as a boutonnière or just in a hat band, especially if it matches the cufflinks I tend to be sporting. They have this ability to fine tune the era or look of an outfit too. Definitely a fan of this sort of content.
Thank you! The versatility is certainly an excellent feature!
"I don't care if [when?] it's cute" is such a mood.
Yay for brooches! I like how they're a way to embellish your neckline without having to wear necklaces. Because necklaces tend to bother me, haha!
I even always make my dress necklines with wearing brooches in mind 😅
Whoa... I'm not a brooch person myself, but of course you pull them off magnificently, and that big ol' maple leaf... I'm trying to imagine finally going to Canada to meet my girlfriend in person, wearing that thing, and seeing the look on her face XD
The only trouble with large brooches can be the hug-injury factor, which could be an issue in this case, I have a large feather brooch which I have nearly stabbed my friends with before oops 😅
@@TheClosetHistorian oh here's the time to tell you my Horrible Jewellery Injury Story! My girlfriend, who is taller than I, was wearing these small earrings in the shape of pliers. I got too close the side of her face and through a confluence of events managed to close my eye ON her earring with such force that I pulled it out of her earlobe with my eyelid. We managed to untangle me from the earring (carefully) and thankfully no damage to my eye other than it being very watery, and ending up with a minor eye infection the next day, but I'm a lot more careful nowadays and my girlfriend was rather scarred by the whole incident and doesn't wear the pliers anymore. A shame, as they're very cute!
@@infamoussphere7228 earrings shaped as pliers sound very special) my friend has a pair in the form of tiny safety pins and I envy her))
Goodness gracious the sizes are awesome. I sold accessories in a very high end department store in the 1980’s. It was a big thing to pin a gorgeous silk scarf up to your shoulder with a giant Monet brooch. I actually use my brooches on my hats. I have a lot of plain modern ones (that fit my HUUUUGGEEEE head). So I tie a scarf or ribbon around as band, and then use one or more of my brooches, sometimes using the brooches to pin huge flowers onto the hats. Most of the antique hats I own are tilt hats, because, um, HUUUUGGGEEE head. I adore looking at people’s collections. Your style in brooches is very different from mine. I am Victorian/Edwardian/Nouveau/Romantic - unless it is rhinestones and then I don’t care as long as it is huge! I’ve had to learn jewelry making to get the giant shoulder duster clip earrings I love to wear. Is it a large earring if it doesn’t hit your shoulder? LOLOL!
Got to love a giant brooch ✨ The Monet one is so nice, I was surprised by just how good the quality is and I can't wait to wear it for decades to come ❤
Because of watching your videos, my love of brooches and pins is rekindled.
There was a hot minute back in the early mid 2000s, that brooches came back. I think those butterflies and the last brooch might be from then. "Sometimes we need serotonin " lol.
Lovely! Pretty sure the curly leaf brooch is an Acanthus leaf. They symbolize longevity, immortality or rebirth.
Thank you Colm!
An awesome brooch is always the way to my heart, too. I can sort of date the gorgeous green flower brooch for you. My Momma got that exact brooch for Mother's Day in 1963 from my Gram. It made me smile to see it on your video today
Thank you Gail! I can't wait to wear that fun green flower out and about 💚
Oh, yes - i love me an array of brooches, especially selected by my favorite curator!!!!!
BTW, If I find myself wandering through the halls of etsy some late night, i’m going to blame you - just sayin💕💕💕
Thank you! And you can blame me, and also wave hello, because I'll be there too, I lurk Etsy at odd hours ✨
I too love a good brooch too. I can't wear necklaces, they kill my neck so bling near the face in the form of a brooch works for me. They always look so elegant whether to hold a gapey top together or just for fashion. You wear them well for a youngster.
Thank you Chris!
First pin reminds me of Star Trek!!! Love the 2 leaf pin set also!!! The gold Monet leaf curled brooch is exquisite!!! I have lots of iridescent purses from Brahmin that would go with your iridescent flower pin. Loved the video!!! Thanks!!!
Thanks Alice!
I was a very lucky little girl. When I was invited to spend the weekend with my aunt she would let me go through her jewelry boxes and try every thing on. My favorite piece was a plastic pin in the shape of a very small pheasant. I would ask my aunt to put on a lovely sweater and I pick out a scarf and pin the scarf on her shoulderl with that lovely pin.I'm still looking for that pin.
My grandma had/has a cabinet she kept all her accessories in and as a girl it was my favorite to poke around in the drawer of costume jewelry with her ❤ I always blame her for making me desire a cabinet of jewelry from a young age lol
I love it when you show your brooches
I bought stuff for my backyard... it never occurred to me to buy jewelry... I LOVE brooches and earrings, so this is odd. But I wore a lot of pajamas last year, so maybe that’s it? Great finds! Thank you for sharing 🖤
Thank you Susan!
Bonus video this week? Am I confused about the day? Not complaining! ❤️
'tis a bonus indeed! ❤
Totally agree...buying shiny things has kept me...I was going to say sane...but that ship has sailed...Happy...I will go with happy...though the last year. Love your collection videos dear heart...a joy to watch, as always xxxxxx
Thank you Emma!
I have all the broaches I've been given or bought. Many of mine were manufactured in the 50's and 60's. Like you, I adore them. Now, if we're talking about Christmas broaches, then I have over 100. And my oldest broach has been in my family since the early 1800's. Thanks for sharing your lovelies.
I agree that brooches are absolutely necessary. I love wearing a brooch with all my looks.
Canada would be happy to have you and your maple leaf brooches visit any time, Ms. E!
(When it's safe, of course)
Thanks Katie! Funny enough I was actually supposed to visit Canada for the first time in 2020 and renewed my passport and everything before all plans were of course canceled 🍁
The tiny bye written at the end.
❤️
Oh that oily rose is amazing! And with the matching earrings too?! Awh my heart! So full of envy!
Boy do you get me . Something about a beautiful brooches they make me so happy. My friends say it my Kryptonite
I always love the way you wear your bigger pieces - my wardrobe doesn't support them, but that's just a good reason to knit/buy more dramatic shawls
Thank you! Dramatic shawls are always a good idea!
Over the last year I have enjoyed picking up a small handful of brooches, just based on the looks when I find them, because I look for things my daughter would actually wear. 4 out of the 5 I picked up for her actually ended up being made between the 30s and 50s . After I did the research on them, showed her how to look for "signed" work, I love the fact that she loved them so much she will be looking for them on her own as a hobby when her and her husband go to yard sales
Reminds me, I'm trying to find a bow and arrow brooch. Funny this popped up lol
That Mugler-esque brooch is EVERYTHING 😍
I was overjoyed when I spotted it 🤩
Alot of fun! Love the maple leaf broach (Canadian) and those intial and beetle pins would look awesome on a felt beret. Glad to have some time to catch up! Thank you! J.
All the pieces are simply lovely, Bianca! I am particularly taken by the brooch and earring sets. There is just something about amazingly gigantic brooches and you wear the pieces well. I too have had a sugar rush in 2020 and up to now with vintage pieces to include brooches. In fact, I have my eye on a beauty I plan to own shortly.
Thank you! The wish list never disappears 😅
@@TheClosetHistorian, Never! 😀
Huzzah! Brooches! Lol I've been crazy into brooches again lately. I found an enameled scatter pin that's a violet flower with a pearl center recently that I adore. A glitter obnoxious parrot and a handmade acrylic mid-century kidney bean shaped one in a turquoise glitter.... You're a little more elegant than me 😅 I like em tacky/kitschy
I love the Monet leaf brooch! That one is particularly beautiful
Thank you Holly! I do have a few kitschy things too, they can be just too fun to pass up!
My love of brooches I can say goes back to my grandfather buying me a redwood pin when I was a child and we went to Big Basin Redwoods state park. I inherited my grandmother and my mother’s brooches and have added plenty more over the years. Some of my favorites are made of wood. I have a redwood guitar and a Takahashi owl. I wish my daughter loved them like I do but she’s definitely a minimalist. I do love seeing what you have collected! 💗
I love brooches! My favorite are Avon and Sara Coventry. I always have a few on my eBay watch list. I agree that they are fun to collect and many are inexpensive. Thank you for sharing your recent purchases. They are beautiful!🥰
Thank you Evelyn!
I like how you pair two brooches side by side, and the silver one you have on is amazing! Meanwhile, I think I just heard a branch on a maple out my window ask one of its other branches, “hey man, did you lose a leaf?” 😀
The giant safety pin! *love heart eyes* ooh baby!!! Also, the rainbow stripe one reminds me of sugary candy strips..I love it too.
It totally looks like pulled candy strips for sure! That candy is so pretty anyhow
Broaches are back!!! Hurray. Everything comes back into style eventually.
Yes, large jewellery for me it the best. I love the silver rocket Mugler style brooch.
Im always drawn to small delicate pieces. They are the ones I love. But when its time to get dressed its the bigger pieces that I usually find work best.
@@khaxjc1 I guess it depends on what you are wearing and greatly your style. Delicate jewellery would be lost in what I wear. I have an overflowing box of large brutalist necklaces (I don’t need to buy anymore 😉)
Thank you Amanda!
I don’t think I have ever worn a brooch but I’m suddenly tempted to go search Etsy.....
Why yes, I *did* watch this while cruising Etsy for serotonin.
I love brooches too! The fact that not a lot of people wear them anymore somehow adds to their appeal. Really enjoyed seeing your collection!
Thank you Kath!
Some of those put me in the mind of ones my Mom wore in the '60's on her felted wool "women's" Fedora. My Mom really liked brooches as well.
Love brooches! Use them to anchor lightweight scarves, fabric belts and on fabric purses. Also great to put a heavily jeweled brooch on a casual denim shirt or jacket. Your futurist brooches are great; very Flash Gordon.
Thank you! ✨🚀
Lovely! I collect brooches too (no competition, I'm a hands on kinda girl so I shop IRL... which means I'm having withdrawal symptoms by now). I loved the first one, it was very Blade Runner.
Thank you! Very Blade Runner means I cannot resist ✨
Beautiful additions I agree it is sad broaches are not worn as much you have some real statement pieces.
Thank you Lynette!
Rhinestone Smokey Quartz with a Jean jacket are so trendy. But I love them ALL. Especially with a matching necklace, bracelet or earrings...My collection is ridiculous. 🤣🤣🤣
This reminds me that I should start trying to use my enamel pins in my outfits more...
I love a brooche or two or three. I feel like we could sit and talk brooches for a couple long hours! Thanks for this your have fed my brooche addiction.
Love brooches! They are my fave to collect after bangles. Love your collection and couldn’t agree more! Bigger the better!!!
Thank you Lauren!
Lauren!!! Bangles here too. Right after brooches. Clampers, Bakelite, shell or coral...
@@kwclove7623 Yes yes! I love all of that! You have excellent taste!
@@laurenanderson102 Wouldn’t it be fun if we could share pics of all our favorites?! Like a rare club of vintage lovers! The Closet Historian is our fearless leader. 🥰🥰🥰
@@kwclove7623 I love that idea! I would happily join that group!
Love them all! That leaf though ( I fell over) I just made a huge ass version of Lady Gaga's Dove with the Olive branch brooch, almost done. I'm sure I'll wear it a lot, said no one ever! But....hey....
Thank you Brenda! That sounds most excellent! 🕊
Every one of those brooches are gorgeous! I love your collection videos. You have reawakened my old love of brooches.
Thank you Debbie!
You are not alone in seeking solace in retail therapy through 2020/21. I was supposed to be travelling around the country in 2020 and had budgeted of a tank of petrol weekly. To soften the disappointment, I spent that money each week on tools and supplies for my current hobbies (textiles, lampworking and metalsmithing). Over the year I only used for tanks of petrol, but I amassed a lot of tools and supplies to keep me busy creating.
Your little jacket looks really great I can see the sequins better up close in this video I love all your brooches as well the big ones are cute
Thank you Trudi!
Oooh that curly acanthus leaf/feather brooch! I would not mind it in silver! *drool*
It does indeed come in silver too...a viewer found one for me on Ebay and I snatched on up for 11 bucks 😅 oops
Love these Collections Management videos. Looking forward to welcoming you and your maple leaf brooches to Canada!
Thank you Heidi!
The gold Acanthus leaf would go spectacular on a scarf or shawl. I could go for that uh huh.... drool!
I have a black silk velvet shawl...now I just need somewhere to go ha!
@@TheClosetHistorian I have a black silk shawl with white flowers embroidered all over it - I was thinking it would look fabulous on that as well.
A REFRIGERATOR!!! ? Gloriously unglam! I recall some of the logos on fridges in the 50's & 60's.
They had some pretty glam appliances back in the day 😂
Also, buy now is a hit. Your package getting to you is another 🤣
Love the butterflies!!!
I've always loved brooches..you can never have to many..your brooches are adorable..I sometimes pin them to my handbags..😀😀
Thank you Cheryl!
it was 2020 and i was sad so i bought things. girl same
Lovely to see you collection - glad I am not alone in having so many shiny beautiful shiny pin things!
The first brooch you are wearing is fab!
Thank you Katherine!
I adore that first giant leaf broach and the curled leaf/feather. Oof. So wonderful. And I liked two between as well. Im not usually drawn to floral jewelry but leaves and greenery? Yep. Yes please. And 3:19 with this shiny gold number, did anyone else see an arrow with rings? Cause that what my brain wen to lol
Sadly I very rarely get any kind of joy from shopping anymore. I used to with certain things but now the dollar store or sometimes the thrift store are the only places I get a hint of it. Most of the time even if I was really secure and happy with my choice the second I get to the register or go to buy now online I get hit with a huge way of anxiety and "is this the thing I should be spending this money on" and after, guilt and anxiety wondering if I will need that money for something else. Its just come about from having to pinch pennies and worry about having no money for far too long. Years of it now. Even when I need something I feel guilty buying it unless I can find what I need for less than a couple bucks. Then the problem is if I find something I might need for a really good deal or being given away I feel I have to take it or risk regretting it later. It doesn't help that Im craft and repurpose and alter and find uses for things so you never know. And the number of times I thought there was no way I had a need for something only to want it for a project a few months later? Makes it even harder to turn things down.
Thankfully I still get plenty of enjoyment and candy for my brain seeing other peoples stuff. Whether made, bought long ago, or recently purchased.
Thank you! I definitely can relate to the "but will another ever come along?" problem that can often occur ❤
A lot of my retail therapy revolves around crafting and sewing supplies. Unfortunately, I have a million project ideas, but fairly limited time/motivation to actually make said projects. Hence I have boxes full of fabric, yarn and sewing patterns sitting in my closet.
Love a brooch.....Love a giant brooch even more doll! X
I love them, all sizes, and always have worn them.
What excellent finds! I love the two Coro leaf brooches. I like how they look together.
Thank you Flynn!
Thank you for mentioning the existence of Carol, for no reason… Eventually enough mentions piled up, and I read a rather good book. :)
I watch the film version every year on Christmas Eve 😂❤️
We’d love to see you in Canada with your beautiful maple leave brooches 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💜
I’m from a family of brooch lovers. Even as a young girl my aunt gifted me with a set of gold Monet teddy bears. I’ve inherited my granny’s and mom’s now and along with the ones I added through the years I might just have as many as you do! Oh, and Granny had a set of large pink jeweled spiders you would die for! 🕷
I am indeed always on the lookout out there for jeweled spiders, hopefully I'll find some one day in green perhaps!
@@TheClosetHistorian Wishing you the best of luck!
Ohh I’m excited for this! I took a frame 🖼 and put some foam backing and then I covered it with some old purple velvet I had that now I can look at, and made myself a display for all my brooches 🌟 and I realized it’s not completely full (ha ha) it’s a long narrow like a picture frame and I did buy a set
Ancient Egyptian - replica brooches and I’m always looking for more of those and of course some really fun 🌟 star type styles I can’t wait to see what you have.
Then need 1940s Art Deco to- 1950s to wear with pinup outfits!
I love the one you show at 10:13 🥰 I love brooches but I cant never find a situation to wear them 🤷 and with this panini keeping it classy has turned a nightmare to me 🥺
If your looking for ideas on how to wear brooches beyond pilling them to hats, scarves, purses, and such, my grandmother has been known to keep some plain chain necklaces that she'll feed through the broach turning it into a kind of pendant. So if your willing to wear necklaces but not brooches that can work and if the occasion arrises where you want to wear it as a brooch you still can.
Thank you! Alas all situations are brooch worthy situations in my book 😅
I love broaches. I just scored a lovely one at a local estate sale for $7. My favorite is one I inherited from my great grandmother. Thanks for sharing.
I love your collections videos for sewing or knitting to 💜
I gasped when I saw the rainbow celluloid brooch. I have the same exact one!
Love your collection! That second brooch with the gold loops might be cool too if you placed a flower in the cylinder!
Me too.... I love collecting them as well as sew on and press on patches
l alwals love your colections! Thank you for sharing your findings!
Thank you Iara!
Hi Bianca, thank you for doing this video this is right up my alley. i’m pretty sure I sourced a suit to the Carol movie, but it’s not that one ❤️
I am changing my ARTchaeology Etsy shop titles to now make sure they say "large brooch" when applicable. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊
Very interesting video.
An idea from me to you: large brooches look great on hats. That leaf will look like it flew off a tree onto your hat 😜.
There's a lot of some seriously beautiful bling there!
Love your retail therapy theory! Currently high on serotonin from a major B.A.I.T Add to Cart moment. Shipping to Australia is a killer but I figure an upcoming major birthday is good enough reason; if there is actually a need for a reason to buy B.A.I.T shoes!
Love the matching two brooches together.
Those BAIT sales can be intense, I've been there... 😅
I LOVE the Carol brooches!!
I love your "candy" collection! Such beauties! My favorites are the rainbow knot, the first gold "leaf" you showed and of course the one you are wearing. So cute!!
Thank you Joanna!
I am always looking for large brooches. I wear them on my hats!
Even tho I'm not a brooch fan, I do have a few, this has been fun to see all your lovelies.
Thank you Rose!
I think what I like about your videos, besides the talent you display in what you do, is the way you analyze and deconstruct what you do and your thought process (it struck me in the sustainablility video, but the bit in this one where you explain why you buy things too). I enjoy people being self concious, but in a good way (maybe there's a better word in the English language for that, that I can't find right now)
I try to be self aware yes, even when I'm say...buying too much vintage jewelry 😅 Thank you!
Hi Bianca!! Your brooches are absolutely exquisite.. Love the B & E, most of all.. Your choice of brooch is absolutely magnificent….
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Thank you Deana! 💜