jewelry – Malvena Pearl's Emporium

Update on Costume Academy

On Sunday, March 19, 2017, the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild will hold their annual Costume Academy in Berkeley. Malvena Pearl’s Emporium will be there with many different wares. There will be several other vendors available there. They may include our friends from Decades of Style Pattern Company, Lynn McMasters, Renaissance Fabrics and possibly our Dickens Fair workshop friends Dorothy O’Hare of Farthingale’s Supplies and Persephone, owner of Fitting and Proper. We may have lovely beaded jewelry from Sandi Ball (morse code necklaces) and Brandi S. Mills of Many Moods Creations.

This event will be held in Berkeley, CA at Language Studies International, 2015 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704. Drop us a line if you’d like more information!

Costume Academy 2012

Malvena Pearl’s Emporium participated in the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild’s Costume Academy as a vendor this year on Sunday, March 4.

Jan brought her amazing, costume jewelry to our table and Ais helped us out a great deal with set up and customers. We had caramels from Bequet Confections, lots of printed inspiration, some hats, The Tarot of the Tailors and a nice selection of Mrs. Greenbalm’s products.

The other vendors were friendly and as always, gracious and fun to work with.

A hearty “Thank you!” to everyone who helped us out and who stopped by to say hello!

Helping out a friend

This weekend, the folks from Malvena Pearl’s Emporium will be in El Dorado County, CA, helping Jan Nixon with her annual costume jewelry sale. Lady Heather and Pig will be going with us for the road trip.

Jan was kind enough to join us for the Costumer’s Bazaar, so we’re headed her way to give her a hand. Her collection is extensive and she enjoys identifying each piece as well as seeing that it goes to a good home. If you’d like to see a few of the great pieces she offers, we have a few listed in our shop, here on the Malvena Pearl Etsy page.

Costumer’s Bazaar August 28, 2011

Malvena Pearl’s Emporium will be participating in the 2011 GBACG Costumer’s Bazaar, held on Sunday, August 28th, 2011 — from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the Veterans’ Memorial Building in Albany, CA.

Here are some samples of the treasures that will be on sale:

pins a go go

The location of this year’s Bazaar is the Albany Veterans’ Memorial Building at 1325 Portland Ave., Albany, CA.

We hope to see you there!

Canine Couture sparkle collar

I recently designed, produced and completed this sparkle collar for the owner of a very lucky Brittany Spaniel

Malvena Pearl at Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild event

Costume Academy 2011 Sunday May 22nd~ from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

ASUC MLK Student Union, 2475 Bancroft Way, University of California, Berkeley

Come find us in the Tilden Room on the 5th Floor!

Malvena Pearl

Purveyor of Millinery, Ephemera and Artful Diversions to Inspire the Costume Enthusiast

Peruse our selection of handmade & vintage hats from many eras, hair adornments, books, vintage catalogs, as well as accessories for men and women. There will also be framed Godey’s prints, ephemera and a special treat this year: vintage estate jewelry from a hobby collection. It’s all antique or vintage, unique, rare and one-of-a-kind costume jewelry made between 1850 and 1970. We will have patterns, sewing manuals from the 1920s-1950s and theatrical lobby cards. We also carry vintage ribbon, trim, buttons and other vintage notions. Bibliomania and Black Swan Books will provide assorted posters, prints and clothing, including embroidered nylons. We will feature four handmade bags by Wendy Lou in vintage fabrics.

Big Do-in’s

A client came by Casa Roo for a fitting/hemming of a pre-bought 1850s-style, cotton dress that she has asked me to embellish. Yay! She came by during the rainstorm, so that’s motivation for you.

Ms. Sahrye Cohen expertly helped us put together an entry for inclusion in the exhibit at the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition in Emeryville March 12 – March 14, 2010.

On March 20, 2010, Malvena Pearl will have a table and display set up at the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild Costume Academy.

I’m also working on the White Queen outfit, the Red Queen outfit and Queen Alice’s outfit for the 9th Annual Blind Babies Foundation Annual Beeper Egg Hunt in San Francisco. I’m organizing the first-annual Tea and Raffle with the theme of Alice through the Looking Glass. Come join us! Here is Zasu helping me complete the White Queen dress:

bracelet for a friend

A friend is going in for surgery and I wanted to give her something to remind her I’m thinking of her and wishing her well.

I ended up making her this bracelet with the charm engraved with the words, “Protect This Woman” on it.

Costume Academy in Berkeley

March 7 was the annual Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild Academy, held in Berkeley. The Greater Bat Area Costumer’s Guild offered three class sessions at the spacious Judas Magnes Museum. Costume enthusiasts joined up to take classes on 18th century shoe recovery; makeup and hair techniques for both the Victorian era and the 18th century; sewing tips and tricks; ribbon embroidery; advanced crochet techniques; and several hat embellishment classes. One class offered students a chance to make a reticule out of an ostrich egg and fabric.

Vendors and instructors from as far off as Fort Bragg, Sacramento and Watsonville, California came to sell their wares and students exchanged fabric, shared books, findings, jewelry and patterns.

And at lunch my group had a little birthday celebration for Amy and Mia!

I took Lynn McMaster’s class, “Millinery: Flowers & Net”; Kendra Van Cleave and Bridgit Bradley-Scaife’s class on sewing tips and tricks; and Bridget’s class on Hair in the Crinoline era. The attendance was really good and the location was great. We had room for the many class offerings and the vendors lunch were held in an auditorium.

Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild