tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139481974232773932024-02-08T02:02:57.445-08:00Costume Jewelry Collectors Int'lUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513948197423277393.post-5673303689910428172011-01-06T14:00:00.000-08:002011-01-06T14:01:18.209-08:00CJCI Convention Hotel Now Taking Reservations<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>CJCI Convention Hotel Now Taking Reservations</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Good news!</b> We have commenced our 2011 CJCI convention planning and the Radisson Airport Hotel is now accepting reservations for the first Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l convention to be held <b>Oct. 21-23, 2011</b> in Providence, R.I.!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">We’re also pleased to announce that <b>our negotiated room rates are lower than in 2009</b>! Rate for a deluxe double room is $119 per night; an executive suite with one king bed is $139 per night (plus applicable taxes). <b>To reserve your room, call the hotel directly at (401) 739-3000</b> and mention Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l to receive our special rate. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">To view the hotel, please click here: <a href="http://www.radisson.com/warwick-hotel-ri-02886/riproair?s_cid=se.ggl.rad_cmp15"> The Radisson Hotel Providence Airport</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <img border="0" height="302" src="http://www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/images/Convention2011/Radisson-Providence-Warwick.jpg" width="448" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Spacious Executive Suites Available </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>About The Hotel* </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Situated in a prime location adjacent to T.F. Green International Airport and minutes from downtown, our Radisson Providence hotel provides access to the area's top attractions, business parks, I-95, Johnson & Wales University and Brown University. Here, we provide valuable amenities such as a complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle service and in-room dining, 111 guest rooms and suites, a Fitness Center, Business Center and complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. For days and nights of entertainment, our Warwick, Rhode Island hotel's guests enjoy easy access to Providence Art Museum, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Rhode Island beaches, the Newport mansions, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Block Island. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">* Information taken directly from site. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Around Providence</b></span></div><ul><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Providence Visitor Information Center 401-751-1177, 800-233-1636</span> </div></li>
<li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/">Rhode Island Tourism</a></span> </div></li>
<li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.providencejewelrymuseum.com/">Providence Jewelry Museum </a> By appointment only. </span> </div></li>
<li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.closeoutjewelryfindings.com/">Wolf E Myrow's</a> Located at 46 Aleppo Street, Providence, RI 02909<br />
Phone: (401) 331-2921 Fax: (401) 331-2172. This is a must see for anyone coming to the convention. The warehouse is huge. Plan on spending several hours here and wear warm and comfortable clothes. </span> </div></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Look for more information on how to pay your registration fee for the convention in the coming months, but don’t wait to reserve your room if you’re planning on attending. If you've ever attended a jewelry convention at this hotel, you'll know we're not exaggerating when we say <b>space is limited!</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513948197423277393.post-2863700672973699152010-07-10T17:15:00.000-07:002010-07-10T17:15:30.527-07:00Highlights From CJCI's July Newletter<i><b>Ways to Participate As a Member of Costume Jewelry Collectors International. </b></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <em><strong> </strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>CJCI Social Forum – Your Information & Comments are Needed!</strong></em></div>Our jewelry friends participating in the CJCI Social Forum have posted numerous questions, topics, and news items and they’d love to have your feedback on them:<br />
<ul><li> <em>DeLuxe Jewelry</em> – Has anyone heard of it? (Forum)<br />
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<li> <em>Adele Simpson Jewelry</em>– Any other collectors out there? (Forum)<br />
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<li> <em>Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection</em> – Is the exhibit worth seeing? (Blog)<br />
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<li> <em>James Hobe Necklace</em> – More information on a recent forum discussion (Blog)<br />
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<li> <em>Looking for Jewelry with a Story to Tell</em> – Do you have a piece Linda Lombardo can write about in CJCI Magazine? (Notes)<br />
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</ul>Log in to share your expertise and opinions with our CJCI friends today! If you’re not signed on yet and need a new invitation to access the site, email Melinda@costumejewelrycollectors.com and she’ll take care of you.<br />
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<strong>Post a CJCI Banner or Button on Your Site – and Win!</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Remember the television ad touting “an educated consumer is our best customer?” It’s cliché now for sure, but after all these years the statement is still so true when it comes to consumers recognizing craftsmanship and style.<br />
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So how can you help your customers and friends get the education they need to be better jewelry consumers? Introduce them to CJCI Magazine! To help you, we’ve recently posted a banner page with a number of options and easy-to-copy code to add to your site: <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CostumeJewelryCollec/d248706e33/fc5ef23397/18351aaa12" target="_blank">www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/banner.htm</a>.<br />
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When you post one of our banners or buttons on your site, email jay@costumejewelrycollectors.com a link to the page and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a free business card ad (a $45 value) in CJCI Magazine. The deadline to enter is July 25, so get those banners up soon!<br />
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What a great response we’ve had to the summer issue of <strong>CJCI Magazine</strong>! Did you notice we added four more pages to the issue you just received and featured four advertisers? Those advertisers made the magazine expansion possible so we could bring you more of the jewelry photos and features you’re telling us you love to see.<br />
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Please take a moment to thank these advertisers for their support of CJCI by visiting their businesses:<br />
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<strong><em>Antique Textiles Vintage Fashion Show and Sale </em></strong>in Sturbridge, Mass. (begins July 12) – Linda Zukas – 207/363-1320<br />
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<strong><em>Bangle Caddies and Vintage Costume Jewelry</em></strong> – <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CostumeJewelryCollec/d248706e33/fc5ef23397/587fa37a05" target="_blank">www.banglecaddies.com</a><br />
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<strong><em>Pretty Snazzy</em></strong> – Vintage Costume Jewelry and Rhinestones <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CostumeJewelryCollec/d248706e33/fc5ef23397/fcf3e86cde" target="_blank">www.prettysnazzy.com</a><br />
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<strong><em>Rhinestone Castle</em></strong> – Vintage Jewelry and fashion from the 1920s to the 1980s <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CostumeJewelryCollec/d248706e33/fc5ef23397/8754510937" target="_blank">www.rhinestonecastle.com</a><br />
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CJCI Magazine ad deadline for the fall issue is July 31. Email Jay at jay@costumejewelrycollectors.com or visit <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CostumeJewelryCollec/d248706e33/fc5ef23397/1f22ced77c" target="_blank">the CJCI website</a> for more information on advertising options starting at just $25-45 for classified and business card ads.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513948197423277393.post-92167436535127373642010-01-05T12:31:00.000-08:002010-04-22T11:32:30.054-07:00Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l Kicks Off 2010 Accepting Charter Memberships<div class="MsoNormal"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>CONTACT:</b> <br />
Pamela Wiggins<br />
Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l<br />
512-789-3803<br />
Pamela_TX@yahoo.com<br />
<a href="http://costumejewelrycollectors.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> http://costumejewelrycollectors.com/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l Kicks Off 2010 Accepting Charter Memberships</div><div class="MsoNormal">Round Rock, Texas/Benicia, Calif. – Jan. 4, 2010 – Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (CJCI) recently announced the organization of a new club to further the study of vintage costume jewelry and promote the camaraderie shared by collectors of both contemporary and vintage jewelry. CJCI welcomed its first members into the organization in early January to kick off 2010.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The need for this organization arose when Lucille Tempesta, founder of Vintage Fashion and Costume Jewelry Newsletter and Club (VFCJ), announced her retirement in late 2009. VFCJ served jewelry collectors for more than 20 years, holding its first national convention in 1993 and it’s last in 2009.</div><div class="MsoNormal">"VFCJ brought together a vast network of jewelry collectors and hobbyists over the years," said Melinda Lewis, CJCI co-founder. "We want to continue the tradition of a print-based publication focusing on jewelry collecting and the bi-annual convention we’ve all come to know and love. Pamela Wiggins and I looked at our respective talents and decided we could do that and much more."</div><div class="MsoNormal">In addition to publishing a full-color quarterly magazine-style newsletter and planning a convention for jewelry collectors in 2011, CJCI has created its own online social network where members can gather to share information on costume jewelry and discuss their collections.</div><div class="MsoNormal">“We look forward to continue serving our jewelry collecting friends through this new member-based organization, but intend to take it much further than ever before," Pam Wiggins, the other co-founder added. "We recognize the appreciation for jewelry design, history, and adornment is far-reaching, and we want our online component to connect jewelry lovers across the globe.” </div><div class="MsoNormal">Lewis, a long-time jewelry collector, historian, and stylist (<a href="http://www.thejewelrystylist.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.thejewelrystylist.com</a>) , is currently completing a book on Napier jewelry. Her dedication to educating collectors about vintage jewelry makes her uniquely qualified to serve as co-editor of CJCI’s new publication. </div><div class="MsoNormal">-MORE-</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wiggins, the expert guide to antiques for About.com (www.antiques.about.com), will lend her expertise as an author, editor and jewelry enthusiast to CJCI’s publication. Her experience leading local clubs for vintage costume jewelry collectors, which includes planning numerous successful conventions, will also benefit CJCI’s membership.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Both Lewis and Wiggins are ardent users and proponents of social media, including Facebook, Twitter and more specialized groups catering to costume jewelry collectors. This experience will assist them in fostering an online community and communicating with members in a timely manner. </div><div class="MsoNormal">“We foresee this as a way to share news with our members and ask for input on projects that will make our print-based publication stellar,” said Lewis. "The ways our members can assist one another, however, are endless . When you bring kindred spirits together in community, friendships blossom and help one another during the ups and downs of life. It goes far beyond what you might expect from a jewelry community. We know CJCI has this potential, and it’s an exciting place to be right now.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">CJCI yearly memberships are available at several different levels ranging from $25 to $35. Memberships for $30 and $35 include a listing in the club’s member directory. Visit <a href="http://www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/membership.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"> www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/membership.htm</a> for more information.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l is a member-based organization dedicated to furthering the study of vintage costume jewelry and supporting the global costume jewelry collecting community.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal">-END-</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1