This is a mix of vintage charms with some new enamels thrown in for color.
The details are amazing, it’s hard to believe you are looking at miniature works of art.
There are several “mechanical” charms; these open and/or move.

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Carbs? Who’s Counting

The Food “Menu”

Starting at upper left:

(new charms were made within the last 20 years, vintage were made before the 1970’s)

• small ice cream cone with red, white, green and blue crystals, (fairly new);

• enamel orange (new)

• vintage beer stein, lid opens;

• vintage pie;

• vintage enamel hot dog with mustard;

• enamel peach (new);

• vintage exercising lady with a jiggle belt,
  

• vintage ice cream wagon, opens to reveal 2 little enamel flavors-a red heart and a green clover (luck and love);

• vintage birthday cake has a lever underneath to push candles up;

• vintage wishbone;

• vintage pressure cooker, opens: top and bottom attached by a chain, there is an enamel chicken and potatoes within;

• vintage fridge, opens, ice tray opens, interior has “food”, whole turkey on bottom;

• vintage food scale, top moves;

• enamel pizza slice (new);

• vintage bottle of Coke;

• vintage enamel potato;

• vintage enamel pudding with whipped cream and cherry;

• vintage rotisserie with chicken inside, spit turns, door opens, chicken comes out;

• vintage box of chocolates, box opens;

• enamel cheeseburger with tomatoes and onion, seeded bun (new);

• vintage bathroom scale, (the mechanism is stuck);

• vintage toaster with 2 pieces of toast that pops up (latch on side)
  

refrigerator opens; turkey in the bottom, freezer opens, more food inside

not on bracelet: antique food mixer

antique waffle iron open

antique waffle iron closed

• Suni

This is really something to behold. I love the lady with the jiggle belt and the coke is next to pizza followed by a sundae, what an Americn meal. It is just soooooo creative that you have put these bracelets together with themes. Thanks so much for sharing you beautiful bracelets.

Saturday January 26, 2008 – 11:27pm (EST)

• * Stefany…

Another wonderful blog! I am really enjoying your bracelets…….beautiful!

• Kathy…

wow these are so amazing!! we go to alot of garage sales etc, and I don’t remember noticing charms in the jewelery-I will keep a look out now these are just fanastic and so much fun! I love the themes of your bracelets too Kathy

Sunday January 27, 2008 – 09:12am (EST)

• Tee B…

Second try(Yahell lost my comment a minute ago):
This colection of charms is my favorite of all the bracelets you have shown us here!!
Who would have thought there would be such designs out there, especially the retro lady getting “jiggled”. 😛
You have reminded me now that my mother had(has?) a beer stein with an opening lid just like yours on her charm bracelet(I don’t know if you remember from a comment i left on an earlier entry of yours, that seeing your charm bracelets reminded me of how I loved my mother’s own bracelet growing up). She is away on a trip right now, but I want to ask her if she STILL has that bracelet when she gets back.

Sunday January 27, 2008 – 09:22am (EST)

• the butler…

Really interesting bracelet..But I’ve not had breakfast yet and you’ve made me VERY HUNGRY! lol!!

• the butler…
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Really interesting bracelet..But I’ve not had breakfast yet and you’ve made me VERY HUNGRY! lol!!

Sunday January 27, 2008 – 09:36am (CST)

• JoannBlog

Your bracelets are priceless,I just love this, you know you can’t get these any more! ohyou are so lucky! merci

Sunday January 27, 2008 – 02:47pm (EST)

• RuralDiva…

I am amazed every week with your creations. This food one is a real giggler. I remembered last week….while in school we had to remove our charm bracelets….I thought it might have been the noise….but these mechanical ones would delight me for hours. Great blog.

editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Jan 26, ’08 Wow ! That’s amazing that some of them have moving parts ! They’re so adorable.Did you buy them all at the same place ? It’s a nice collection. How long did it take you to make this ?

reply shoppingfreedom wrote on Jan 26, ’08, edited on Jan 26, ’08 Ow ow ow…sooo COOL…sooo CUTE…sooo LOVELY !!! The details are magnificent, and them being put together in one bracelet like that make the view so fun and very interesting. Great job there, Sue. And such great macro pictures there. I love this post (^.^)v

reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 26, ’08, edited on Jan 26, ’08 lauritasita said Wow ! That’s amazing that some of them have moving parts ! They’re so adorable.Did you buy them all at the same place ? It’s a nice collection. How long did it take you to make this ? I love the mechanicals, they are like little machines! It takes time to bid at auction, (there are 100’s of sellers on ebay and you have to know who is reputable )or find a dealer with rare stuff. time to collect, time to work up a theme, get a good bracelet for them to go on and then construct it. Thank goodness I found a new kind of jumpring that is strong and locks. I was soldering and it took me days with fumes, burned fingers and eyestrain.All mys stuff is one of a kind with many rare charms and probably not able to reproduce.

reply aladybug wrote on Jan 27, ’08 Ha!!! I love the exercise machine!!!! LOL! We need a squirrell machine there! 🙂 *1,2,3…*

reply aladybug wrote on Jan 27, ’08 The gift and the ice-cream are great too!!! Cute thing, cute things! 🙂

reply starfishred wrote on Jan 27, ’08 WUNDERBAR OH SO LOVELY HEHEHE I LOVE THE PRESSURE COOKER OH MY ALL OF THEM ARE SO ORIGINAL

reply gilesy01 wrote on Jan 27, ’08 That is just stunning. I had no idea it was such a diverse artform.

reply agnes128 wrote on Jan 27, ’08 The pizza slice has me chuckling, the waffle iron OOoohhhh I’ve an antique waffle iron and keep it even if not using it. I can’t explain why, but I find it “touching”.

reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 27, ’08 See post 146 b for a story!