If you haven't seen our expanded collection of American Beauties , you don't know what you've been missing! American Beauties features selections from several outstanding artists. From elegant to funky, from whimsical to humorous, you are going to love our new selections! We are now featuring beautiful necklaces and earrings from Casalinda Studio, Nina Forrest Jewelry for a Colorful Life , Augustnine Designs, Gardenia Jewelry, and Nicholas Lane. We love the elegant artistry in semi-precious gemstones by Ashka Dymel and Hanife Designs. Sean Brown Artist creates whimsical hand painted and fired clay jewelry, while Me Crazy gives us delightful handmade metal pins, each with its own story card. One-Eyed Collie will charm you with her nifty humorous pins and colorful earrings. (See her "Mood Swing" pin at shown at the left). Riverpath Studio & Artwotks features whimsical Hand fabricated, theme oriented, mixed metal jewelry. Bottled Up Designs features pendants and earrings made from fragments of Depression glass and Blue Willow china. Found objects provide the inspiration for Amy Pfaffman's Recycled Jewelry Her knitting needle jewelry has been a big hit with knitters we know! Other artists featuring jewelry from repurposed articles are The Vintage Jewel, featuring fabulous necklaces created from vintage buttons, beads and spools, Refashioned, whose fab creations made from buttons include knockout brooches are too good to be true prices and Alchemy, who fashions castings of vintage objects into wonderfully modern and wearable jewelry. We always have a fabulous selection of new necklaces from Dabanga Bijoux, beautifully handcrafted and hand dyed earrings, necklaces and bracelets from Eclat by Sylvi Harwin and earrings and necklaces fromSandra Webster all of which have been chosen for their fine craftsmanship and unique and interesting color combinations. Liane Fried Studios makes delightful pins out of polymer clay which she paints and embellishes. Jim Foltz carves wonderful one of a kind pins from old Bakelite.

French designer Lea Stein has been delighting collectors of her whimsical cellulose jewelry for decades. Her classic fox and cat designs, as well as her many other imaginative offerings, never cease to attract attention and compliments from longtime collectors and new devotees alike. We always have a nice selection of Lea Stein's most popular designs... her large butterfly, horse, Kokokah the Parrot and Kimdoo the Westie Dog. New designs include a Ying/Yang, Moustache the Schnauzer, Bumble Bee and Athena the Owl. Nothing perks up your wardrobe like a new pin!! In addition to Sacha the Cat, Mrs. Ladybug, and Tom the Bear, we've added a new selection of older animals, as well as a terrific selection of Ric the Terrier and Quarrelsome the Cat! As always, we have an every-changing selection of foxes, cats, birds, penguins, porcupines and hedgehogs, other tortoises, buttons, and many more vintage pieces by Lea Stein. We add new pieces to our pages regularly, so check by often.. You're sure to find something to tickle your fancy! (If you're looking for a piece you don't see, be sure to ask, because we often have other pieces in stock which are not on the web site.)

Marie-Christine Pavone designs amazing and wonderfully whimsical jewelry from old French galalith, a milk-based plastic, which predates Bakelite. The texture of Galalith accepts color and texture so beautifully and has such a lovely, high-gloss finish, that you'll be amazed to find out that it's really a form of plastic! Don't miss our newest selection of Pavone's new dog pins as well as her favorite cats, animals, earrings and bracelets!!

Our "This and That" section features a fabulous selection of collectible and vintage necklaces and newer necklaces, as well as vintage pins. Be sure to take a look at our new stash of vintage jewelry by popular Italian designer Angela Caputi as well as a great selection of vintage Bakelite and lucite pins. As always, you'll find super lucite and French bakelite bracelets by Parisian designers Rafia & Bossa, as well as other collectible bangles and bracelets . For the insect fanciers among us, I was able to find a great selection of vintage cicadas on our last trip to Paris .

As much as we love plastic jewelry, sometimes it's fun to wear the real thing, so you'll find a great and always changing selection of freshwater pearl and gemstone necklaces at prices almost too good to be true!

Every day is Valentine's Day at Baubles-and-bibelots.com! Check out our Heart's Delight section where you can find Valentines you can wear all year!

Whether you're a collector or wear jewelry to perk up your wardrobe, you're certain to find something to tickle your fancy on Baubles-and-bibelots.com!