Stevie General Store

Masonic Cowboys

Bridget — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:34:36 +0000

Once upon a time F.L.T. stood for Friendship, Love, Truth.

Today maybe Freedom, Lust, Tale can generate another century of relics.

Men’s Goods

Gentlemen Club

Bridget — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:22:56 +0000

Brass. Moss Agate. Bakelite. Iron.
Men’s Goods

Vintage Mini Coach Bags

Bridget — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:57:46 +0000

Vintage Bags

Mood Jewelry

Bridget — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:00:58 +0000

40s Pink Opals. Heart Amethysts. 50s Star Sapphire. Some things are things. Other things are things.
Jewelry from the 1800s and 1900s | Fine Jewelry

Gossamer Necklaces and Bracelets

Bridget — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:05:54 +0000

Turquoise and Tourmaline are truly charming in the right size and color. I’ve finally hunted down these 1mm and 3mm stones to make these light bursts, faery wing type of jewelry.
Things We Make To Get Our Minds Off This Thing Called Life

Mum and Dad on the Heritage Trial

Bridget — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:39:55 +0000

I walk past Maxwell Chambers almost everyday. It used to be called Customs House. The other day I stopped to look at the plaque that tells you the history of the building. In the between the lines that say the building was air-conditioned in 1973 is my mother, aged 22, just married to my father, joining the civil service. She could read and write in English, and that was a great time to work for the government. Fast forward to the 1980s, and you see me and my mum between the lines, on Saturdays. She brought me to work on Saturdays, and I would sit on her high work bench (at that time civil servants sat in positions higher than their clients, so they could talk down to them; roles have since reversed), playing with a typewriter or writing gibberish, pretending to write Really Important Letters. And when work ended in the afternoon, we would take a bus and go to my dad’s office in Hong Kong Street. My mother didn’t believe in strollers, so she always carried me around; that is why in my memories she is always big.

I can still remember the smell of my father’s office; it smelt like dried mushrooms, peanuts, and cigarette smoke. He ran a dried goods import export business and there was always peanuts floating in the drain outside. I loved it. His really old friend was sometimes there, and he would be brewing kungfu tea, a really bitter tea that I always asked to drink. He was amused by me, because you don’t usually come across a kid who loved bitter things like I did. Anyway at some point he died and that was the end of kungfu tea.

So that’s me and my mum and my dad, on the heritage trial.

Fine Earrings

Bridget — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:49:36 +0000

Natural gemstones make the finest jewelry, it is not a cliché. Maybe it’s because these gems are not only natural, they wear their colors so bold and almost, unnatural.

Things That Make You Wish Everyday Is Your Birthday | Fine Jewelry

4 Dimensions To 1 Lamp

Bridget — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:55:04 +0000

The beauty of lamps is this. They don’t look like themselves without light. They look like distinct objects with and without the presence of light, and inside and outside of light. It’s like there are four dimensions to look at each lamp.

Paradise Lights

Classic 50s American Eyeglasses

Dodgy — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:35:05 +0000

Watch any American movie set in the 50s or 60s and you will probably see at least one of these. There are many reproductions these days, but there is really nothing like 50s American quality.

Shuron Ronsir Grey Briar

Shuron Ronsir Black Briar with Cable Temples

Shuron 50s Branding

Tart Arnel Blackwood

Girly girls, see the eyewear gallery for new disco 60s cateyes.

Vintage Eyewear

Tendencies and Chances

Bridget — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:58:43 +0000

Vintage Charms