eBay My World: thebeadyi( 5579)

Hello and welcome to My eBay! I'm closing in on my 12 year anniversary on eBay and what an adventure it's been. Over the years, I have found some of the the coolest things and met some of the most interesting characters.

Vintage costume jewelry, fabulous old beads, accessories and assorted old bits and bobs. Stones and parts.

Vintage costume jewelry, fabulous old beads, parts and pieces... coffee, accessories, unusual textiles, fabulous beaded flowers.

Fabulous old beads, older silver and silver-toned Napier jewelry, vintage 20s celluloid and colored rs bangles, Sobral resin jewelry, costume jewelry in general, vintage rhinestones, lucite furniture and accessories with imbedded abalone shell. Frankoma Prairie Green. Kokeshi. Czech vintage beaded purses. Josh Simpson. Star Twist metal thread cabinets (for bead storage -- cool looking and very safe).

English, some French

Collecting, repairing and researching vintage costume jewelry (are you seeing a theme here???), collecting vintage ethnic jewelry, making beaded jewelry, singing, reading, writing. Meditation and Kundalini yoga.

Reading right now: The Lovely Bones, Rare Bird of Fashion - Iris Apfel, A New Earth, ...Oscar Wao, the new book on Tony Duquette (interior designer/jewelry maker), Everything is Illuminated, Spark. Doing The Artists' Way with my friend.

Love movies! My list of recently watched favorites includes My Life as a Dog, Lawrence of Arabia, On the Waterfront, many Hitchcocks, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Iron Man, The Princess Bride (Wallace Shawn -- how Hi-Sterical!), Touch of Evil, a good Myrna Loy, Claude Rains or Cary Grant or Norma Shearer or James Mason or Greta Garbo movie any day, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, any number of Fellinis, Mars Attacks, dr. Strangelove.

Albums recently purchased: Green Day, Blossom Dearie, Coleman Barks and Robert Bly's Rumi performances, Queen/Montreal, Antony, two Aimee Mann, a couple Foo Fighters, Best of the Chieftans, several Regina Spektor, Bjork, Beck, Beck, Beck. Also I'm your Man -- a tribute to Leonard Cohen with lots of Rufus Wainright. Listening to Nick Drake again. Love listening to Jazz Decades on PBS Sunday nights

Not in any order: Rescue Me, Saving Grace, 30 Rock, Oprah, Family Guy, Project Runway, Weeds, The Office, many PBS productions, Dexter of course, This American Life, Flight of the Conchords (brilliant!), Entourage and Big Love and Curb Your Enthusiasm... the History Channel show that shows headline news for a given year. And I do watch more than my share of Law and Order: Criminal Intent because Vincent D'Onofrio is so good in that role.

A hand-cranked foamy skim milk maker for lattes -- only $15 on Amazon. Imak smart glove. Advil. Short Sexy Hair gel foam. Body Shop Hemp hand cream. Victoria's Secret grapefruit flavored lip gloss. Benefit brow kit. Fresh Hesperides bath gel and perfume! Fracas perfume -- my favorite since college. Aquaphor -- all year long. The Furminator. Ott-lites -- everywhere.