Bejeweled Barbie

Yes, this was the guest bedroom at my house. One too many jewelry jars from Goodwill!!! I have been weeding through jewelry bought in jewelry jars from Goodwill and getting rid of what I didn't want.  It has been exhausting to the point that I actually told my husband I didn't think I EVER wanted to see jewelry again.  We had cleaned it out, gone thru it, and sold it on Youtube in auctions and pop up showcases. The auctions would sometimes go 6 or 7 hours, and they were loads of fun.  However, then came all the paperwork, sorting, weighing, billing, packing, etc...  Trips to the post office were the final step in cleaning out this mess. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I did keep several baskets of jewelry for myself that I intend to clean and wear.  As we sorted through the jewelry, when Ken would look with the jeweler's loupe and say there was an "M," (MONET) I informed him it stood for MINE!  I love Monet jewelry.   I have a "fe...

That face has "MONET" written all over it! It had been a few weeks since I felt the thrill of reaching into a jewelry jar. Recently unemployed and looking at big car repair bill, I had been selling off a lot of my excess and unused jewelry to friends on Youtube. I had bags and wrapping materials spread all around the guest bedroom amidst the already-big explosion of jewelry in sandwich bags, sorted into tubs and flowing over. The thought of bringing in more of it just seemed preposterous and overwhelming. But I did.....I bought one for $19.95 that turned out to be the biggest dud you ever saw.  I was heart sick and disgusted with myself.  lol! But the next day we were in Goodwill and I bought another one I could not turn down at a very cheap price.  Well, it was the best I ever bought! Tons of Monet, which is my very favorite jewelry in the entire world! Well, the next day, I got another jewelry jar. It was $12.50, and it came from the same place the dud ...