The Vintage Pearl

We are so excited about our new font, “lowercase lucy”!

It’s an oh-so-pretty cursive that is kinda loopy, lots of fun and a little unpredictable…

I think it’s my new favorite font!

Shop our website and save 15% on your new piece
using the code “lucy15″!
(expires tomorrow night at midnight)

Thank you to our Facebook friends that let us use their names to launch our new font:
Elizabeth Joyce, Amy Aguirre, Magda Eddleman , Jeannie Badger Williams, Nikki Haggard Cool, Kelley Perry, Marin DuBois, Mellissa Billy, Tia Morgan, Cara Harrison, Danielle Picinich Billings
and Kristi Whitfield Propst.
Please contact us at customerservice@thevintagepearl.com
with your ship-to address so we can send you your new piece!

Our new necklace “Lucky in Love” is so sweet-
we are all so lucky in love (and blessed!)

A sterling silver charm is layered with a sterling clover and a sterling heart,
finished on a sterling chain with a freshwater pearl.

Stamp your loves names around the edge in your favorite font-
your kids, you and your husband’s names,
or even your wedding date would be so sweet!

This necklace is so unique and a March exclusive-
it won’t be available after March 31st,
so don’t miss out!

Shop for it here.

And don’t forget, our FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ends tonight at midnight-
use coupon code “celebrate” to save!

While we were at the NYC Gift Show with our wholesale line
we picked up a few things to sell in our Tulsa flagship store.
When we spotted these greeting cards we immediately fell in love-
they are so unique and inspirational,
and we just knew they would pair up with gift from our store perfectly-
the “love” ones already sold out because of Valentine’s Day!

Here are a few of our favorites:











Aren’t they amazing?
We want to frame some of them to hang up on our walls!

If you see one you’d like feel free to call our store at (918) 935-2731,
they have to be purchased in store or over the phone.

Thank you to everyone for all of the great feedback about our new site-
we have had a few kinks to work out (as with most all new websites),
so thanks for your patience,
but overall the launch has been a big success!

This giveaway was so much fun, I love seeing what your favorites are,
and thank you for sharing them with your Facebook friends!
The 5 randomly picked winners for the $50 gift certificates are:

1. Kelsey Jones
2. Jessica Lacasse
3. Andrea M. (saffraun email)
4. loriag
5. Michelle Underwood

Congrats winners,
please email us at customerservice@thevintagepearl.com to claim your prize!
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Have you seen our new golden eternity heart necklace?

It’s on sale for $10 off! (expires tonight)
Prefer silver?
Find our silver eternity heart here.
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This has been a long and busy week,
I’m so glad it’s friday, aren’t you?!

Our new website is finally done and live, I can hardly believe it!
This site was a way bigger project than I had imagined,
seems like we have been working on it FOREVER.
Our old website was the only other site we have ever had-
we started off small with it and then it grew with us,
but eventually we outgrew it and we knew it was time for a totally new site.

We wanted our new site to be easier for you to navigate,
to be easier for you to connect with us on social media,
able to hold customer accounts and email wish lists,
updated product pictures,
and fresh, new pretty pages with a soft vintage feel-
I could not love it more and we hope you love it too!

A HUMONGOUS THANK YOU to Tate and Tyler,
and everyone on our team that has helped us launch our new site!!!

Let’s celebrate with a giveaway!!!
One of my favorite things about the new website is being able to “like” our pieces on Facebook
from our website-
each product has a little Facebook “like” button (so fun!)
To enter the giveaway, simple “like” your favorite pieces,
and then come back and tell us which ones you liked in the comments below-
leave a separate comment for each “like”,
enter as much as you’d like.
We will pick 5 random winners- each will win a $50 tvp gift certificate!

Sorry this blog has been so quiet,
my busy life recently became busier-
In the past month I’ve joined bootcamp,
a coed indoor soccer team (with Ryan, Jill and Jill’s hubbie Mark!)
and I’m now the girls high school soccer coach at my kid’s school!
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I post on Facebook daily, come connect with us over there if you haven’t already,
and please check back with our Facebook page daily so you don’t miss any fun stuff!!!
We have a new font to debut soon
and will use some of our Facebook friends names to launch it!
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The kids and I had fun with Valentine’s this year-
normally I’m a buy-them-at-the-store-and-slap-your-name-on-it kind of mom,
but someone instagrammed their kids’ Valentines on Wednesday with the link for the printable
and it inspired me, so I clicked to the link and found some fun ideas!
Here’s what we ended up with…

For Eden (age 4), she picked out fun, spiky light up bouncy balls at Target-
we put them in sealable bags (from Michaels) and printed out these printables
on purple cardstock (she picked) and then stapled them to the tops of the bags.
She wrote her name on the back of each one
(wish I had taken a pic of that, her “signature” is so cute!)

I think Tessa’s (age eight) are my favorite-
my little tomboy picked out plastic bugs ($3 for a pack of 12)
and we printed out this printable on aqua blue paper and glued the bugs on.

Jonah (age 9) picked out light up yo-yos
(from target, packs of 4 for $3)
and we printed out cards that said “yo-yo valentine, you light up the classroom”,
he cut them out and stapled them on the bags with the yo-yos inside.

Caleb (age 11) chose the whoopee cushions
(again, from Target, packs of 4 for $3)
(sorry teachers, he’s an 11-year-old boy!)
and we used this printable-
Caleb cut them out, taped on the whoopee cushions and signed them.

Aren’t they fun?
We had a good time putting them together and each one was less than $20.
Hope you all had a happy love day!

Today we are giving away one of these beautiful “open heart” rings,
handmade with sterling silver,
FREE with every order of $100 or more! (after discounts)

Simply fill your cart with $100 (or more! after discounts) worth of tvp pieces
and then type “FREE RING” with your size (we have sizes 4-12) in the extra notes box
and we will slip one into your package!
So simple, and a beautiful ring!

This offer expires tonight (2/08/13) at 11:59pm (CST),
can be used online only please,
these rings are not currently available for purchase.

Shop our website now!

Last week we took our wholesale collection to our first New York Gift Show-
what an experience from the very beginning!
We had a ton of luggage- our own suitcases along with large carry-ons holding our booth display.
When we were getting our luggage off the conveyer belts a driver asked if we needed a large car,
and we said yes (thinking taxi),
so he lugged our bags and trunks onto a cart and we followed him to…
a limo!

We got to ride to our hotel IN STYLE!
And honestly, we would have had to take 2 taxis otherwise,
so it ended up being cheaper (and way more fun!)

We had a successful trip-
I have to say it was pretty intimidating since it was such a BIG show!
I was so thankful to have Jill and JuneAnne there with me,
they are a HUGE help,
and together we have have fun and it helps keep things light and less stressful.
But after 4 long show days
(it was exhausting!)
we are now being carried in new states such as
Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Arizona, California-
thank you to all that signed up with us,
we are very excited for the opportunity to work with each of you!

I also shopped around a bit for OUR retail stores and ordered some fun things for us to carry,
can’t wait to share them!
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We also had some fun while we were there,
Ryan and Caleb surprised me by flying up for a couple of days-
we took Caleb all around NYC, including Times Square…

the Statue of Liberty…

and the Museum of Natural History,
they have a “Night at the Museum” tour that was fun…

and he really wanted to go up in the Empire State building,
but it was snowing so we couldn’t see much…

I bought Caleb an Empire State building snow globe to remember his trip up there. (seemed fitting)

Jill, JuneAnne and I watched The Phantom of the Opera,
it was SO GOOD…

Jill and I saw it in Las Vegas last year-
I think the NYC one is better but Jill votes for Vegas.

We were highly recommended to eat at Joe’s Shanghai,
so on our last night we taxi’d to Chinatown for dinner…

and ate their soup dumplings
(which they are famous for, the soup is INSIDE the dumpling)

and it was quite an experience, but the food was VERY GOOD.

We then got dessert at Magnolia Bakery, yum.

I still feel like a novice in business and like I’m learning it as we go-
(I was a PSYCHOLOGY major, after all, with a minor in SPANISH,
and then spent many years just being a MOM!)
but New York was a great business learning experience for us,
I’m so glad we went.

We have some sweet new things for Valentine’s Day to share today,
most of them are ready to ship-
we have something perfect for your Valentine!

This first one, he holds her key, is a his and hers set-
the bronze vintage skeleton keychain is for him
and it “unlocks” her vintage bronze heart lock.
Stamp his and hers initials on the back of her lock to keep around her neck.

Something special for your best friend or soul sister-
these sets of 2 necklaces will make anyone smile,
and when you turn them over and put them together they make a complete heart!

Shower your girl with hugs and kisses,
hand pieced together using sterling silver wire…

Our simple “i love you more” necklace is perfect for your wife, daughter, girlfriend, daughter-
any girl that loves to hear those 4 sweet words!
(they are handstamped on the back)

For your special sweetheart,
show her that it’s just you and me, babe.

And last we have our love stripes necklace,
in your choice of antiqued silver, aqua blue or red,
a simple heart that simply tells her you love her.
Add an a-la-carte initial or name/anniversary tag!

Today and tomorrow, use coupon code “valentine13″ for 20% off of these pieces
and/or ANYTHING off of our website-
we have lots of sweet Valentine’s Day gifts that she will LOVE!

Yesterday Jill, JuneAnne and I hopped on a plane WAY too early
and watched the sunrise in the air…

We are in New York City for a few days for some business-y stuff
(I LOVE when we HAVE to do business in NYC,
it’s happened a couple of times before and we always have so much fun!)

This is JuneAnne’s very first time in NYC,
what should we make sure she gets to do/see while we are here,
any recommendations?

He loves me,
he loves me not,
he loves me…

I just love this new necklace-
it’s a little different than usual, but I love that about it!
It makes such a precious gift.
It features a hand molded flower perched atop the charm
with a single petal that has fallen,
symbolizing “he loves me”.

Made from fine silver,
this hand sculpted charm measures about 1 1/8″ tall.
Hung on a sterling silver chain with a freshwater pearl.

Men, this would be a fabulous gift to give your special girl!

They are on sale today only, $10 off it’s regular price!
Shop for them here.