“Fabulous jewelry, fabulous skin products on the It List - Cleveland Plain Dealer”

Fabulous jewelry, fabulous skin products on the It List - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:09 AM PDT

Published: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 6:08 AM Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 9:14 AM

CLE necklace designed by Christie Murdoch

$50, Banyan Tree, 2242 Professor Ave., Cleveland, 216-241-1209.

Christie Murdoch, owner of the Tremont boutique Banyan Tree, has designed a Cleveland necklace -- a sterling-silver pendant with "CLE" stamped on it -- that, much like its luggage-tag inspiration, is flying out of the store.

"It's really simple, but I thought it was a cute idea," said Murdoch.

So do her customers. Murdoch introduced the necklace in May, sold out shortly thereafter, and made more.

Cat bracelet designed by Pam Farnsworth

$79, Something Different Gallery, 1899 West 25th St., Cleveland, 216-696-5226.

When her dog was sick last winter, Pam Farnsworth spent the long nights making jewelry -- something she'd never done before. "I just kept busy making jewelry," said Farnsworth. Now her bracelets, necklaces and earrings are in four Cleveland-area galleries and shops: Something Different Gallery in Ohio City, Black Orchid Accessories and More in Woodmere, Local Girl Gallery in Lakewood, and Sparkle, the artisan market located in Vanity Lab Salon in Westlake.

Farnsworth collects vintage buttons to make bracelets, such as the pictured cat bracelet, found at Something Different Gallery, and also makes jewelry from Miriam Haskell, Murano and Venetian wedding-cake beads she has gathered -- often from broken pieces. "The hunt is just as much fun as making the jewelry," she said. For more information about her craft, e-mail Farnsworth at hippeye@gmail.com.

Vaseline Rich Conditioning Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter

$2.99 for 7.5 ounces at stores everywhere.

"The first aid kit in a jar" is 140 years old. Vaseline Petroleum Jelly was introduced in 1870 by Robert Augustus Chesebrough, who was impressed by the cut-healing powers of a byproduct of the Pennsylvania oil fields.

There is even a Facebook page dedicated to the many ways users have employed Vaseline (facebook.com/vaseline). One of the newest in the Vaseline line: Rich Conditioning Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter for super skin softening.

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