This includes rhinestone floret embellishments that add dimension to a number of their styles. They also employed heavy rivets to hold pieces with layered construction together. These are just a few of the intriguing specialty stones used by D&E. And then there are margarita stones with scalloped edges and rivoli stones with pointed tops and foiled backs which are also quite eye-catching. “Watermelon” stones, named Vitrail Medium II by Swarovski, flashing hues of green and pink are also popular. Among these are “Easter egg” stones which were actually named stippled cabochons by stone manufacturers due to their unique textured finish. Some Juilana pieces are also known for the unusual and vividly colored stones that were used in the designs. Most unmarked D&E jewelry, however, was wholesaled to department stores during the 1960s. Gloria is another company name found on D&E hang tags. Sometimes those pieces are found with Tara hang tags still attached. Many unmarked pieces we now identified as Juliana were delivered to consumers through direct sales reps called “fashion directors” who worked for a business named Tara.
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It also helps to know that D&E manufactured jewelry for a number of other companies. Not all jewelry made by D&E reflects what we think of as traditional Juliana styling though.
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DeLizza at a convention for jewelry collectors how he felt about this controversy, he replied, “A rose is a rose.” Today people often use the names Juliana and D&E together. Many other pieces D&E made throughout the 1960s share the same construction techniques and similar components, however.Ĭollectors were so enthused about this type of jewelry, and honoring the company that made it, they argued about whether it should be called by its nickname, Juliana, or by the manufacturer’s name, DeLizza & Elster. They also determined that a very limited number of styles were sold on paper cards or with hang tags reading Juliana, and only for one year in 1967. She, along with other jewelry historians who subsequently interviewed him, found out that the original “Juliana” was DeLizza’s mother. I love them a lot.Not long thereafter, an avid collector named Cheryl Killmer made contact with Frank DeLizza. Today I have a lot of real succulents, a beautiful small garden! And among all this beauty I continue making more and more new polymer clay succulents. And you know what? When I was finishing my 10th succulent item, my husband somehow managed to find the real succulent and presented it for me! I was so happy! However, this gift only inspired me to make more and more succulents! At first, it was really hard, since I had made only flowers before and succulents required a special new technique, but finally I caught the trick of doing them.
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So I found lots of photos of real succulents on the Internet and started my work. And If I cannot have something immediately, I will just… create it! I also searched on the Internet, but the online stores proposed me circa 10-14 days of shipping - did I say that I also was an impatient person? Of course, I wanted to have succulents here and now. I was wandering from shop to shop being unable to find it. Probably, here should be a charming story of how I went to the flower shop and bought a lot of succulents and then created my own garden… No! As ill luck would have it, I couldn’t find any succulent in any shop in my native city.