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How to Create jewelry in the vintage Five and Dime style

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If you're a baby boomer or at least older than 40, then you probably remember the Five and Dime stores around your neighborhood street corner. Carrying kitchy knick knacks like masks and cheap candies that even little kids could afford, they were quite the sensation in their day.

Nowadays, the Five and Dime is back - in jewelry form. Check out this video to learn what kinds of pieces count as the Five and Dime style and how to craft Five and Dime jewelry.

What a fun journey this will be for jewelry makers as we seek to define a whole new jewelry making genre, FIVE AND DIME STYLE. All skill levels may participate....and should. But what IS Five and Dime Style? Check out this video to learn what the basis for Five and Dime is, with vintage examples.

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