Okaaaay, I am taking a slight detour from the family room dilemma to share with you a fabulous new shop that I was lucky to find out about. My good friend, Lindsey, invited a few of us to a jewelry trunk show yesterday afternoon and it offered some of the best antique jewelry I have ever seen. It was the first jewelry trunk show in our area and hopefully not the last. I felt like a little kid in a candy store and I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one feeling the same way.

Ooh right, it might help you guys out if I gave you the name of the store - Village Antiques and Collectibles in Sussex County, New Jersey and is owned by the lovely Debbie Lauda. Us girls had the pleasure of meeting Debbie while shopping around at the trunk show. She told us that her shop features items from 15 dealers all offering a variety of antiques, collectibles, furniture, jewelry, and clothing. I REALLY want to take a trip up there so I'm going to try to convince my husband to go this coming weekend as an anniversary present (our first wedding anniversary is already upon us! crazy!~). It's a long shot but I'm going to lobby for it :)

A few goodies that I was able to snag at the jewelry trunk show:

Mirrored Tray for $25. It would've been at least double the price somewhere else.

Spanish Pill Box for $12!


A beautiful bracelet that I can wear with anything since the stones are all different colors - only $18.

A great pendant necklace for $15.

And the pièce de résistance is this beautiful pear-shaped blue stone ring for, get this, only $12!!!


I know, I know the only thing I purchased that has anything to do with home furnishings is the mirrored tray but if you take a look at the Village Antiques and Collectibles website they offer dressers, mirrors, chairs, tables, armoires ... all sorts of amazing things!

A sneak peek at some of the photos from their website to tempt you with:



Mirrors galore! Love it!


I could probably spend hours in this shop. So much to look at!




Umm, I'll take EVERYTHING here please.

As you can see, this shop is packed with all sorts of goodies so go check out their website and if you're ever in New Jersey, please go see for yourself. The shop also offers a great Wish List service. Just let them know what you are looking for and they will do their best to find it for you.