1980s bling from Value Village with butterfly stamp

Don't you just love these?

They are individual vintage pendants, I'm guessing from the 1980s, that I found at Value Village for $2.99 each.

The coloured part is a textured plastic but each bauble is quite heavy as the backs are metal.

A fellow vintage jewellery buff suggested I take them to a jeweller and string them together sort of like this, which is an attractive idea, I admit.

But I do rather like the idea of wearing them separately. That way I can do the matchy-matchy thing with outfits, and perhaps even give a few away to gal pals I think may enjoy them.

There is a mark on the back of each, a butterfly, and so far my research has not yielded any information on that maker. But I have seen this butterfly mark on pieces before ....

I found this pin-pendant combo at VV a year or so ago for next to nothing and loved it on sight.

It has the same mark on the back, and as you can see the style is similar to the pieces above, except this looks like enamel.

I don't think the maker is contemporary as I have only seen these pieces in the thrift shops. The colours and the style just make me think they are 1980s - which scarily enough is considered "vintage" now!

Check out the butterfly mark on the back of the pin-pendant.

Has any one ever seen this mark before or have any information on the maker?







Here's one last piece with the same mark that I'm wearing, this time a yellow square surrounded by burnished silver.

I wore this one in West Palm Beach and it looked fabulous against my fake tan.

It's definitely a summer pendant, while the others are more fall or winter-like because of their jewel tones.

I just love these pieces and their simplicity and colour!